Orpheus in the Underworld

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Orpheus in the Underworld

By Jacques Offenbach
Stage Direction by Eileen Morris
Music Direction by Jared Emerson-Johnson

Synopsis: All is not well on Mount Olympus. The marriage of Orpheus and Eurydice is in dire straits and apathy and discontent reign among the gods. Ambrosia and nectar are bland and boring, and the only deity having any fun is Jupiter, philanderer extraordinaire and Master of Disguise. Abductions, infidelities, love and hilarity abound in this comic twist on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Delightfully crazed music theater, brought to life by Cinnabar Young Rep’s Music Theater Ensemble.

Run: April 28 – May 14

Dates: Apr. 28 (7:30), 29 (7:30), May 5 (7:30), 6 (7:30), 7 (2:00 & 7:30), 12 (7:30) and 14 (2:00)

Admission: $12 General Admission / $8 children 12 and under

Venue: Cinnabar Theater at 3333 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952

For Tickets: Contact Cinnabar Box Office three ways:
phone: 707-763-8920 e-Mail: info@cinnabartheater.org web: www.cinnabartheater.org.

Cast: Erin Ashe, Emily Brown, Kaitlin Buck, Emma Bushnell, Kirsten Creamer, Hannah Dooley, Rosie Dooley, Kyle Gee, Sarah Hansen, Natalie Herman, Nick Herman, Kailey Hewitt, Trevor Hoffman, Jackson DeMeo, David O’Connell, Charlotte Peak, Phoebe Richman, Sean Silva, Lainie Skolnik, Galen Small, Haley Viloria, Kim West and Robert Simpson

Eileen Morris (stage director) received her B.A. from UC San Diego. She has sung with nearly every regional opera company in the Bay Area and with Eugene Opera. Eileen is a long-time Cinnabar teacher & music director. She has directed a number of Young Rep productions, including Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and The Gondoliers. She most recently appeared at Cinnabar as the Mock Turtle/Cheshire Cat in the Opera in the Schools production of Alice and as The Diva in Lee Hoiby’s comic opera, Something New For the Zoo.

Jared Emerson-Johnson (music director) has taught music and acting with Cinnabar's education department for the past ten years. Most recently he music directed and conducted the 2005 Young Rep productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe and Ruddigore, and the 2005 Cinnabar Summer Camp. He has performed with various Bay Area companies including Cinnabar Opera, Sonoma City Opera, the San Francisco Lamplighters (in productions of Daughter of the Regiment, The Gondoliers, The Breasts of Tiresias, The Barber of Seville, Amahl and the Night Visitors, La Bohème, La Traviata, Cabaret, and The Marriage of Figaro).

Jared is an alumnus of the Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra (concertmaster), the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra (principal second violin), the Cornell Symphony Orhcestra, and the College of Marin Community Orchestra. He is the conductor and music director of Cinnabar's new instrumental community chamber ensemble.

Jared is also a composer/sound designer with credits on several leading video-game, advertising, handheld, and independent film titles. He holds a B.A. summa cum laude in music from Cornell University.