ABOUT PROPHET$

PROPHET$: A Pageant on American Evangelicalism is a multimedia opera-theatre work by Calvin Hitchcock, Delilah McCrea, and David Grandouiller which explores the complexity of a child’s religious experience growing up in American Christianity. By interweaving hymn tunes, Sunday school songs, sacred classical music, children’s literature, and 1950s US military propaganda with the parables of Jesus, PROPHET$ lives in the space between the Sacred and the Profane, challenging binaries, certainties, and ultimately cynicism.

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Development

Music/concept by Calvin Hitchcock

Text by Calvin Hitchcock, Delilah McCrea, & David Grandouiller

Ensemble

Actor [non-singing role]

ATB Trio [with 3 electric razors]

Child Soprano

Keyboard/synthesizer*; 1-3 Melodica(s)*; Pre-recorded electronics* [triggered via MIDI keyboard in Logic Pro]; Woodworking percussion* [saw, hammer, sandpaper, electric drill]

Video^

*all starred instruments performed by the composer in both workshops. Expansion of instrumentation TBD.

^Video component not included in either presentation, but may be integrated in a future production.

Workshop History

First Public Reading // April 2023 @ the cell theatre

First Public Workshop Run // May 2023 @ the cell theatre

Runtime: c. 60min

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[Score/Libretto and Audio Demos available upon request. A solo performer version of this production is also in development; solo workshop performance recordings available upon request.]

Development support from Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre 2022-23 Artist Residency Program