Precipice – January 8 – 11
January 8 – 11, 2026
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tickets:
Tickets are offered on a “pay what you can” basis at three levels:
$35, $50, and $75.
Patrons purchasing tickets at the $50 or $75 levels will receive exclusive digital content from the show.
Dates & Times:
January 8-11, 2026
Thursday, January 8, 2026 – 8pm
Friday, January 9, 2026 – 8pm
Saturday, January 10, 2026 – 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, January 11, 2026 – 8pm
*A talkback with the creative team will follow the January 10th 2pm performance.
ABOUT
Precipice sets an intimate story of a young woman’s struggle in the epic landscape of America’s mountain west. Like the land around her, her wild spirit is crushed by disregard. She escapes to the precipice and leaps, awakening mute in a wilderness in which she must fight to find her voice. The opera’s visual world is evoked by miniature dioramas and large-scale video. The score, inspired by American folk music, art song, and the sounds of nature, features seven singers, string quintet, piano and mandolin. By drawing parallels between environmental and emotional damage, PRECIPICE looks at how we are silenced and exiled, and how we find our way to connection, both with each other and the natural world.
CREDITS
Concept & Production Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Music by Rima Fand
Libretto by Karen Fisher
Music Direction by Mila Henry
Stage Direction by Mallory Catlett
Set and Object Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Costume Design by Olivera Gajic
Lighting Design by Tyler Micoleau
Video Design by Yudam Hyung-Seok Jeon
Creative Producer – Kim Whitener/KiWi Productions
The commissioning of composer Rima Fand was funded by OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. The commissioning of Susan Zeeman Rogers for concept and design was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. PRECIPICE received developmental support from American Opera Projects, New Georges, and Paper River, LLC.
PROTOTYPE (Co-presenter) is produced by Beth Morrison Projects, a trailblazer in the creation and presentation of contemporary, multi-disciplinary opera-theatre and music-theatre works. The visionary festival is the only one of its kind in New York City and is a model now emulated around the country – producing and presenting a wide spectrum of works, from intimate black-box experiences to larger chamber opera productions, valuing artistic, curatorial, and producorial risk-taking.
PROTOTYPE is committed to surprising our audiences and confounding their expectations through content, form, and relevance. The festival gives voice to a diverse group of composers, librettists, performers and musicians across all genres, backgrounds, and cultures. In providing a recurring showcase of visionary opera-theatre and music-theatre pieces, the touring life of the work extends around the world. The festival also presents groundbreaking new works by international artists and has become a global reference of artistic excellence in the field of opera and music-theatre.
PROTOTYPE was co-founded in 2013 by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE under the leadership of Beth Morrison, Kim Whitener, and Kristin Marting.
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