Prototype Festival
Pete McCabe interviews Beth Morrison, Kristin Marting and Kim Whitener, the directors of Prototype Opera/Theatre/Now, the premier global festival of opera-theatre and music-theatre in New York City, in advance of the January 2015 edition. They discuss programming the festival, its history and future, and the chamber opera movement that has necessitated its invention.
Kristin Marting is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of HERE and a director of hybrid work based in NYC. As Artistic Director of HERE, she cultivates artists and programs.
Beth Morrison Projects is the realization of Creative Producer Beth Morrison's deep commitment to supporting and empowering composers and artists in the creation of new work.
Kim Whitener is the Producing Director at HERE, co-curating and co-producing all of HERE's activities.
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Clocktower Radio’s series of recorded HERE programming. HERE builds a community that nurtures career artists as they create innovative hybrid live performance in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, media and visual art through residencies, event production, and commissions.
Since 1993, HERE has been one of New York’s most prolific producing organizations, and today, it stands at the forefront of the city’s presenters of daring new hybrid art. HERE supports multidisciplinary work that does not fit into a conventional programming agenda. Our aesthetic represents the independent, the innovative, and the experimental: HERE has developed such acclaimed works as Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues; Basil Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique; Basil Twist and Joey Arias' Arias with a Twist; Hazelle Goodman’s On Edge; Young Jean Lee's Songs of The Dragons Flying To Heaven; Trey Lyford & Geoff Sobelle’s all wear bowlers; Faye Driscoll's837 Venice Boulevard; Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge and original musical and dance works created and directed by HERE Co-Founder and Artistic Director Kristin Marting.
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