Persona review in Opera News

Persona

BROOKLYN
Beth Morrison Projects, National Sawdust
10/24/15

NATIONAL SAWDUST, a new nonprofit venue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn dedicated to new music and experimental work, seemed smaller on my first visit than I imagined it would. For the world-premiere performances of Persona (presented by Beth Morrison Projects, seen Oct. 24), its stageless theater could seat about sixty-five, with a few dozen more in a balcony; the room was set up like a cluttered photography studio, the areas not crowded with spectators were crowded with musicians, a table, a couch, three technicians and lots of tech—cameras, cranes, lights and five monitors. Not to mention the performers! The tight-squeeze, however, was appropriate for the piece, an intimate look at the relationship between two women—so intimate that at one point one of the stars was almost lying on my feet.  READ MORE...

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