Smoke X 7
Smoke X 7
Lee Breault, Marsha Campbell, Doug
Marshall, Hilary Rand, Eric Robertson, Rhett Stuart, and Erik Ehn (Libretto)
Joshua Raoul Brody and Marsha Campbell (Composed Music)
Tonal Chaos (Improvised Music)
Christine Young (Director)
Produced by Tenderloin Opera Company
October 10 – 13, 2002 – World Premiere
A poetic opera about a prostitute and her daughter trying to survive in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Libretto created collaboratively by a playwriting group comprised of Tenderloin residents facilitated by professional playwright Erik Ehn. Music partially composed and partially improvised by the Tonal Chaos ensemble.
Ensemble: Gerri Lawlor (Lorna); Julie Sparling (Cornelia/Chorus 1); Kirk Livingston (Jake/Chorus 2); Barbara Scott (Aunt/Carla/Chorus 3); Christopher Gray (Stovepipe/Chorus 4); Amos Glick (Mandarin/Preacher/Chorus 5); Rob Penn (Sailor/Bus/Chorus 6); David Norfleet (Instrumentation/Chorus 7)
Artistic Team: M.S. Hove (Set Design); Jim Cave (Lighting Design); Laura Hazlett (Costume Design); Joshua Raoul Brody (Music Direction/Instrumentation)
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Script Excerpt
CHORUS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sound of Hindi movie from manager’s suite:Mata Lanyshkar singing.Mega bass from outside car vibrates walls.Foot pounding from floor above.Phone in the hall rings and rings;Lorna thinks about answering it, but doesn’t.
TV sounds
mixed with radio sounds.
Screams.
Baby crying. Laughing. Shouting.
Sobbing.
Crazed babblings.
Fire engine
roars by. Siren.
(whisper)
Ten seconds
of absolute silence.
(ten seconds
of silence)
(solo)
It starts over.