I direct this workshop concert reading of THE PARADE GROUND
a new parade opera
Part of the Fresh Ground Pepper Festival
4/15 @ 3pm & 4/21 @ 12pm @ The New Ohio Theater
April 15, 2033 – New York City. Space Admiral Mira Clemente has just landed back to Earth after a 15 year solo space mission. The world has changed a great deal since Mira’s launch in 2018. Overrun by truth discrepancies and near-facts, the America of 2033 is drowning in the fiction it sells to itself. 30 years later, a group of old friends have dusted off their old marching band instruments and are reuniting to throw Mira a homecoming parade through their old neighborhood. But the parade is not what it seems. And Mira’s return home will cause her to doubt everything.
Written by Eric Farber
Music Direction by Fred Epstein
Featuring: Starr Busby & Kristine Haruna Lee
Marching Band:
Glockenspiel: Fred Epstein
Drums: Marisa Clementi, Eric Farber, Storm Thomas
Horns: Matthew Cain (Sousaphone), Clyde Daley (trumpet), Dan Dunford (trombone), Brama Sukarma (trombone)
