ROK's 5th Season
THE TELEPHONE
A ROK Adaptation
Performed Season 2012-13
Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti
Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti
Stage Directed by Alyssa Arrigo
Before leaving on a business trip, Ben visits his girlfriend, Lucy. He wants to have an important conversation with her, but finds himself blocked by a constant stream of interruptions - Lucy’s friends calling her on THE TELEPHONE to say hi, chat, and gossip. Ben is running short on time, and he needs to talk to Lucy. How can he get her attention before it’s too late?
Appropriate for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and families | Sung in English | Performance length: approx. 30 minutes
A ROK Adaptation
Performed Season 2012-13
Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti
Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti
Stage Directed by Alyssa Arrigo
Before leaving on a business trip, Ben visits his girlfriend, Lucy. He wants to have an important conversation with her, but finds himself blocked by a constant stream of interruptions - Lucy’s friends calling her on THE TELEPHONE to say hi, chat, and gossip. Ben is running short on time, and he needs to talk to Lucy. How can he get her attention before it’s too late?
Appropriate for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and families | Sung in English | Performance length: approx. 30 minutes
5th anniversary facts
ROK gave fifty-one performances throughout South-Central Indiana and Missouri...
including thirty K-12 schools, five community centers, and one hospital.
Supported by the New Frontiers grant, our first-ever commission, Mooch the Magnificent, was presented thirty-four times...
and is now published by Theodore Presser.
We hit the road for the first time for an opera tour of north-central Missouri...
and we were featured on WFIU, KTTN, and in the Bloomington Herald Times.
We reached 501(c)(3) non-profit status in April...
and received a host of new grants and support from local community groups in Indiana and Missouri.
ROK became an official community partner for the Office of Service Learning at Indiana University...
and will be working with a service-learning course associated with the Jacobs School of Music, beginning fall 2013.
This expansion led to a new record for us...
ROK performed for close to 7,500 students during the 2012-2013 school year.
ROK thanks you for your generous support. To the next five years!
including thirty K-12 schools, five community centers, and one hospital.
Supported by the New Frontiers grant, our first-ever commission, Mooch the Magnificent, was presented thirty-four times...
and is now published by Theodore Presser.
We hit the road for the first time for an opera tour of north-central Missouri...
and we were featured on WFIU, KTTN, and in the Bloomington Herald Times.
We reached 501(c)(3) non-profit status in April...
and received a host of new grants and support from local community groups in Indiana and Missouri.
ROK became an official community partner for the Office of Service Learning at Indiana University...
and will be working with a service-learning course associated with the Jacobs School of Music, beginning fall 2013.
This expansion led to a new record for us...
ROK performed for close to 7,500 students during the 2012-2013 school year.
ROK thanks you for your generous support. To the next five years!