2022 | 2023 Season

Opera Parallèle presents

Miles from where anyone can hear you scream

A Co-Production by Opera Parallèle, hawai’i opera theatre and Portland opera

Overview

Deep in the shadows of the Colorado Rockies lurks the Overlook Hotel. For its new caretakers, the Torrance family, the only thing more unnerving than their profound isolation is the realization that they are not the hotel’s only guests. Their young son Danny, with his spine-tingling sixth sense, endures the house of horrors while his father faces demons – past and present, real and remembered – that ultimately turn him into a monster. What starts as a desperate search for financial and marital sanctuary, spirals into a terrifying battle for sanity and survival. Adapted from Stephen King’s iconic novel, the Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning team of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell bring The Shining to even more frightening depths than ever before.

DATES
  • June 2, 2023 @ 7:30pm
  • June 3, 2023 @ 7:30pm
  • June 4, 2023 @ 2pm
Venue

Running Time: 2 hours 20 mins with intermission – performed in English with supertitles.

ILLUMINATING THE SHINING

EVENTS TO HELP YOU DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THIS CLASSIC STORY
SYNOPSIS

The Overlook Hotel claimed the most beautiful physical setting of any resort in the world; but Jack Torrance, with his wife, Wendy and their son Danny, discover much more than its natural splendor, Jack takes a new job as a winter caretaker, cut off from civilization for months with hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing a play. Danny, who possesses precognitive powers or ‘The Shining’, connects with the hotel cook Dick Halloran who shares these same powers. As the hotel begins to reveal its long and violent history to Danny through disturbing visions, Wendy insists that they leave the hotel immediately. However, Jack is becoming obsessed; the Overlook, frustrated that it cannot possess Danny, begins to possess Jack. Increasingly unstable, Jack destroys the CB radio in the hotel — the only means of contact to the outside world – after the voice on the other end tells him to kill his family. Wendy, frightened, chastises Jack for trapping them in the hotel, as Danny appears with his clothes wet, bruises around his neck, and lipstick marks on his face. The Overlook is crumbling around them and revealing all of its apparitions. Soon enough, Jack succombs to the Overlook’s control, intent on murdering his family. Cornered by a deranged Jack, Wendy and Danny fight him off for the time being, hoping that someone – or something – will help them escape.

HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS
  • OP works closely with our venue partners to maintain up to date Health & Safety policies. We regularly monitor local & state guidelines to ensure we are following the most current advice.
  • Health & Safety protocols for this production will be updated when tickets go on sale.
  • For up to date information please check YBCA’s health & safety plan.

Scenic Design Renderings by Jacquelyn Scott

Cast

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Robert Wesley Mason

Robert Wesley Mason

'Jack Torrance'

– Baritone

Kearstin Piper Brown

Kearstin Piper Brown

'Wendy Torrance'

– Soprano

Tenzin Forder

Tenzin Forder

'Danny Torrance'

– Spoken

Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson

'Danny Torrance'

– Spoken

Kevin Deas

Kevin Deas

'Dick Hallorann'

– Bass-Baritone

David Walton

David Walton

'Delbert Grady / Stuart Ullman'

– Tenor

Nathan Granner

Nathan Granner

'Bill Watson / Lloyd the Bartender'

– Tenor

Molly Mary Mahoney

Molly Mary Mahoney

'Mrs Massey / Vocal Ensemble'

– Mezzo-Soprano

Christabel Nunoo

Christabel Nunoo

'Mrs Grady / Vocal Ensemble'

– Soprano

Meher Arvind*

Meher Arvind*

'Grady Girls'

– Soprano

Gitanjali Menon*

Gitanjali Menon*

'Grady Girls'

– Soprano

Perri So*

Perri So*

'Grady Girls'

– Soprano

Kiyomi Treanor*

Kiyomi Treanor*

'Grady Girls'

– Soprano

Chung-Wai Soong

Chung-Wai Soong

'Senator / Vocal Ensemble'

– Bass-Baritone

Timothy Murray

Timothy Murray

'Horace Derwent'

– Baritone

Daniel Cilli

Daniel Cilli

'Mark Torrance'

– Baritone

J. Raymond Myers

J. Raymond Myers

'Crooner / Vocal Ensemble'

– Tenor

Caleb Alexander

Caleb Alexander

'Mafia Guy 1 / Vocal Ensemble'

– Tenor

Ryan Bradford

Ryan Bradford

'Mafia Guy 2 / Vocal Ensemble'

– Baritone

Aisha Campbell

Aisha Campbell

'Vocal Ensemble'

– Soprano

Maya Goell

Maya Goell

'Vocal Ensemble'

– Soprano

Rachel Rush

Rachel Rush

'Vocal Ensemble'

– Mezzo-Soprano

Michelle Pavlova

Michelle Pavlova

'Vocal Ensemble'

– Mezzo-Soprano

Kurt Winterhalter

Kurt Winterhalter

'Vocal Ensemble'

– Baritone

*Member of the San Francisco Girls Chorus

COMPOSER & Librettist

Paul Moravec

Paul Moravec

Composer

Mark Campbell

Mark Campbell

Librettist

Creative & Production Teams

Nicole Paiement

Nicole Paiement

Conductor

Jim French

Jim French

Lighting Designer

Brian Staufenbiel

Brian Staufenbiel

Director & Concept

Jaymes Kirksey

Jaymes Kirksey

Assistant Conductor

Jacquelyn Scott

Jacquelyn Scott

Scenic & Props Designer

David Toro

David Toro

Assistant Director

Alina Bokovikova

Alina Bokovikova

Costume Designer

Jack Beuttler

Jack Beuttler

Production Manager

David Murakami

David Murakami

Projection Designer

Y. Sharon Peng

Y. Sharon Peng

Hair & Make Up Designer

Supporters

Major production support has been provided by The National Endowment for the Arts, Don & Andrea Fellows Fineberg, Louise Fox, Philip Goward & Theodore Ueki, Jack & Betty Schafer, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and The Amphion Foundation, with support from Producers Circle members Donna Dubinsky and Len Shustek.

Major support for Opera Parallèle has been provided by Gordon Getty, The Lemala Fund, City & County of San Francisco Grants for the Arts, The Future Fund, Paul L. King, Scott R. Lord, and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.

The Bullhorn programming is supported in part through a Civic Practice Grant from OPERA America’s Opera Fund and by The Henry W. and Nettie Robinson Foundation.