Miranda
A Steampunk VR Experience
September 24, 25 & 26
6:30 PM EST, 7:45 PM EST, 9:00 PM EST
Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Reese
Adaptation for VR by Kamala Sankaram and Alison Moritz
Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Kamala Sankaram & Rob Reese
Adaptation for VR by Kamala Sankaram & Alison Moritz
In collaboration with Luma Projection Arts Festival, Enhance VR and Opera Omaha
Miranda: A Steam Punk VR Experience is a cutting edge collaboration between LUMA, Tri-Cities Opera, Enhance VR and Opera Omaha that re-imagines world-class theater for a socially distanced age.
LUMA, the country’s premier festival for art, technology and narrative will headline its 2020 edition with this first-of-its-kind event, featuring live motion-capture performance during every showtime. Get ready to immerse yourself in the real time interactive narrative with a VR headset, on your PC, or via YouTube on any mobile device this September.
With a story and score by groundbreaking composer Kamala Sankaram, Miranda transports us to a dystopian future where growing class disparities have reached epic proportions and our criminal justice system serves only as a parody of what it once was. A wealthy woman has died under mysterious circumstances and three suspects’ lives are on the line. They’ll testify in aria for the chance at freedom. The online audience will serve as judge and jury–but can they even accept their own role at face value? Or has the game been rigged from the start?
3 ways to experience live performances
- Interact in virtual reality with an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset*
- Interact on a desktop or laptop gaming PC*
- Watch the “Director’s Cut” streaming over YouTube Live
*Registration required for Virtual Reality and Interactive Desktop versions
Miranda: A Steam Punk VR Experience is a cutting edge collaboration between LUMA, Tri-Cities Opera, Enhance VR and Opera Omaha that re-imagines world-class theater for a socially distanced age.
LUMA, the country’s premier festival for art, technology and narrative will headline its 2020 edition with this first-of-its-kind event, featuring live motion-capture performance during every showtime. Get ready to immerse yourself in the real time interactive narrative with a VR headset, on your PC, or via YouTube on any mobile device this September.
With a story and score by groundbreaking composer Kamala Sankaram, Miranda transports us to a dystopian future where growing class disparities have reached epic proportions and our criminal justice system serves only as a parody of what it once was. A wealthy woman has died under mysterious circumstances and three suspects’ lives are on the line. They’ll testify in aria for the chance at freedom. The online audience will serve as judge and jury–but can they even accept their own role at face value? Or has the game been rigged from the start?
Originally Commissioned, Developed, and Produced at HERE through the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP).
language
Sung in English.
READ LIBRETTO (Warning: CONTAINS SPOILERS)
run time
Approximately 20 minutes.
cast
Erin Alcorn, Miranda Stand-In
Langelihle Mngxati, Cor Stand-In
Amanda Staub, Anjana Stand-In
JURY CHORUS: Erin Alcorn, John Cockerill, Langelihle Mngxati, and Amanda Staub
creative
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE: Contemporaneous
- Vicente Alexim, Clarinets
- Daniel Kochersberger, Saxophones
- Brandon Randall-Myers, Guitar
- Sabrina Tabby, Violin
- Dylan Mattingly, Cello
- Stuart Breczinski, Audio Engineer
Cricket S. Myers, Sound Design, Tri-Cities Opera
Diego M. Martinez, 3D Environmental Artist/VFX Artist, Quarantine Interactive Studio
Matt Gill, Lead VR Developer, Enhance VR
Keith Avery, VR Developer, Enhance VR
Production
Joshua Bernard, Executive Producer, LUMA
Tice Lerner, Executive Producer, LUMA
John Rozzoni, Executive Producer, TCO
Kurt Howard, Associate Producer, Opera Omaha
Anna Warfield, Production Director, LUMA
Cynthia Hennon Marino, Production Stage Manager, TCO
Danielle Ranno, Stage Manager, TCO
Nathan Elsener, Production Manager, TCO
John Cockerill, Assistant Conductor, TCO
Christian Lee, Sound Engineer, TCO
Juan Caratino, 3D Character Artist, Quarantine Interactive Studio
Alvaro Arias, 3D Character Artist, Quarantine Interactive Studio
Santiago R. Villa, 2D Character Artist, Quarantine Interactive Studio
Virginia Palomeque, 2D Matte Painter, Quarantine Interactive Studio
Shawn Shevlin, Technical Director, TCO
Melissa Schmitz, Technical Director, LUMA
Matt White, Technical Director, LUMA
Burim Shakjiri, Technical Director, LUMA
Brian Smith, Technical Director, LUMA
Jesse Corbin, Technical Director/Support, LUMA
Fermin Romero III, Technical Director, LUMA
Adam Gabriel, Technical Director, LUMA
Sam Kirsch, Network Engineer, LUMA
Doug Camin, Network Engineer, LUMA