In Kalopsia, a Musical Comedy Weaves Through Pain
Monteze Freeland’s Kalopsia maneuvers through complexity around issues of race and mental illness—but with a comedic, musical edge.
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Delusion and Beauty: A Preview of Kalopsia by Monteze Freeland
“I hadn’t seen a story where mental health in the black community was tackled, one, at all; two, with comedy; and three, as a musical comedy”: For the New Hazlett’s CSA Program, Monteze Freeland puts the finishing touches on his play Kalopsia.
Choreographer Lindsay Fisher Lets Us In in Over Exposed
Over the course of the sometimes jarringly eclectic 85-minute program, Fisher guides the New Hazlett audience through personal stories of rejection, partnership and divorce, and contentment.
A Glimpse of the Vulnerable: A Preview of Over Exposed by Lindsay Fisher
Lindsay Fisher, a professional dancer and educator, is preparing her New Hazlett performance Over Exposed, a program that peels back the curtain on the vulnerable in all of us.
At The New Hazlett Theater, A Love Supreme Is An Exquisite Showcase
A Love Supreme, a performance bridging classical opera and jazz, basked in vocalist Anqwenique Wingfield’s confidence.
Repertoire in Collaboration: A Preview of A Love Supreme by Anqwenique Wingfield and Julie Mallis
Blending vocal performance and visual art, the duo of Anwenique Wingfield and Julie Mallis prepare A Love Supreme for its New Hazlett Theater debut.
In Redemption: Sons, Exploring the Duality of Trauma and Joy
“This is a thing I’ve been trying to put into words forever,” Dr. Jason Mendez says to Dr. Tameka Cage Conley about pain, healing, and the conflict of trauma and joy. In their duologue Redemption: Sons, they have succeeded.
License to Look Inside Yourself: A Preview of Redemption: Sons by Drs. Tameka Cage Conley and Jason Mendez
“We always carry people with us,” Dr. Jason Mendez told us as we met with him and Dr. Tameka Cage Conley to discuss their upcoming duologue performance Redemption: Sons.
How to Make a Severed Head
For its production of Salome, the Pittsburgh Opera needed to fabricate a severed head. In that case, “you’re usually going to wind up calling us,” Steve Tolin of Tolin FX shared.
In Dreamlike Motion, Midnight in Molina Captivates the New Hazlett Theater
Driven by dream logic and swept along by its charming “crankie” style, Cole Hoyer-Winfield’s Midnight in Molina at the New Hazlett Theater proved entertaining and refreshingly vivid.