Theatre & Performance Works

SHOOT!

A One Act Opera by Afredo Cabarera, Directed by Grey Rose Grant for both stage and screen.

premiere: April, 2025 | Duderstadt Video Studio, Ann Arbor, MI

3 performers, fixed media | 45 minutes




The Sun Stands Still: A Sonic Immersion for the Winter Solstice

premiere: December 2024 | Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti MI

organ, chord organs, bassoon, voices, and fluxus elements for 3 – 10 musicians | 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 11 seconds.




Big and True: A Borscht-Day Celebration Extravaganza Show

Evening Length performance with Tobias Haus featuring live and fixed media.

premiere: September 2024 | Ziggy’s, Ypsilanti, MI

2 performers, piano, found objects, accordion, tape recorders, and fixed media (film.)

Borscht-Day Knee Play no. 3 (fixed media element)



Little Histories

A Folk Opera in Four Acts

Commissioned in part by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music

premiere: January 2024 | Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI

3 performers, flute, cello, and piano | 70 minutes




Glitter Orgy

An evening length dance-theater work in 3 parts. Thesis work for MMA at U of M

premiere: April 2022 | Ziggy’s Ypsilanti, MI

4 performers, electric flute, electric bassoon, violin/viola, piano, percussion

Part 1: After Julius Eastman

Part 2: After Meredith Monk

Part 3: After Clay Gonzalez




Michigan Trees: A Guide to The Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region

A Folk Opera in 11 Parts

Winner of the BMI Young Composer Award

premiere: September, 2019 | Ypsilanti Freighthouse, Ypsilanti, MI

5 performers, string quartet, 2 percussion. | 85 minutes




Einstein in the HOUSE

A DIY 3.5-hour production of the iconic Einstein on the Beach in a college house’s living room.

premiere: April 2017 | Private Residence, Ann Arbor, MI