ShoutOut Saugerties and the Theoria Foundation at White Feather Farm present excerpts from a compelling new chamber opera, Penelope and the Geese. This is a re-imagining of Penelope's story from The Odyssey in which Penelope, rather than waiting chastely for Odysseus, as Homer tells it, instead explores her sexuality and her self during her husband’s twenty year absence. The opera is scored for harp, flute, and cello and those instruments' ancient twins, Greek lyre, aulos, and Serbian gusle. Created by an accomplished international team of women artists, and fresh from a intensive workshop, the company engages the audience in a radical storytelling experience in which performance and creative process sit side by side. It is performed for one night only by an all female cast of singers and musicians.

Penelope and the Geese, a new chamber opera by Milica Paranosic (composer) and Cheri Magid (librettist) is directed by Mo Zhou, designed by Millicent Young, conducted by Mila Henry, and will feature performances by Hai-Ting Chinn as Penelope, Joy Jan Jones, and Lynne Procope; featuring musicians Margaret Lancaster on flute, Jennifer DeVore on cello, Liann Cline on Harp, and a chorus of regional singers, Elena Batt, Amy Jane Steiner, and Lyndsay von Miller.

Covid vaccination mandatory; masks requested.