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Colombine's Paradise Theatre is a "tour de force...a highly stylized, darkly beautiful love story that’s steeped in myth yet utterly modern...the story really unfolds in the rich poetic imagery — both musical and visual — in the shadowy, unsettling world Kirsten creates." - Washington Post Nov. 17, 2013

ABOUT:

Composed from 2010-2013 for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion. All players vocalize. Duration is 60 minutes. Commissioned by eighth blackbird. Directed by Mark DeChiazza.

Lighting Design by Mary Ellen Stebbins. Costume Design by Sylvianne Shurman. Sound Design by Ryan Ingebritsen.

Amy Beth Kirsten’s "wildly imaginative" Colombine’s Paradise Theatre is a 21st century musical fantasy on 17th century Italian theater and explores the concepts of love and death, dream and delusion. Directed by Mark DeChiazza, the six musicians of multi-Grammy­-winning ensemble eighth blackbird play, speak, sing, whisper, growl and mime, breathing theatrical life into these rich Commedia dell’Arte characters.

 View the libretto and score.