Repertoire

Premier Productions, Original Cast, Ensemble and Artistic Staff of Works Commissioned and Performed by Guerilla Opera

Bovinus Rex

Music and Libretto by Rudolf Rojahn
**To be performed in Fall 2011.

Loose, Wet, Perforated

Music and Libretto by Nicholas Vines
**To be performed in Spring 2011.

Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Adapted from public record by Curtis K. Hughes

Premier Production: September 19, 2009
The Boston Conservatory’s Zack Box Theater – Boston, MA
Directed by Nathan Troup
Design by Julian Noulin-Mérat
Lighting Design by Corey Rancourt

Cast and Ensemble:
Jennifer Ashe as Sarah Palin(1)
Aliana de la Guardia as Sarah Palin(2)/Diane Sawyer
Amanda Keil as Hillary Clinton/Gwen Iffil/Unnamed Interviewer
Brian Church as Joe Biden/Joe “the plumber” Wurzelbacher
Mike Williams, Percussion
Kent O’Doherty, Alto Saxophone
Rane Moore, Clarinets
Javier Caballero, Violoncello

Rumpelstiltskin

Adapted from the Brothers Grimm by Marti Epstein

Premier Production: May 27, 2009
The Boston Conservatory’s Zack Box Theater – Boston, MA
Directed by Greg Smucker
Design by Anthony Scibilia
Lighting Design by Allison Choat
Costume Design by Angela Jajko

Cast and Ensemble:
Aliana de la Guardia as Rumpelstiltskin
Leslie Ann Leytham as Gretchen
Matthew Truss as Miller
Victor Jannett as King
Mike Williams, Percussion
Kent O’Doherty, Alto Saxophone
Javier Caballero, Violoncello
Ara Sarkissian, Violin

We Are Sons

Music and Libretto by Rudolf Rojahn

Premier Production: September 17, 2008
The Boston Conservatory’s Zack Box Theater – Boston, MA
Directed by Sally Stunkel
Lighting Design by Allison Choat

Cast and Ensemble:
Kathryn Johnson as Olivia Clopas
Aliana de la Guardia as June Jackson
Jennifer Rizzo as Mattie Creighton
Matthew Truss as Reverend Eli Hunt
Leslie Ann Leytham as Dolores McAvoy
Brendan P. Buckley as Dr. Gene Singleton
Jonathan Nussman as John Creighton
De’Lon Grant as Raymond Lee Clopas
Mike Williams, Percussion
Kent O’Doherty, Saxophone
Javier Caballero, Violoncello
Jessi Rosinski, Flute

No Exit

Adapted from the play by Jean-Paul Sartre by Andy Vores

Premier Production: April 24, 2008
The Boston Conservatory’s Zack Box Theater – Boston, MA
Directed by Sally Stunkel
Lighting Design by Allison Choat

Cast and Ensemble:
Peter D. Weathers as Valet
Michael P. Rausch as Garcin
Leslie Ann Leytham as Inez
Aliana de la Guardia as Estelle
Mike Williams, Percussion
Kent O’Doherty, Saxophone
Eliza Jacques, Cello
Elizabeth Holub, Viola

Heart of a Dog

Adapted from the novella by Mikhail Bulgakov by Rudolf Rojahn

Premier Production: September 21, 2007
Second Production: September 16, 2010
The Boston Conservatory’s Zack Box Theater – Boston, MA
Directed by Sally Stunkel/Copeland Woodruff (2010)

Cast and Ensemble:
Peter D. Weathers/Brian Church (2010) as Doctor
Neal Ferreira/Patrick Massey (2010) as Assistant
Leslie Ann Leytham/Glorivy Arroyo (2010) as Housekeeper
Aliana de la Guardia as Dog
Kent O’Doherty, Saxophone/Suitor/Policeman
Mike Williams, Percussion
Eliza Jacques/Javier Caballero (2010), Cello
Elizabeth Holub/Gabriela Diaz (2010), Viola