Atlas of Remote Islands (2023)
May 5 & 6 at MCA Denver’s Holiday Theater
Atlas of Remote Islands, premiering May 2023, is a contemporary story of self discovery through armchair travel on the pages of a mysterious book.
This book is an atlas of fifty real, remote islands, stuffed with maps and prose-poem stories, more for the imagination than for navigation and offering more questions than answers. The audience experiences the histories and facts, lore and fantasies of these islands through the eyes of this main character—who in exploring distant worlds through the pages of the atlas unlocks worlds within themself.
Photo: Amanda Tipton Photography.
Based on the book of the same title by Judith Schalansky
Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Produced and co-realized by Opera on Tap Colorado
Presented by MCA Denver
Scored for seven singers, piano, clarinet, and percussion
Produced and co-realized by Opera on Tap Colorado Presented by MCA Denver at the Holiday Theatre, Denver, CO Scored for seven singers, piano, clarinet, and percussion
Premiere cast and crew: Voices: Erin Trampler Bell, Jerome Síbulo, Dana Kinney, Margaret Ozaki Graves, Adam Ewing, John Murray, Leah Podzimek
Cameo: Julie Silver Campbell
Piano and music director: Jessica Kressin; Clarinet: Jason Olney; Percussion: Grayson Fiske
Directed by Margaret Siegrist, lead creative Nathan Hall
Lighting Design: Sean Campbell, Lightworx Tech; Video and audio by Derick Shaw
Projections by Drew Austin; Vintage slides courtesy Whit Steele
Made possible in part through funding and resources from: