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White Snake Projects Launches Directory of Indigenous Performing Artists

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White Snake Projects has launched its Indigenous Directory for Musical Storytelling. The searchable online platform is designed to amplify the visibility of Native American arts professionals, connect them with opportunities, and help the entire performing arts ecosystem thrive. This free and accessible resource is open to all arts workers, organizations, and businesses. Members can create and manage personalized profiles that showcase {…}

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White Snake Projects to World Premiere ‘To The People Like Us’

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White Snake Projects is set to return to The Strand Theatre for the world premiere of “To The People Like Us.” The premiere is set to be held on June  28, 2025, and will mark the company’s inaugural community opera. The work was collaboratively written by local teenage students of  826  Boston’s Youth Literacy Advisory Board and is an original, timely story exploring issues of gentrification, {…}

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White Snake Projects Gives World Premiere of ‘Is This America?’

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The world premiere of Mary D. Watkins and Cerise Lim Jacobs’ opera, “Is This America?” is presented by White Snake Projects on Sept. 20. This new 90-minute fully-staged opera celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. “Is This America?” features mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel in the lead role, alongside bass-baritone Eliam Ramos-Silva, and Voice Boston Children’s {…}

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White Snake Projects Presents the World Premiere of ‘Domme & Giovanni’

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Ryan Oldham’s “Dome & Giovanni” makes its world premiere in White Snake Projects’ second annual “Opera Through the Looking Glass” series. “Domme & Giovanni” is a contemporary retelling of Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni.” Liz Abram-Oldham and Cerise Lim Jacobs teamed together as co-librettists to write a modern adaptation that centers on the strengths of the female roles by flipping the {…}

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White Snake Projects Presents ‘Sing Out Strong: Emancipated Voices’

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White Snake Projects will present the seventh installment of its “Sing Out Strong” series, “Emancipated Voices,” featuring original works with texts by longtime Massachusetts residents and newly arrived immigrants. Scheduled for performances throughout March, “What Does Voting Mean To You?” was the prompt for composers in a Call for Entries in 2023. Composers were selected by a panel consisting of {…}

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White Snake Projects Announces Winter 2024 Community Events

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Activist performing arts company White Snake Projects is set to give two free community engagement events this winter season. The first is a Roxbury community showcase of local youth arts organizations in “Show Out Boston,” “a platform for Boston’s youth arts organizations to show up, show off and show out!” This is the second year that the company presents this {…}

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White Snake Projects Presents Second Annual ‘Let’s Celebrate!’

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Activist Opera Company, White Snake Projects has announced the second annual “Let’s Celebrate!” its opera series focused on diversity and intersectionality. The program is comprised of four 20-minute operas alongside traditional holiday works and stories that more closely mirror the demographics of the Boston area. Audiences will enjoy “My Little Coqui” by Iván Enrique Rodriguez, “Jo Dooba So Paar” by {…}

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White Snake Projects Presents World Premiere of ‘MONKEY’

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(Photo credit: Yvette Marie Dostatni/Chicago Puppet Studio) Activist opera company, White Snake Projects, is set to the world premiere of “MONKEY: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable” on Sep. 22-24, 2023. Per an official press statement issued by the company, composer Jorge Sosa and creator/librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs‘ “Monkey” is a family-friendly transmedia show featuring life-scaled Bunraku puppetry, Kung Fu, computer {…}

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White Snake Projects Unveils 2023-24 Season

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White Snake Projects (WSP) has announced its 2023-24 season, featuring life-size puppets, holiday celebrations, recent works from composers worldwide performed by local artists, a community jam, and a satirical reimagining of “Don Giovanni.” WSP will present composer Jorge Sosa and creator/librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs’ “Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable. This family-friendly opera blends Bunraku puppetry, CGI, and live performances. {…}