The Water Project

The Water Project The Full Disclosure Festival Presents:
THE WATER PROJECT FOLK OPERA (Workshop)
OCTOBER 20-21
http://eggtooth.org/ Some say it is a devil. Some say it is a dream.

The Water Project Folk Opera is Emma Ayres' reimagining of her original play: The Water Project. Set in a rural Western-Mass dreamscape of the Great Depression, the story illuminates the archetypal conflict of big business interest and political corruption versus the working-class poor. In the Swift River Valley during the year 1938, a clock struck midnight, ringing in disincorporation, heartbrea

k and loss of place, all in the name of progress. "Newspaper headlines read: 4 towns flooded, 2,500 people relocated, houses moved on the backs of trucks, 7,500 graves dug up and reburied on higher ground, memories drowned, and little know..." the water is rising. More information coming soon...http://eggtooth.org/

This project was made possible by the Club Passim Iguana Fund: http://passim.org/iguana


The Water Project has been seen in other iterations in the course of its development. The Water Project: Immersive was produced by TheatreTruck [www.thetheatretruck.com] at the Swift River Valley Historical Society in September of 2016. Previous to that production The Water Project has been seen in development at Hawkes & Reed Performing Arts Center (produced by Eggtooth Productions) and Amherst College.

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