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Proving Up Missy Mazzoli

Highway 1, USA Wiliam Grant Still

Proving Up
Music by Missy Mazzoli
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Premiere: January 2018, Washington National Opera

Highway 1, USA
Music by William Grant Still
Libretto by Verna Arvey
Premiere: May 1963, University of Miami

November 3, 7:30 PM
November 6, 2:00 PM
Hangar Theatre




Creative Team
Director: Cynthia Henderson
Conductor: Gregory McDaniel

Cast
Miles Zegner | Nate: Makudu Senaoana
Mr. Johannes Zegner | Bob: Kyle Oliver
Mrs. Johannes Zegner | Mary: Victoria Davis
Zegner Daughter, Taller | Aunt Lou: Jaime Sharp
Zegner Daughter, Littler: Kayla Oderah
The Sodbuster | The Sheriff: Matthew Soibelman

Is there a glass ceiling that’s keeping people from achieving their dream? What's holding us back from getting there and what lengths will we go to get it?

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