Treemonisha

A triumphant adaptation of Scott Joplin’s groundbreaking opera reimagined for the 21st century. It is the late 1880s in the Deep South. A group of upwardly mobile Freedmen are running a plantation near Texarkana, striving to become an essential part of an emerging new America. In the surrounding forest, a group of Maroons are rebuilding a nearly lost connection to their African ancestry. They do not value a country that has so recently seen them as nothing but property. Their coexistence is fragile but functional, until it is shattered by an act of violence. Into this conflict comes a young woman who discovers she has roots in both communities. At this crucial moment in history, her choices will determine the future. Her name is Treemonisha. Sung in English with projected English titles.