Name: Why I Live at the P.O
Start: 2022-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Keegan Theatre

Organization

Stage director

Dennis Whitehead Darling

Conductor

Robert Wood

Singer

Eric McKeever

No role specified

Ian McEuen

Alissa Anderson

Melissa Wimbish

Emily Pulley

Sister 1

Kyaunnee Richardson

Sister 2

Set designer

Brian Ruggaber

Lighting designer

Tao Wang

Costume designer

Austin Blake Conlee

Orchestra

Inscape Chamber Orchestra

UrbanArias

Why I Live at the P.O

Washington D.C.

United States

Keegan Theatre

Why I Live at the P.O Eddins

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass

Baritone

Soprano

Contralto

Countertenor

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Why I Live at the P.O. is a delightful addition to the opera canon which takes the comic masterpiece by beloved author Eudora Welty and combines it with classic and contemporary American musical styles to tell the story of a supremely relatable family. UrbanArias is proud to be commissioning the completion of this work at a time when many families have been experiencing “togetherness” in a whole new way.

On the Fourth of July, Sister’s uneventful life in China Grove is interrupted by the arrival of her sister, Stella-Rondo, who has just left her husband, Mr. Whitaker and returned to the family home in Mississippi. Sister had briefly dated Mr. Whitaker before Stella-Rondo became engaged to him. Stella-Rondo arrives accompanied by Shirley-T., a little girl she claims is her legally adopted daughter (but who Sister thinks looks just like their grandfather, Papa Daddy). The rest of the family is overjoyed at Stella-Rondo’s return and does not share Sister’s suspicion that Shirley-T. is actually Stella-Rondo’s biological daughter. When Sister questions Shirley-T.’s dubious parentage, Stella Rondo begins to turn the rest of family against her, starting with Mama, then Papa Daddy, and finally their eccentric Uncle Rondo. At the end of the day, Sister has had enough. She collects her belongings and moves into the Post Office, where she is Postmistress.

This interpretation by Michael O’Brien and Stephen Eddins sees the character of Sister split into two actors. One is the Sister of the present, recalling the terrible day and the injustices she suffered at the hands of her family. The other is the Sister of the past, whom we observe in the drama, seeing her longsuffering service and devotion to her family be completely disregarded upon the return of Stella Rondo. Of course, the truth lies somewhere between these two perspectives, and the audience is left to decide whether Sister is truly “getting along fine.”

English

Why I Live at the P.O by Eddins, Tue 03 May 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling,, Conductor Robert Wood, Keegan Theatre, Washington D.C., United States

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