Name: dwb (driving while black)
Start: 2023-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mainframe Studios

Organization

Des Moines Metro Opera

Stage director

Chip Miller

Singer

Soprano

Roberta Gumbel

Instrumentalist

Cremaine Booker

Cello

David Leon Verin

Percussion

English

dwb (driving while black)

Indianola

United States

Grand View University

Viking Theatre

Cedar Rapids

African American Museum of Iowa

West Des Moines

Lutheran Churche of Hope

Des Moines

Mainframe Studios

dwb (driving while black) Kander, S.

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Baritone

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Bass

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel's dwb (driving while black) tackles what it means to be a parent of a Black child who starts driving. In its swift 45 minutes, the listener spends 16 years with a Black mother, feeling her growing fear as her Black son moves towards driving age.

“The deeply affecting and innovatively conceived new chamber opera dwb (driving while black) makes its powerful impact with deliberately limited forces. The piece, by composer Susan Kander and first-time librettist Roberta Gumbel, is a 45 minute monodrama for female voice. The instrumentation, consisting only of cello and percussion, is refreshingly spare and surprisingly multicolored.…” (Opera News)

dwb (driving while black) will be presented at Mainframe Studios on July 8, Hope+Elim Church on July 15, and Viking Theatre at Grand View University on July 21. Each performance will feature a community talkback session immediately following the opera.

dwb (driving while black) by Kander, S., From (2023/2023), Directed by Chip Miller,, Mainframe Studios, Des Moines, United States

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