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Welcome to Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Announcing our 2018 Season!
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble is proud to announce our 5th season which celebrates women, love, and the transformative power of embracing our own authentic selves.
June 2018: Women of the Now
We present a concert of selected works by contemporary female composers. Join us as we celebrate the Women of the Now. Stay tuned for further details.
October 2018: Patience and Sarah: A Pioneering Love Story
Composer: Paula M. Kimper
Libretto: Wende Persons
Based on the novel by: Isabel Miller
Third Eye is proud to produce the Chicago premiere of Patience and Sarah, the first opera to tell a love story between two women. Based on the lives of 19th century American painter Mary Ann Willson and her partner “Miss Brundage,” this stunning opera features an entirely female creative team with a female composer, librettist, and novelist. Themes of self-acceptance, forgiveness, and autonomy are woven throughout a tapestry of violence, judgement, and erasure. But throughout it all, the strength of the female spirit soars as we watch Patience and Sarah struggle against class barriers, family expectations, and societal boundaries in order to embrace each other and their own identities.
Patience and Sarah was premiered on July 8th, 1998 as a co-production between the Lincoln Center Festival of ‘98 and the American Opera Projects.
Patience & Sarah will be performed with chamber ensemble at Theater Wit on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from October 5th through October 21st.
What critics are saying:
“A rare--and moving--opera about women in love.” --- New York Magazine
“Kimper's music recalls Gian Carlo Menotti in its conservatism and Richard Strauss in its soaring vocal lines." --- USA Today
"There was a soaring affirmation in this music of the transcendent beauty of life and love." --- The New York Times
June 2018: Women of the Now
We present a concert of selected works by contemporary female composers. Join us as we celebrate the Women of the Now. Stay tuned for further details.
October 2018: Patience and Sarah: A Pioneering Love Story
Composer: Paula M. Kimper
Libretto: Wende Persons
Based on the novel by: Isabel Miller
Third Eye is proud to produce the Chicago premiere of Patience and Sarah, the first opera to tell a love story between two women. Based on the lives of 19th century American painter Mary Ann Willson and her partner “Miss Brundage,” this stunning opera features an entirely female creative team with a female composer, librettist, and novelist. Themes of self-acceptance, forgiveness, and autonomy are woven throughout a tapestry of violence, judgement, and erasure. But throughout it all, the strength of the female spirit soars as we watch Patience and Sarah struggle against class barriers, family expectations, and societal boundaries in order to embrace each other and their own identities.
Patience and Sarah was premiered on July 8th, 1998 as a co-production between the Lincoln Center Festival of ‘98 and the American Opera Projects.
Patience & Sarah will be performed with chamber ensemble at Theater Wit on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from October 5th through October 21st.
What critics are saying:
“A rare--and moving--opera about women in love.” --- New York Magazine
“Kimper's music recalls Gian Carlo Menotti in its conservatism and Richard Strauss in its soaring vocal lines." --- USA Today
"There was a soaring affirmation in this music of the transcendent beauty of life and love." --- The New York Times
Made Newcity's list of Top 5 operas for 2014, 2015, and 2016!
Chicago Classical Review deemed Third Eye the Debut Company of 2014!
"In the company's inaugural production, Third Eye Theatre knocked it out of the park."
"The singing is, without exception, committed and draws out the various layers of the characters."
"Third Eye provided searing dramatic sizzle in the intimate black box space along with consistently inspired singing."
