Name: dwb (driving while black)
Start: 2023-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mainframe Studios

Organization

Des Moines Metro Opera

Stage director

Chip Miller

Soprano

Roberta Gumbel

Instrumentalist

Cremaine Booker

Cello

David Leon Verin

Percussion

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dwb (driving while black)

Indianola

United States

Grand View University

Viking Theatre

Cedar Rapids

African American Museum of Iowa

West Des Moines

Lutheran Churche of Hope

Des Moines

Mainframe Studios

dwb (driving while black) Kander, S.

Public

Approved

Bass

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Conductor

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Tenor

Countertenor

Baritone

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel's dwb (driving while black) tackles what it means to be a parent of a Black child who starts driving. In its swift 45 minutes, the listener spends 16 years with a Black mother, feeling her growing fear as her Black son moves towards driving age.

“The deeply affecting and innovatively conceived new chamber opera dwb (driving while black) makes its powerful impact with deliberately limited forces. The piece, by composer Susan Kander and first-time librettist Roberta Gumbel, is a 45 minute monodrama for female voice. The instrumentation, consisting only of cello and percussion, is refreshingly spare and surprisingly multicolored.…” (Opera News)

dwb (driving while black) will be presented at Mainframe Studios on July 8, Hope+Elim Church on July 15, and Viking Theatre at Grand View University on July 21. Each performance will feature a community talkback session immediately following the opera.

English

dwb (driving while black) by Kander, S., Fra (2023/2023), Instrueret af Chip Miller,, Mainframe Studios, Des Moines, United States

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