IN Series

IN Series Washington DC's home for chamber opera and innovative musical programming

IN Series creates intimate and innovative theatrical programming in opera, cabaret, and song: embracing fresh approaches to the classics, blending the performing arts in unconventional ways, and showcasing Washington area artists. With its unique approach to opera and by blending the performing arts in unconventional ways, the In Series offers artists and audiences meaningful, high-quality, intim

ate, affordably priced work that is thought-provoking and exciting. Artistic excellence, community service and partnerships are core components of the In Series. The company is committed to affordable ticket prices and to an accessibility that, while preserving the core vision and musical integrity of the original work, finds parallels and references that speak to us today.

06/17/2026

🎉 Thank You, IN Series Community! 🎉

As we enter Week 3 of our SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS Summer Appeal 2026, we are filled with gratitude.

Because of the generosity of the individuals listed here—and many others who have shared, encouraged, and championed this campaign—we have raised $8,500 toward our $35,000 goal.

Every gift, whether large or small, is an act of belief.

A belief in artists.
A belief in community.
A belief in the power of music and theater to bring people together, foster dialogue, and help us imagine new possibilities.

Organizations like IN Series do not thrive because of a single donor or institution. They thrive because a community of people chooses to invest in creativity, curiosity, beauty, and human connection.

To everyone who has donated, attended a performance, shared our campaign, brought a friend, volunteered, or advocated for our work: thank you.

Your support helps sustain the artists and programming that make IN Series possible.

We still have $26,500 to go before July 1, and every gift brings us closer to unlocking our full $35,000 matching gift.

ART IS NOT SILENT.

THE FUTURE HAS A VOICE.

Thank you for helping it be heard.

🎭 Donate and help us reach our goal:
https://chuffed.org/project/183359-sic-semper-tyrannis-summer-appeal-2026

🌟 BALTIMORE, HERE WE COME! 🌟After a sold-out opening weekend in Washington, DC, The Song of Sakuntala is headed to Balti...
06/16/2026

🌟 BALTIMORE, HERE WE COME! 🌟

After a sold-out opening weekend in Washington, DC, The Song of Sakuntala is headed to Baltimore Theatre Project for its final weekend of performances!

Don’t miss this extraordinary world premiere opera by Timothy Nelson, blending Indian classical and Western baroque musical traditions into a mesmerizing journey of love, loss, memory, and redemption.

Featuring:
✨ Aryssa Leigh Burrs
✨ Teresa Ferrara Blessing
✨ Marvin Wayne Allen
🎶 Rajib Karmakar – sitar
🎶 Nitin Mitta – tabla
🎶 Emily Grace Konkle – violin
🎶 Niccolo Seligmann – viola da gamba
🎶 Stephanie Ying – oboe

Join us in Baltimore for this unique theatrical and musical experience before it closes.

A special thank you to The Baltimore Times, our Community Media Partner, for helping us deepen our roots in Baltimore and connect this remarkable production with audiences throughout the city.

đź“Ť Baltimore Theatre Project
📅 June 19–21
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.inseries.org/post/songofsakuntala

Did You Know?IN Series was founded in 1982 and is preparing to celebrate its 45th Anniversary Season in 2026–2027. What ...
06/15/2026

Did You Know?

IN Series was founded in 1982 and is preparing to celebrate its 45th Anniversary Season in 2026–2027. What began as a small concert series has grown into one of the nation’s most innovative creators of opera and music theater—bringing together artists, cultures, and communities through bold new work and reimagined classics.

If you’ve been inspired by what you’ve seen, heard, and felt on our stages—whether through world premieres, intimate storytelling, cross-cultural collaborations, or unforgettable performances—we invite you to help shape what comes next.

Our Sic Semper Tyrannis Summer Appeal 2026 is now underway. We have 30 days to raise $35,000, and every dollar will be matched by an anonymous donor, doubling your impact.

The innovation you experience on stage begins with supporters like you.

❤️ Make a gift today:
https://chuffed.org/project/in-series

Together, we’ll ensure that the next 45 years are just as daring, imaginative, and transformative as the last.


















06/12/2026

WHY MAKE THIS WORK?

