A performer kneels in a pool of light before a large house facade.

2014 · New Jersey City University

The Old Maid and the Thief

Four costumed performers cluster together before a deep red stage curtain.

Gian Carlo Menotti’s chamber opera turns a respectable household upside down when two women take in a mysterious stranger and allow suspicion, desire, and gossip to overrun their carefully ordered lives.

Two women approach a formally dressed couple in front of a red curtain.

A man reaches toward a woman lying on a red platform before a dark curtain.

A woman kneels in a pool of light before a large house facade.

A seated man holds a drink as a maid stands beside him outside a house facade.

Presentations

2014: New Jersey City University · Jersey City, New Jersey

Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

Conductor: Lou Kosma
Director: Michael Rau
Scenic Design: Maruti Evans
Costume Design: Sara Hinkley

Performer: Samille Ganges
Performer: Eden Rahming
Performer: Israel Hernandez
Performer: Pamela Dempsey
Performer: Elizabeth Smith
Performer: Ioanna Tsakalakos
Performer: LeAndre Scott