Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto and music by Jason Cady; Joanie Brittingham as Mel; Eliza Bonet as The Narrato; Joshua Jeremiah as Officer Dunphy; Rachel Doehring as Yolanda; Rocky Duval as Mel's Mom; Brandon Snook as Curtis; Kamala Sankaram as Mrs. Bloom; Eric McKeever as Mel's Dad; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Jason Cady, modular synthesizer and drum machine; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

Libretto by Cara Ehlenfeldt; Music by Aaron Siegel; Brandon Snook as Alden; Kamala Sankaram as Janelle; Rocky Duval as Alden's Mom; Dmitry Glivinskiy, music director; Jeanann Dara, viola; Jeff Hudgins, reeds; Pat Swoboda, bass; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

Libretto by Cara Ehlenfeldt; Music by Aaron Siegel; Brandon Snook as Alden; Kamala Sankaram as Janelle; Rocky Duval as Alden's Mom; Dmitry Glivinskiy, music director; Jeanann Dara, viola; Jeff Hudgins, reeds; Pat Swoboda, bass; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

Libretto by Cara Ehlenfeldt; Music by Aaron Siegel; Brandon Snook as Alden; Kamala Sankaram as Janelle; Rocky Duval as Alden's Mom; Dmitry Glivinskiy, music director; Jeanann Dara, viola; Jeff Hudgins, reeds; Pat Swoboda, bass; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

The Understudy, Act III

Libretto by Jason Cady and Cara Ehlenfeldt; Music by Kamala Sankaram; Rocky Duval as Pat Dickson; Kamala Sankaram as Donna Pearlbottum, private eye; Rachel Doehring as Wanda, the Impresario; Eric McKeever as Rich Lexington; Joshua Jeremiah as Manny, the Stage Manager; Eliza Bonet as Missy, the Mezzo; Brandon Snook as Tony, the Tenor; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Kamala Sankaram, drum machine and samples; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

The Understudy, Act II

Libretto by Jason Cady and Cara Ehlenfeldt; Music by Kamala Sankaram; Rocky Duval as Pat Dickson; Kamala Sankaram as Donna Pearlbottum; Rachel Doehring as the Impresario; Eric McKeever as Rich; Joshua Jeremiah as Manny; Eliza Bonet as Missy; Brandon Snook as Tony; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Kamala Sankaram, (samples); Cara Ehlenfeldt, (sd) ; Jeff Cook, (mx)

The Understudy, Act I

Libretto by Jason Cady and Cara Ehlenfeldt; Music by Kamala Sankaram; Rocky Duval as Pat Dickson; Kamala Sankaram as Donna Pearlbottum; Rachel Doehring as the Impresario; Eric McKeever as Rich; Joshua Jeremiah as Manny; Eliza Bonet as Missy; Brandon Snook as Tony; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Kamala Sankaram, (samples); Cara Ehlenfeldt, (sd) ; Jeff Cook, (mx)

This concludes Aqua Net & Funyuns. If you haven't already, please start with the first episode and listen in order. Mel encounters her parents and doppelgänger in a parallel universe.

June finds out who the other woman is.

Isabel and Margaret reconcile while Arthur comes to understand Audrey. --- Another One Bites, Act 3, music and story by Jason Cady

Beauty Shot, Act 3, music by Tariq Al-Sabir, story by Daniel Shepard

Arkana Aquarium, Act 3, music by Michi Wiancko, story by Annie-Sage Whitehurst --- Experiments in Opera is a New York City-based community of artists looking for unconventional ways to bring together stories and music. For more information about our work and a full list of performers who made Aqua Net & Funyuns, visit experimentsinopera.com.

June threatens her friends with a gun.

Janelle helps Alden come to terms with his mother.

Donna Pearlbottum reveals "who dunnit." --- Beauty Shot, Act 2, music by Tariq Al-Sabir, story by Daniel Shepard

Ships that Pass, Act 3, music by Aaron Siegel, story by Cara Ehlenfeldt

The Understudy, Act 3 music by Kamala Sankaram, story by Jason Cady and Cara Ehlenfeldt

--- Experiments in Opera is a New York City-based community of artists looking for unconventional ways to bring together stories and music. For more information about our work and a full list of performers who made Aqua Net & Funyuns, visit experimentsinopera.com.

Janelle reads the Sherlock Holmes fanfiction that Alden's mother had written.

Mel discovers that the porta potty she hid in is a portal to a parallel universe.

Arthur realizes that his deceased wife has reincarnated into the body of a fish. --- Ships that Pass, Act 2, music by Aaron Siegel, story by Cara Ehlenfeldt

Another One Bites, Act 2, music and story by Jason Cady

Arkana Aquarium, Act 2, music by Michi Wiancko, story by Annie-Sage Whitehurst

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Experiments in Opera is a New York City-based community of artists looking for unconventional ways to bring together stories and music. For more information about our work and a full list of performers who made Aqua Net & Funyuns, visit experimentsinopera.com.