Name: An American Dream
Start: 2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Moanalua Performing Arts Center

Organization

Admin

Hawaii Opera Theatre

Soprano

Helen Huang

Setsuko

Mezzo-soprano

Alice Chung

Hiroko Kobayashi

Singer

Sarah Lambert Connelly

Eva Crowley

Pat Connelly

FBI Agent 1

Baritone

Morgan Smith

Jim Crowley

Robert Feng

Makoto Kobayashi

Conductor

Lance Inouye

Stage director

Richard Gammon

An American Dream

Kaneohe

United States

Castle Performing Arts Center

Pearl City

Leeward Community College

Honolulu

Moanalua Performing Arts Center

An American Dream Perla

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An American Dream
by Jack Perla and Jessica Murphy-Moo
Hawai'i Opera Theatre, 2023

Cast: Helen Huang, Alice Chung, Robert Ellsworth Feng, Morgan Smith, Sarah Connelly, Pat Connelly
Directed by Richard Gammon
Conducted by Lance Inouye

An American Dream (2023)

Hawai‘i Opera Theatre | An American Dream Oct 13 - Oct 22

Provocative drama with local connections

Treasured possessions become symbols of home in this Seattle Opera commission written by composer Jack Perla from a libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo and inspired by true stories from our painful history. Set during World War II, this opera explores the lives of two women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied with those she left behind. An American Dream is accompanied by a four-piece chamber ensemble, and while this opera is a piece of fiction, the story was crafted from interviews with residents of Puget Sound, Washington, who experienced the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

We are honored to partner with the Honouliuli National Historic Site for this special production. Although not yet open to the public, Honouliuli National Historic Site will tell the history of incarceration, martial law, and the experience of prisoners of war in Hawai‘i during World War II. Honouliuli National Historic Site will be a place to reflect on wartime experiences and recommit ourselves to the pursuit of freedom and justice.

Listen to “Don’t You Recognize Me?” from An American Dream:

English

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