A MORE PERFECT UNION

Opera-ballet about the U.S. 1787 Constitutional Convention — and its impact on today’s situation.

Entrées

PRE-AMBLE: THE DIS-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FIFTY-FIVE WHITE MEN

THE VOW OF SILENCE

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENCY

CHECKS AND BALANCES

THE COMBAT BETWEEN “LIBERTY” AND “HOMELAND SECURITY”

FINALE: THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROMENADE

US Premiere

New York City Opera's VOX 2004 AND FRIENDS at the Peter J. Sharp Theatre at Peter Norton Symphony Space, presented by the Center for Contemporary Opera, New York City, May 27, 2004.

Russian Premiere

Presented by The Perm State P.I. Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DIAGHILEV SEASONS: PERM - PETERSBURG - PARIS, at the Palace of Culture in Perm, Russia, May 18, 2005.

Team

Concept, Stage Direction, Choreography, Costume and Prop Design — Ruth Priscilla Kirstein

Libretto — Isaiah Sheffer

Music — Victoria Bond

Translation — Anna Katznelson

Conductor — Jeffrey Domoto

Head Vocal Ensemble — Gayla Morgan

Lighting Designer, Technical Director — Aleks Zeygerman

Speaking Actor — Yuri Naumkin

Dancing Actors — Brigitte Arlé, Bellamy Finn Eure, Ruth Priscilla Kirstein, Monique Smith, Mark Christopher Spaulding, Ramon Thielen

Singing Actors — Mara Bonde (Soprano), Gayla Morgan (Soprano), Alan Reinhardt (Countertenor), Gregory Davidson (Tenor), Eric Lamp (Tenor), Steven Hrycelak (Bass)

Instrumentalists — Jane Chung (Violin), Loren Ludwig (Viola da gamba), Borys Medicky (Harpsichord), Sato Moughalian (Flute), John Tighe (Percussion)

Costumer — Irina Blau

Rehearsal Pianist — Michael Pilafian

Videography — Leonid Markovich Klinchin

Video Editor — Dorian Cotte Company

Manager — Sarah Young

RAINBOW STREET

TV Series Pilot

A dramedy about four friends in their twenties in Amman, Jordan, who are torn between their own truths and the more conservative aspects of their day-to-day realities.

Screenwriter — Shirin Kamal

Director and Casting Director — Ruth Priscilla Kirstein

Music — ANA WEIN AROUH? by Shirin Kamal

Actors

Ali Andre Ali — Muhannad, Cop, Band Member

Salah Anwar — Ameen, Band Member

Lida Darmian — Mothers

Rebecca Goldstein — Hanin

Mostafa Hashish — Editor, Recordist, Uncle, Guy

Sohailla Mahjour — Hadeel, Cleaning Lady, Woman and Man on Phone

Thalia Romina — Stage Directions

Danielle B. Smotrich — Dina

Workshop of The MIDDLE EAST FILM INITIATIVE held at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University (NYU). The reading featured students and alumni of the NYU Tisch Department of Drama. RAINBOW STREET was selected following a call for screenplay, TV and web series pilot submissions made by The Middle East Film Initiative in partnership with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE). August 18, 2014.