Original Vision
Overtone Industries is pleased to announce a call for proposals of New Opera-Theater Works as part of our Original Vision development workshop and presentation in the Fall of 2023. We are looking for new stories of mythic proportion.
Hailed as “an unparalleled creative, contemporary success” and “Beautifully experimental, the [pieces]...perfectly translate for modern ears, ideals, and sensibilities. They are dark, full-bodied, delicious, and potent” (Broadway World), Original Vision is an opportunity for Overtone Industries to support creative voices as they develop interdisciplinary work in the vein of Overtone’s mythic storytelling model.
Applications are due by July 1st, 2023.
Apply here
Click above for the full Submission Guidelines.
June Carryl, a librettist who participated in the first cohort of Original Vision, confers with Artistic Director O-Lan Jones.
About Mythic Storytelling
Some people define Myth as less than fact; we see it as more than fact - A Myth is a way to communicate on many levels at the same time; to see our human experience as the anchor and evidence of ancient impulses, current understanding, and cosmic laws we can only glimpse.
Creating new myths requires people who can feel a narrative from all those perspectives and tell their own story through a vivid personal lens. Magic, mystery and the extraordinary as part of our everyday lives are welcome!
Review Submission Guidelines Here
The project includes a six-week development period with mentorship from Overtone’s artistic leadership and will culminate in three composer/librettist teams presenting new scenes performed and directed by Overtone’s creative team at the Teatro Frida Kahlo, near Downtown Los Angeles.
Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you feel should consider applying. Contact info@overtoneindustries.org with questions. We look forward to seeing your proposals!
xox,
Miz O-Lan Jones, Artistic Director
Fahad Siadat, Executive Director
Michelle Magaldi, Producing Director
Liz Eldridge, Development and Communications Director
Board of Directors: Sabina Zuniga Varela, Nicki Harper, Paul Chwe Minchul An, Kate Noonan
