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REV. 23

September 29 to October 1, 2017
John Hancock Hall
Boston

Credits

Julian Wachner
Composer

Cerise Lim Jacobs
Creator and Librettist

Commissioned by White Snake Projects

Creative and developmental support provided by Beth Morrison Projects

 

About

The Book of Revelation ends at chapter 22. Or does it?

REV. 23 is the hitherto unpublished last chapter of the Book of Revelation as dictated by St. John the Divine and transcribed by Cerise Lim Jacobs. It narrates the last battle to recapture Paradise-on-Earth and restore the balance of good and evil to our world. Persephone, the only being able to pass freely between Hell and Earth, is recruited by Lucifer in the fight against the rulers of Paradise-on-Earth. No one is exempt from this battle. Which side are you on? READ THE FULL SYNOPSIS...

Creative Team

Julian Wachner Composer
Cerise Lim Jacobs Creator and Librettist
Mark Streshinsky Director
Lidiya Yankovskaya Conductor
Cori Ellison Dramaturg
Lucas Krech Lighting Designer
Barry Steele Projection Designer
Zane Pihlstrom Costume and Set Designer
White Snake Projects Executive Producer
Georgia Lyman Producer
Yury Yanowsky Choreographer
Catriona Baker Director of Animation
Beth Morrison Projects Creative and Developmental Support
Ami Bennitt Publicity

 

The Inspiration

“I dreamed up REV. 23 one day as I was thinking of where I would meet my husband Charles again since he passed from this world.”

It amused me that my incorrigible, irascible and impossible husband wouldn't be caught dead (pardon the pun) in Paradise (not that he'd be entirely welcome there) as some of the most interesting people seem to be consigned to that other place. This led to more musing about what Heaven was like and concomitantly, what that other place was like. READ CERISE LIM JACOBS’ INSPIRATION...

News

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Be my guest to REV. 23

At a recent visit to the hairdresser, when I had my head upside down in the sink, the apprentice washing my hair said she'd seen me on TV last year. Read More

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REV. 23 on Open Studios with Jared Bowen

Watch Cerise Lim Jacobs discuss REV. 23 on Open Studios with Jared Bowen. Read More

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We did it!

REV. 23 premiered to standing ovations from you, our audience! And what an audience you’ve been—engaged, supportive, receptive and thoughtful. Read More

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Thoughts on Hurricane Irma

I’m sitting in a beautiful NE Fall day waiting for REV. 23 rehearsals to start. It’s hard to believe—almost surreal—that just south of us, Hurricane Irma has made landfall in Florida. Read More

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Animation with Catriona Baker

Catriona Baker, Assistant Professor and Interim Chair of Animation at Lesley University, with her students, has created original animation for White Snake Project’s new opera, REV. 23. She, with two student teams, have developed both a thirty-second animation and two augmented reality animations. Read More

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Director’s Note: Mark Streshinsky on REV. 23

I first met Cerise Jacobs after one of my productions with Boston Baroque. She hugged me and told me how funny the show was (yes, Baroque can be funny!). I told her I liked to do comedy and got really antsy when I couldn’t find anything in an opera for the audience to at least chuckle about… Read More