A River Runs Through It: Page to Stage New York Performances

At National Sawdust, *A River Runs Through It: Page to Stage* treats the opera form as a live rock/pop set built for a listening room, not a proscenium. Featured performers include Britton & The Sting, Lola Kirke with Odetta, Storey Littleton + Calder the Destroyer, Black Belt Eagle Scout and Mato Wayuhi with Ailani, Bruce Brubaker Live!, and a Friday the 13th dance party with DJs Eli Escobar & Cosmo. No documented NYC premiere history is available in published materials. One clear point lands: the lineup makes “opera” feel less like a category and more like a method for staging contemporary song.