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Manuscript Page from THUMBPRINT, signed by Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz
- Item Number
- 128
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Opening Bid
- 150 USD
Item Description
The winning bidder will receive a handwritten manuscript page from THUMBPRINT, signed by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Susan Yankowitz.
About Kamala Sankaram
Praised as “strikingly original” (NY Times), Kamala Sankaram has received commissions from Beth Morrison Projects, HERE Arts Center, Opera on Tap, and Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Orchestra, among others. She is the recipient of a Jonathan Larson Award from the American Theater Wing, and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, MAP Fund, Opera America, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Meet the Composer, the Augustine Foundation, the Anna Sosenko Trust and the Asian Women’s Giving Circle. Residencies and fellowships include the MacDowell Colony, the Watermill Center, the Citizens, HERE Arts Center, CAP21, Con Edison/Exploring the Metropolis, the Hermitage, and American Lyric Theater. As a resident artist at HERE Arts Center, Kamala created MIRANDA, a steampunk murder mystery, which was the winner of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical. THUMBPRINT, her second opera (written in collaboration with playwright Susan Yankowitz), premiered in the 2014 PROTOTYPE Festival, and was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, Agence French Presse, and over 25 media outlets around the world. THUMBPRINT was produced as part of the 2016/17 season at LA Opera and Opera Ithaca. www.kamalasankaram.com
About Susan Yankowitz
Internationally known for her playwriting, Susan Yankowitz is also a librettist and novelist. In the best of times, her work has been called ‘moving and poetic’ (LA Times); 'magnificent… scorching' (NPR); and ‘breathtaking’ (NY Times, Scotsman, and Pretoria News.) In the worst of times, she tries to remember the best of times. Among her best-known play are Terminal and 1969 Terminal 1996 (written with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre), A Knife in the Heart, Night Sky, Phaedra in Delirium and Seven, a collaborative piece about 7 remarkable women – www.seventheplay.com - which has been translated into 27 languages and presented throughout the world. Thumbprint, her opera with composer Kamala Sankaram, premiered in the 2014 Prototype Festival and was presented at L.A. Opera in 2017.
About THUMBPRINT
THUMBPRINT, a 90-minute contemporary opera-theatre work by Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz, is inspired by the experiences of Mukhtar Mai, the first female victim of gang rape to bring her male attackers to justice in Pakistan. In lieu of a financial settlement, Mai requested the construction of schools for girls. She hoped to educate the young to help prevent the humiliation of signing their name with only a thumbprint.
The libretto originates from a series of interviews with Mai, and explores the deep family ties and tribal traditions that led up to an astonishing act of courage. The score is a dynamic collision of Hindustani and European opera influences with an ensemble of six singers and six instrumentalists, featuring flute, violin and viola, upright bass, piano/harmonium, and percussion (drums and tabla).
Item Special Note
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