Orgy & Bess
from Heartbeat Opera
Heartbeat Opera’s 10th Drag Opera Extravaganza
ORGY & BESS: Deep Throats & High Notes
Created by Ethan Heard & Jacob Ashworth
Script and New English Lyrics by Ethan Heard, Peregrine Heard, and Jacob Ashworth
Arrangements by Dan Schlosberg
Directed by Ethan Heard
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth & Dan Schlosberg
Cast:
Jamilyn Manning // Soprano
Angela Yam // Soprano
Sishel Claverie // Mezzo-soprano
Bernard Holcomb // Tenor
John Taylor Ward // Bass
PERFORMANCES
Thursday, October 30th @ 7:30 pm - Opening Night
Friday, October 31st @ 7:30 pm - Halloween show
Saturday, November 1st @ 7:30 pm- Gala performance
Tuesday, November 4th @ 7:30 pm - Performance
Thursday, November 6th @ 7:30pm - Performance
Friday, November 7th @ 7:30pm - Performance
Saturday, November 8th @ 7:30pm - Closing Performance
DESCRIPTION
Heartbeat Opera presents their 10th Annual Drag Extravaganza, a hilarious, irreverent party at the bold intersection of drag and opera! ORGY & BESS takes off from Porgy and Bess but goes on to skewer the entire opera canon. What happens to Bess after Porgy? She stumbles from the 1920s into 2025 NYC, and the first person she meets is Cio-Cio-San from Madama Butterfly. Then it's Lucia from Lucia di Lammermoor. As more characters travel through the magical glory hole, the orgy heats up, and Bess learns about the trap of being a trope. Together with her new sisterhood, she takes a journey to radical self-love through a whirlwind of arias and numbers from Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Norma, Lucia, Carmina Burana, Lohengrin, The Mikado, The Wiz, Rent, and more!