Plays, Musical and Operas

*Faces in the Flames* https://facesintheflames.com/	Atlanta Opera 96 Hour, Opera America, Pegasus Opera	2023 to present
Picture frames and haunting memories emerge from the embers of the Atlanta Fire as a mother and daughter remember the legacy of African American photographer Thomas Askew. A chamber opera about the African American photographer Thomas Askew. Written by Composer Nathan Felix and Librettist Anita Gonzalez

*Kumanana* https://www.galatheatre.org/post/kumanana-musical-revue	Gala Hispanic Theater	June 2023 Production
A musical theater book for a revue production about Nicomedes and Victoria Santa Cruz, two Afro-Peruvian artists and activists who introduced concepts of negritude to Peru

*Courthouse Bells* https://www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/in-the-studio	Boston Opera Collaborative Boston, MA	January 2023 Production
Ten-minute libretto by Anita Gonzalez. Composed by Mary Watkins. An African American grandmother and her granddaughter fight fear, exhaustion and memories on their way to vote.

*Water Flow* ttps://vimeo.com/770849532	Remote Theatre	November 2022 Commissioned Zoom Production
A young, pregnant teenager makes a choice to seek out a curandera and find out how her water flows. A poetical exploration of choices we make about life and death.

*Zora on My Mind* https://zoraonmymind.com/	Georgetown Racial Justice Institute & Big Spoon Prod. Washington, DC	June 2022 Workshop
Chamber musical. Book by Anita Gonzalez. Music and Lyrics by Diana Lawrence. O’Neill Musical Theater Festival Semi-Finalist. A tale about a hard-working, independent-minded woman named KEY who meets a shoe salesman named Malik on her “stoop”. Inspired by Zora Neal Hurston.

*Sunset Dreams*	The Vagrancy Blossoming Festival	July 2021 Commissioned Zoom Production
The story follows several people, mostly African-American women, on a trip to the Caribbean. They snorkel; they look at mountains. But rifts occur, or are revealed. Like many families, they have to deal with the frailties of an aging relative. Themes of memory, ancestry, and the joys and sorrows of family life make up the play’s soul. https://vimeo.com/598014711

*Ybor City* www.yborcitythemusical.com	Brooklyn Tavern Theatre, Art Boundaries Unlimited New York, NY	Jan- Feb 2020 Production
Book by Anita Gonzalez. Music and Lyrics by Dan Furman. A new musical about racial divides and unionism in a Latino community of cigar workers. Produced in New York City as an immersive theatre production.

*Home of My Ancestors*	Houston Grand Opera Houston TX	April 2018 Workshop
Libretto by Anita Gonzalez. Score by Nkeiru Okoye for the HGOCo Songs of Houston series. Olivia, a doctor, returns to Houston to encounter her past and her future.

*The Living Lakes* www.thelivinglakes.com	Mellon Global Midwest Links Hall, Chicago IL	June 2018 & October 2017 Production
Devising, Direction and Choreography by Anita Gonzalez and Joel Valentin-Martinez. Multi-disciplinary dance theatre project that explores African American and Latino migrations in the Midwest between 1915 and 1935. Full production of excerpts. Produced by Humanities Without Walls and Cynthia Bond

*Ayanna Kelly* www.ayannakelly.com	Rhythmcolor Productions The Cell, New York, NY	January 2017 Workshop
Book by Anita Gonzalez and Richard Aellen. Music and Lyrics by Errollyn Wallen A musical about an Afro-Caribbean woman time traveling through England an NYC. Workshop reading produced by Rhythmcolor Productions.

*Le Hot Blu* reading	NY Theatre Workshop New York, NY	January 2008 Workshop
Book by Anita Gonzalez. Music and Lyrics by Ken Lauber. A musical about a jazz musician and his daughter’s talents and romances. Staged reading. Self-produced.

*The Anarcha Project* http://liminalities.net/4-2/anarcha/	UC-Berkeley/U of Michigan	March – April 2008 Performances
Devised work with Anita Gonzalez, Petra Kuppers, Carrie Sandahl, and Aimee Cox. Medical experimentation and the archive. Produced by Olimpias Project.