Opera/New Music Theater

• The Tyrant
• Sound Stage
• Ravenshead
• synopsis
• production credits
• photos
• audio clips
• technical rider
• artist bios
• Slow Fire
• Power Failure
• Pioneer
• A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
• Awed Behavior
• Dance Collaborations

"This fascinating story resonates with elemental power.... Eckert is an unbelievably gifted performer.... a tour-de-force... one of the season’s finest."
  –Brad Rosenstein, The San Francisco Bay Guardian

"...an incredible look at a brilliant man’s inability to understand his limitations... The wild music of the six-piece Paul Dresher Ensemble... weaves a wily sonic tapestry...."
  –Mark De La Vina, San Jose Mercury News

"... an extraordinary portrait of a flawed heroic journey... wickedly insightful...Ravenshead had its New York audience hanging on the edge of their seats. The intellectual audacity of this new work signals a 21st Century full of possibility for new music theatre."
  – Kathleen Hulser, American Theatre

"Best Opera of ‘98.... Librettist Rinde Eckert doubled as the opera’s only singer, delivering a tour de force to Mackey’s insinuating, rock-influenced score."
  –David Patrick Stearns, USA Today