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December 5-7, 2024: Veronica in Bed with Briana Ratterman and Musica Universalis (Creative and Music Development)

A multi-media theatrical production exploring the life and times of Veronica Franco.

After sold-out theatrical runs of Danse Macabre in 2021 and Piercing the Veil in 2023, the musicians of Musica Universalis, director Štepán Šimek, and writer/performer Briana Ratterman Trevithick will be using their unique aesthetics of blending live music, poetry, puppetry, and old-world spectacle to turn their sights towards the life and times of Veronica Franco, famed courtesan and poet of 16th century Italian Renaissance. 

Through merging Briana’s original text with the words of Veronica Franco herself, their devised multi-media performance will dig into the grey area veiled within the duality of the Mother and the Whore, and explore the messy relationships between sexuality, power, and survival. Renaissance melodies tinged with modern jazz, projections of historical images juxtaposed with provocative contemporary photographs, and inventive puppetry will both captivate the audience and invite them to reflect on the interplay between past and present.

February 2025: Hibernate with Bedrock Theatre (Performer/Producer)

“We can’t keep a summer’s pace in a winter’s world.”

Errant gnomes, sleepy dormice, the powerful Cailleach and the wise Knitting Woman populate the cozy, magical world of Hibernate, a multi-part performance created to honor and highlight the rhythms and teachings of deep winter. This remount of Bedrock’s sold-out out 2024 production will include a fireside gathering, a walk with Winter Spirits through darkened forest trails and a cozy evening of stories, song and reflections on this oft-overlooked time of year.

March 2025: Silent Sky with Mt Hood Rep & OMSI (Director)

More details coming soon!