PROTOTYPE OPERA / THEATRE / NOW

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“The contemporary mini music drama has found its impresarios in Kristin ­Marting, Beth Morrison, and Kim Whitener. They’re the nimble founders of ­Prototype, a pop-up festival that should quickly evolve into a New York institution. Armed with a jaunty slogan—“Opera/Theater/Now!”—the producers managed to pull off 29 performances of five premieres in three venues this past week. Audiences materialized too. ”
— New York Magazine, January 2013

“This gripping chamber version (of Sumeida's Song) shows the dramatic potential of black-box opera.”
— The New York Times, January 2013

“Pay attention: a new body of work is on the brink of exploding out of New York and onto the national scene, as an exciting new generation of composers and collaborators focus on the creation of chamber-sized theatre works in new and unique ways. PROTOTYPE is at the forefront of the movement, showcasing these works for new audiences and presenters alike — and David Little is one of its most pioneering, consistently groundbreaking voices.”
— Exit Strata, February 2013

“The inaugural Prototype Festival provides a welcome home for black box-style opera performances from some of the art form’s emerging lights... The festival shows its producers’ talent for matching composers, directors and designers to create engaging interdisciplinary works.”
— The Star-Ledger, January 2013

“PROTOTYPE Opera/Theatre/Now is just the sort of creative emergence we love at Exit Strata — a space in which there is no question that it’s time to do away with any remnant associations between classical music and anything stodgy or antiquated. ”
— Exit Strata, February 2013

“A wildly promising new opera and music-theatre festival.”
— The New York Times, September 2012

“A hothouse designed to foster fresh work.”
— Time Out New York, January 2012

“a new festival featuring music-theater premieres, but in completed, ready-to-tour productions rather than Vox’s more workshop style.”
— The New York Times, January 2012

“A New Music Festival Downtown to Offer Fresh Sounds and Words”
— The New York Times, January 2012