PENNY, the hour-long opera about an autistic woman, Penny Rutherford, who develops a talent for singing, begins to explore a musical career, and finds herself in conflict with her family, will premiere, presented by the Washington National Opera, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on January 23 and 24, 2015. This is a commission of the American Opera Initiative. Music by Douglas Pew, words by me. PENNY is an original, fictional story.
Tickets here.
Blog about the AOI PENNY commission here.