We did it for penelope

Twelve miraculous women safely gathered in Saugerties, NY, a magical artistic oasis upstate, to rehearse, record, and create a long-form trailer for Penelope. While it was not the originally intended iteration by any means, Penelope’s story is still being told.

See below for a teaser, as well as behind the scenes pictures from our week of creation and camaraderie. And keep close watch of this page as we continue to add more.

Remember: it’s not an opera - it’s a manifesto.  

Suzanne Bennett and Shout Out Saugerties for producing this project.

Paracademia and Cheri Magid for producing this project.

Opera America for their Opera Grant for Female Composers program supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

The Society of Classical Studies for their Classics Everywhere grant.

NYU Tisch for their Dean’s Grant, gifted by Dean Allyson Green.

New Music USA for their grant, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Helen F. Whitaker fund, The Aaron Copland fund for Music, Inc., New York State Council on the Arts.