Upcoming Event – Squonk Opera Sun. March 21 @ 2 pm

Hope Academy’s Wednesday Animation Club has been working with Squonk Opera’s Michelle Carello, as part of the community residency program at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. The animation students are making a music video to the They Might Be Giants song, “Happy Doesn’t Have to Have an Ending.” The animated music video will be performed to live at our Spring Music Festival on Saturday, March 27 at 7 pm.

In the meantime, Michelle and Squonk Opera have generously offered us tickets to see their performance of Mayhem and Majesty on Sunday, March 21 at 2 pm at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. Hope Academy animation and HAT Co students are invited. There will be a question and answer session following the performance and Michelle will be there to talk about her role in the production. Please RSVP to Norma Meyer at 412-441-3800 x11 by Friday, March 12 if you would like to attend. 

Here is a taste of what you can expect.

Squonk Opera’s Mayhem & Majesty
Presented by Kelly Strayhorn Theater & Squonk Opera
Thursdays-Saturdays, March 11-13 and March 18-20 | 8PM &
Sundays, March 14 and 21 | 2PM
In Mayhem and Majesty, the sonic hooligans of Squonk Opera explore the poetry of music making and the power of sound with camera jibs, projection puppets and kinetic machines.
Each song evokes different atmospheres and dynamics, which are made vivid through mesmerizing projections and constantly transforming scenery. One moment you are alone in a swarm of stars with a gently swaying keyboard and a sparse lullaby your only guide. The next, you see how romance is just a series of cell mutations set to post-punk beats.
The Squonkers journey from the depths of moody minimalism to the heights of gypsy rock raucous delight. And our award-winning multimedia canvas takes your eyes to those wondrous places your ears have long kept secret.
Click here to visit Squonk Opera’s website.
Click here to purchase tickets
$15 Advance | $20 Door
$10 15206 Zip Code
$5 Student | Artist