Room&Board & Opera

Boston Opera Collaborative | January 25–26, 2024
Room & Board Showroom | Boston, MA

An intimate, site-specific evening of comedic chamber opera staged inside Boston's Room&Board furniture showroom on Newbury Street. Featuring Jonathan Bailey Holland's Naomi in the Living Room and Lee Hoiby's The Italian Lesson, the production brought audiences up close to two delightfully eccentric women navigating family, relationships, and the absurdities of everyday life.

CREATIVE TEAM

Stage Director: Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Assistant Director: Nic Laschever
Music Director: Ken Yanagisawa

CAST

Naomi in the Living Room
Music by Jonathan Bailey Holland | Based on the play by Christopher Durang

Naomi: Lindsay Conrad
John: Junhan Choi
Johnna: Chihiro Asano
Naomi (Cover): Monica Music
John (Cover): Nick Fahrenkrug
Johnna (Cover): Olivia Schurke
Music Director & Pianist: Jean Anderson

The Italian Lesson
Music by Lee Hoiby | Libretto by Ruth Draper

Mrs. Clancy: Jessica Jane Jacobs
Mrs. Clancy (Cover): Alexis Peart
Music Director & Pianist: Natasha Talukdar Elam

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Producing Company: Boston Opera Collaborative
Venue: Room & Board Showroom, 375 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Format: Site-specific, immersive chamber opera double bill
Language: English, with some Italian
Production Website: https://www.bocopera.org/roomandboard