FRESH SQUEEZED OPERA PRESENTS

Self-Defined Circuits

Music by Jillian Flexner
Libretto by Orlando Segarra

May 3 & 5–7, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Dorothy B. Williams Theater, HERE Performing Arts Center
145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013

Michael Hofmann, Stage Director
Whitney George, Music Director
April Bartlett, Scenic Designer
Jennifer Burkhardt, Lighting Designer
Ted Boyce-Smith and Taylor Edelle Stuart, Video & Projection Designers
Corina Chase, Costume Designer
Victoria Benson, Production Manager

Newly created, a sex robot seeks to discover what it means to be a woman while trapped in a world created by her programmer, Pete, and his "Siri" device, Cora. Inspired in part by the composer's own experiences in an abusive relationship during her formative years, and the works of sci-fi pioneers Isaac Asimov and Ursula Le Guin, this world-premiere opera is a story of womanhood, artificial intelligence, and self-actualization.