Why create new work? Why revisit old stories?

Because art helps us understand who we are—and who we might become.

This past season, IN Series presented seven premieres in nine months, bringing new voices, new perspectives, and new conversations to our stages. We also continued to reimagine classic works, discovering fresh meaning in stories that still have something urgent to say.

At IN Series, we believe great art isn’t a museum piece. It’s a living conversation. It challenges us, comforts us, surprises us, and invites us to imagine a more connected and compassionate future.

But this work only happens because people like you choose to support it.

As part of our SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS Summer Appeal 2026, we’re raising $35,000 by July 1 to support the artists and programming that make this work possible. And thanks to a generous anonymous donor, every gift will help unlock an additional $35,000 matching gift.

🎭 100% of donations support artists and programming.

ART IS NOT SILENT.
THE FUTURE HAS A VOICE.

Your voice helps ours to continue to be heard.
Donate today:
https://chuffed.org/project/183359-sic-semper-tyrannis-summer-appeal-2026

06/12/2026

🎶 Want to see more artists like Nitin Mitta on our stages? 🎶

Then don’t miss The Song of Sakuntala this weekend.

In our latest artist interview, audiences can get to know Nitin Mitta, the extraordinary tabla virtuoso whose artistry helps shape the musical heartbeat of this world premiere opera. Renowned for his work across Indian classical music, jazz, world music, and contemporary performance, Nitin brings astonishing rhythmic mastery, sensitivity, and imagination to every collaboration.

Together with acclaimed sitar virtuoso Rajib Karmakar, Nitin helps create a rich musical dialogue between Indian classical and Western baroque traditions in Timothy Nelson’s Song of Sakuntala.

Featuring:
✨ Aryssa Leigh Burrs
✨ Teresa Ferrara Blessing
✨ Marvin Wayne Allen
🎶 Rajib Karmakar, sitar
🎶 Nitin Mitta, tabla
🎶 Emily Grace Konkle, violin
🎶 Niccolo Seligmann, viola da gamba
🎶 Stephanie Ying, oboe

Music by Timothy Nelson

Learn more about Nitin’s artistic journey in our interview, then experience the music live during the final performances of Song of Sakuntala in Washington, DC and Baltimore.

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.inseries.org/post/songofsakuntala

Week 1 - here's a first Thank You Shout Out to those who gave. ❤️As we wrap up the first week of our SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS...
06/10/2026

Week 1 - here's a first Thank You Shout Out to those who gave. ❤️

As we wrap up the first week of our SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS Summer Appeal, we want to offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has already stepped forward in support of IN Series.

Organizations like ours don’t exist because of a few large institutions. They exist because people choose to believe in the value of art. They exist because audience members buy tickets, donors make gifts, volunteers give their time, artists share their talents, and community members continue to show up—again and again.

Every performance begins with a community willing to invest in imagination, curiosity, beauty, and dialogue.

Whether you’ve donated, attended a performance, shared a post, brought a friend, or simply championed our work, you are helping build the future of IN Series.

We’ve raised $2,930 toward our $35,000 goal, and we’re deeply grateful. But this campaign isn’t just about dollars. It’s about people. It’s about believing that artists matter, that stories matter, and that gathering together through music and theater matters.

Thank you for helping make this work possible.

ART IS NOT SILENT. THE FUTURE HAS A VOICE.

🎭 Help us continue the journey:
https://chuffed.org/project/183359-sic-semper-tyrannis-summer-appeal-2026

Did you know?During our 2025–2026 IN Principio season, IN Series created and produced 7 premieres in just 9 months.Our w...
06/09/2026

Did you know?

During our 2025–2026 IN Principio season, IN Series created and produced 7 premieres in just 9 months.

Our world premieres challenged us to imagine what opera and music-theater can be in the world today.

Bold new work doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because artists, audiences, and supporters believe that creativity, curiosity, and courage matter.

As part of our SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS Summer Appeal 2026, we’re raising $35,000 by July 1 to support the artists and programming that make this work possible. Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, every gift will help unlock a $35,000 match.

🎭 100% of donations support artists and programming.

