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Cast & Crew
Stanford University Bing Concert Hall Premiere April 12 & 13, 2014

Dan O’Brien, librettist
Jonathan Berger, composer
Rinde Eckert, director
Mark DeChiazza, video projection designer
Mike Starobin, light designer
Sandra Woodall & Connie Strayer, costume designers
Eric Koziol, video director, editor, camera
Loren Robertson & Nicole Fuentez, camera
Nick Malgieri, audio engineer

The Cast
Part 1, Theotokia
Mother Anne, Leon's Mother, Yeti Mother: Heather Buck, soprano
Leon: Geoffrey Williams, countertenor
Congregant: Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Congregant: Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone
Congregant: Craig Phillips, bass

Part 2, The War Reporter
Paul Watson: Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone
Honderlich, Paul's inner voice: Heather Buck, soprano
Paul's inner voice: Geoffrey Williams, countertenor
Paul's inner voice: Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
William Cleveland, Cleveland's brother: Craig Phillips, bass

Musical Accompaniment
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Geoff Nutall & Scott St. John, violins
Lesley Robertson, viola
Christopher Costanza, cello
Stephen Tramontozzi, bass
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Pascal Archer, clarinet
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Steven Schick, percussion
Christopher Rountree, conductor

Other acknowledgements include:
Jennifer Bilfield
Paul Watson
The Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
Fernando Lopez Lezcano
Jay Kadis
Carr Wilkerson
StanfordLive
Kimberley Pross
Joey Sandin
Matt Rodriquez
DotDotDot Music
Sarah Baird Knight & Steven Swartz
Commissioners and Sponsors
Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts