Against Women & Music!
by Kate Douglas & Grace McLean
Against Women & Music! is an absurdist-horror Victorian chamber piece. Celine is a widow emerging from a year of mourning and grappling with her daughter Geneva’s melancholia diagnosis. As Geneva begins taking piano lessons on doctor’s orders to “finesse her emotional intelligence,” Celine discovers a sinister presence has possessed her daughter.
Against Women & Music! has been developed at Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and The Civilians R&D Group with additional support from Theater Latté Da. It is a finalist for HERE Harp program and has been workshopped through The Civilians annual cabaret series and Rhinebeck Retreat’s Triple R Program.
The Ninth Hour
by Kate Douglas & Shayfer James
The Ninth Hour is a Beowulf for the modern age. Inspired by one of the oldest works in the Western canon, The Ninth Hour explores the intricacies of mankind's relationship with power and violence through movement, ASL and rock anthems.
It was a sold-out hit at the The Cloisters as part of the Met Live Arts series in the Summer of 2019 and a stand-out offering of the Met’s Digital Performance Series in 2020.
An EP with selections from the piece is available on all streaming services.