Support the future of IN Series:
https://chuffed.org/project/183359-sic-semper-tyrannis-summer-appeal-2026

🎉 A Sold-Out World Premiere Weekend! 🎉What a way to launch The Song of Sakuntala.This past weekend, every performance of...
06/08/2026

🎉 A Sold-Out World Premiere Weekend! 🎉

What a way to launch The Song of Sakuntala.

This past weekend, every performance of our world premiere production at the Atlas Performing Arts Center sold out, welcoming full houses to experience this extraordinary new opera by Timothy Nelson. We are deeply grateful to our audiences for embracing this bold and beautiful journey through love, loss, memory, and redemption.

Here is a first glimpse at the production photos featuring our remarkable artists:

✨ Aryssa Leigh Burrs
✨ Teresa Ferrara Blessing
✨ Marvin Wayne Allen

With:

🎶 Rajib Karmakar (sitar)
🎶 Nitin Mitta (tabla)
🎶 Emily Grace Konkle (violin) .violin
🎶 Niccolo Seligmann (viola da gamba)
🎶 Stephanie Ying (oboe)

And composition by Timothy Nelson.

If you missed the sold-out opening weekend, don’t wait—there are only two weekends remaining as The Song of Sakuntala continues in Washington, DC and Baltimore.

🎟️ Secure your tickets now before they are gone:
https://www.inseries.org/post/songofsakuntala

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this unforgettable premiere. We can’t wait to share the rest of this journey with you. ❤️

DCArts BaltimoreArts OperaThatSpeaks TimothyNelson

🎉 A Sold-Out World Premiere Weekend! 🎉What a way to launch The Song of Sakuntala.This past weekend, every performance of...
06/08/2026

🎉 A Sold-Out World Premiere Weekend! 🎉

What a way to launch The Song of Sakuntala.

This past weekend, every performance of our world premiere production at the Atlas Performing Arts Center sold out, welcoming full houses to experience this extraordinary new opera by Timothy Nelson. We are deeply grateful to our audiences for embracing this bold and beautiful journey through love, loss, memory, and redemption.

Here is a first glimpse at the production photos featuring our remarkable artists:

✨ Aryssa Leigh Burrs
✨ Teresa Ferrara Blessing
✨ Marvin Wayne Allen

With:

🎶 Rajib Karmakar (sitar)
🎶 Nitin Mitta (tabla)
🎶 Emily Grace Konkle (violin)
🎶 Niccolo Seligmann (viola da gamba)
🎶 Stephanie Ying (oboe)

And composition by Timothy Nelson.

If you missed the sold-out opening weekend, don’t wait—there are only two weekends remaining as The Song of Sakuntala continues in Washington, DC and Baltimore.

🎟️ Secure your tickets now before they are gone:
https://www.inseries.org/post/songofsakuntala

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this unforgettable premiere. We can’t wait to share the rest of this journey with you. ❤️

The Baltimore Times Baltimore Theatre Project

🎉 FIRST WEEKEND; SOLD OUT! 🎉We are thrilled to share that the entire first weekend of Song of Sakuntala at the Atlas Per...
06/07/2026

🎉 FIRST WEEKEND; SOLD OUT! 🎉

We are thrilled to share that the entire first weekend of Song of Sakuntala at the Atlas Performing Arts Center has sold out!

Thank you to our incredible audiences for embracing this world premiere with such enthusiasm. Seeing so many people gather to experience this luminous new work—a fusion of Indian classical and Western baroque musical traditions—is a powerful reminder of the community that makes ambitious, boundary-crossing art possible.

If you weren’t able to join us this weekend, there is still time to experience Song of Sakuntala during its remaining performances in Washington, DC and Baltimore.

Congratulations to the extraordinary artists who brought this production to life: Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Teresa Ferrara Blessing, Marvin Wayne Allen, Rajib Karmakar, Nitin Mitta, Emily Grace Konkle, Niccolo Seligmann, Stephanie Ying, and composer Timothy Nelson.

Thank you for helping make this world premiere such a remarkable success. ❤️

🎟️ Remaining tickets:
https://www.inseries.org/post/songofsakuntala

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