Name: [opera captions] by Jay Afrisando, directed by Sequoia Hauck - An Opera Theatre
Start: 2026-01-23T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-01-26T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Nautilus Music-Theater

[opera captions] by Jay Afrisando, directed by Sequoia Hauck - An Opera Theatre

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[opera captions] by Jay Afrisando & Directed by Sequoia Hauck
A music-theater-film-poetry performance where captions become an “actor,” exploring how sound is truly felt.
Jan 23–26, 2026 @ Nautilus Music-Theater in St Paul.
Every show is ASL interpreted & Sunday's 5pm show will be audio described.
Tickets are pay as you're able and on sale Dec 19!
[opera captions] first premiered in NYC in 2023. AOT’s production of [opera captions] is a newly produced iteration of the original premiere and has been guided by an Advisory Council which includes both Deaf and hearing-abled theater artists.
Production Team:
Jay Afrisando- creator and composer
Sequoia Hauck - stage director
Kelly M Turpin- executive producer
Ches Cipriano- stage manager
Riley Graygrove- accessibility coordinator
Lela Olson- captioner
Dante Lawrence- lighting designer
Performing Artists:
Cindi Martin- narrator
Rodolfo Nieto- narrator
Jared Mikach- music director and pianist
Sage Opeña- saxophone
Rebecca Merblum - cello
Maria Dively- ASL interpreter
Bee Valentino- ASL interpreter
[Alt text: a show poster featuring glitch art aesthetics: with shifts, color oranges, purples, and pinks, an opera theatre logo is in the corner, fragmented text overlays resembling open captions, and abstract visual noise that evokes the reimagining of sound through captions. With the title "[opera captions] by Jay Afrisando directed by Sequoia Hauck". Performance details on the the bottom, January 24-26 at Nautilus Music-Theater 308 E Prince St. St Paul.]
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