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Episode 2 - Aqua Net & Funyuns

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Release Date: 12/05/2020

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Aqua Net & Funyuns

Guest host and celebrated author A.M. Homes leads a diverting discussion amongst the four Aqua Net & Funyuns librettists Jason Cady, Cara Ehlenfeldt, Daniel Shepard, and Annie-Sage Whitehurst as they look back on the process of writing their episodes of Aqua Net & Funyuns.

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BONUS - AN&F Composers in Conversation show art BONUS - AN&F Composers in Conversation

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Aqua Net & Funyuns composers Tariq Al-Sabir, Jason Cady, Kamala Sankaram, Aaron Siegel and Michi Wiancko sit down to talk about their experiences making the podcast opera and their reflections on having shared it so widely over the last five months.

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BONUS - Arkana Aquarium, Act III show art BONUS - Arkana Aquarium, Act III

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto by Annie-Sage Whitehurst; Music by Michi Wiancko; Eric McKeever as Arthur; Rachel Doehring as Audrey; Rocky Duval as Margaret; Joanie Brittingham as Isabel; The Fish Chorus - Kamala Sankaram, Eliza Bonet, Brandon Snook, and Joshua Jeremiah; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds); Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b); Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing.

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BONUS - Arkana Aquarium, Act II show art BONUS - Arkana Aquarium, Act II

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto by Annie-Sage Whitehurst; Music by Michi Wiancko; Eric McKeever as Arthur; Rachel Doehring as Audrey; Rocky Duval as Margaret; Joanie Brittingham as Isabel; The Fish Chorus - Kamala Sankaram, Eliza Bonet, Brandon Snook, and Joshua Jeremiah; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds); Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b); Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing.

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BONUS - Arkana Aquarium, Act I show art BONUS - Arkana Aquarium, Act I

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto by Annie-Sage Whitehurst; Music by Michi Wiancko; Eric McKeever as Arthur; Rachel Doehring as Audrey; Rocky Duval as Margaret; Joanie Brittingham as Isabel; The Fish Chorus - Kamala Sankaram, Eliza Bonet, Brandon Snook, and Joshua Jeremiah; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds); Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b); Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing.

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BONUS - Beauty Shot, Act III show art BONUS - Beauty Shot, Act III

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto by Daniel Shepard; Music by Tariq Al-Sabir; Joanie Brittingham as Karen; Rachel Doehring as Lucy; Rocky Duval as Tonya; Eliza Bonet as June; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Tariq Al-Sabir, drum machine; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing.

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BONUS - Beauty Shot, Act II show art BONUS - Beauty Shot, Act II

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto by Daniel Shepard; Music by Tariq Al-Sabir; Joanie Brittingham as Karen; Rachel Doehring as Lucy; Rocky Duval as Tonya; Eliza Bonet as June; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Tariq Al-Sabir, drum machine; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing.

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BONUS - Beauty Shot, Act I show art BONUS - Beauty Shot, Act I

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto by Daniel Shepard; Music by Tariq Al-Sabir; Joanie Brittingham as Karen; Rachel Doehring as Lucy; Rocky Duval as Tonya; Eliza Bonet as June; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Tariq Al-Sabir, drum machine; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing.

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BONUS - Another One Bites, Act III show art BONUS - Another One Bites, Act III

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto and music by Jason Cady; Joanie Brittingham as Mel; Eliza Bonet as The Narrato; Joshua Jeremiah as Officer Dunphy; Rachel Doehring as Yolanda; Rocky Duval as Mel’s Mom; Brandon Snook as Curtis; Kamala Sankaram as Mrs. Bloom; Eric McKeever as Mel’s Dad; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Jason Cady, modular synthesizer and drum machine; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

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BONUS - Another One Bites, Act II show art BONUS - Another One Bites, Act II

Aqua Net & Funyuns

Libretto and music by Jason Cady; Joanie Brittingham as Mel; Eliza Bonet as The Narrato; Joshua Jeremiah as Officer Dunphy; Rachel Doehring as Yolanda; Rocky Duval as Mel’s Mom; Brandon Snook as Curtis; Kamala Sankaram as Mrs. Bloom; Eric McKeever as Mel’s Dad; Dmitry Glivinskiy (pn and md); Jeanann Dara (vla, vln); Jeff Hudgins (rds) ; Drew Fleming (gtr); Pat Swoboda (b) ; Jason Cady, modular synthesizer and drum machine; Cara Ehlenfeldt, sound design; Jeff Cook, mixing

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More Episodes

Arthur starts a new job as a custodian at an aquarium and hears the voice of his deceased wife.

Tonya shares gossip with her friends about June leaving her husband Frank.

Donna Pearlbottum, private eye, is forced to sing in this opera-within-an-opera.
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Arkana Aquarium, Act 1, music by Michi Wiancko, story by Annie-Sage Whitehurst

Beauty Shot, Act 1, music by Tariq Al-Sabir, story by Daniel Shepard

The Understudy, Act 2 music by Kamala Sankaram, story by Jason Cady and Cara Ehlenfeldt
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Experiments in Opera is a New York City-based community of artists looking for unconventional ways to bring together stories and music.  For more information about our work and a full list of performers who made Aqua Net & Funyuns, visit experimentsinopera.com.