Styx & Stones
Produced by AOP/NYU Tisch Opera Lab
Every day is the same for Charon, who ferries newly deceased souls across the River Styx (if they can pay, that is).
Until Penelope and Donna, an old married couple, wash up on the shore of the Styx together. When they realize only Donna is able to pay the fare to cross, they attempt to move death itself with their love so that they may cross together.
Inspired by Patricia Cronin's Woodlawn Cemetery monument "Memorial to a Marriage," "Styx & Stones" mourns time, celebrates love & marriage equality, and existentially investigates death.
CREATIVES:
Music by Kat Cartusciello
Libretto by Jessie Field
Direction by Kathleen Capdesuñer
Music Director – Chérie Roe
Assistant Music Director — Andrea DeVito
Production Stage Manager – W. Wilson Jones
Assistant Stage Manager — Katie Cherven
Production Manager – Tyler (TJ) Rubin
CAST:
Donna; Stones — Kelly Glyptis
Penelope; Stones — Gileann Tan
Charon — Yoojin Lee
Brandon; Stones — Lindell O. Carter
Photos by Steven Pisano