First Congregational Church
33 E. Forest Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
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NOEL NIGHT PROGRAMMING:
NOEL NIGHT HOURS: 5:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.
5:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:00 pm – Under the Snow, a new puppet opera for all ages! Music and libretto by Shara Nova, directed by Carrie Morris with puppets by the Detroit Puppet Company. Commissioned by the Detroit Opera.
About Shara Nova
Shara Nova, a classically trained vocalist and self-taught multi-instrumentalist who records dazzling, shapeshifting music as My Brightest Diamond, has always felt like an outsider. Over the course of four groundbreaking albums, she has resisted the conventions of genre, blending elements of rock, art pop, and chamber music into a sound totally her own. While fiercely independent, she like everyone else, still desires connectedness. This tension is at the core of her new album—A Million And One—where she has once again reinvented herself.
About Detroit Puppet Company
Detroit Puppet Company creates and presents awe-inspiring puppetry with artists from Detroit and beyond, using puppets as the vehicle for a better tomorrow. Their works have been seen by 25,000 audience members over the past 3 years in neighborhoods across the city, with the majority of those events free to the public. They tell stories that resonate with our neighbors, using something as small as a puppet to inspire larger social change.
About the Detroit Opera
Detroit Opera is the premier multi-disciplined producer and presenter for opera, musical theatre, and dance in the Great Lakes Region. Based in the city of Detroit, the organization engages artists of national and international stature for stellar main stage and outreach performances, and provides compelling cultural enrichment programs for the diverse audiences and communities that it serves, making it one of Detroit’s pillars of arts and culture.
