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Welcome to Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Tickets on Sale for Patience & Sarah!
Exciting Announcements for Patience & Sarah!
We are honored and thrilled to announce we will have some very special guests in our audience. On October 6th, we welcome Wende Persons, librettist. She will be giving a talkback after the performance. On October 19th & 20th, we will have Paula Kimper, composer, in our audience. She will also be giving a talkback, after the performance on October 20th. And...as if that weren't enough...we will have the family of Isabel Miller with us on October 20th. Louise Brodie, daughter of Alma Routsong (aka Isabel Miller) will also be participating in the talkback on October 20th. This is truly a gift to have these wonderful women join us and speak with our audiences about the creative process.
October 2018: Patience & Sarah: A Pioneering Love Story
Composer: Paula M. Kimper
Libretto: Wende Persons
Based on the novel by: Isabel Miller
Third Eye is proud to present 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 their own identities and each other.
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
Composer: Paula M. Kimper
Libretto: Wende Persons
Based on the novel by: Isabel Miller
Third Eye is proud to present 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 their own identities and each other.
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."
