When:
April 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
America/New York Timezone
2023-04-14T19:00:00-04:00
2023-04-14T22:00:00-04:00
Where:
Merrill Auditorium
20 Myrtle St
Portland, ME 04101
USA
20 Myrtle St
Portland, ME 04101
USA
Cost:
$83|$73|$52|$29
Contact:
Merrill Auditorium
All that you touch you change.
All that you change changes you. Based on the landmark sci-fi novels by Afro-futurist author Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower is a genre-defying, modern congregational opera that celebrates two centuries of Black music. Written by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon, Parable chronicles the spiritual awakening of Lauren Olamina amidst an America plagued by the products of unrelenting greed, systemic injustice and climate change denial. With an ensemble of more than 20 musicians, Parable of the Sower transforms the operatic form, fusing African-American spiritualism, deep insights into gender and race, and climate activism into a new musical experience that thrills and inspires.