DENNIS
YUEH-YEH
LI
director / playwright / performer
DENNIS
YUEH-YEH
LI
director / playwright / performer
DENNIS
YUEH-YEH
LI
director / playwright / performer
HUDSON GUILD OPERAS
NYU Schubert Theatre
May, 2024
Music Direction by Dmitriy Glivinskiy
Stage Direction by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li
THE HANDS THAT PLANTED
Music by Benjamin Walton
Libretto by Zoe Ray Prawda
LAUREL — Gileann Tan
RIVER — Yoojin Lee
AARON — Eliam Ramos
UNTITLED
Music by Phyto Stratis
Libretto by Yunhye Park
MUSE — Gileann Tan
PAULIN — Yoojin Lee
BERNARD — Eliam Ramos
LIFT
Music by Stephen Anthony Elkins
Libretto by Adrien Radke
PR REPRESENTATIVE — Yoojin Lee
HOUSING AGENT — John Bellemer
ELIJAH — Eliam Ramos
12 short operas over four nights inspired and dedicated to the historic Hudson Guild Settlement community were put on stage of New York University and the Hudson Guild Theatre.
THE HANDS THAT PLANTED
Three members of a community share what they think should be done with their beloved tree which is overrun with ivy.
UNTITLED
Bernard, an old retired sailor, starts painting even though he has never believed that he could be a painter.
LIFT
Goodness for goodness' sake. The piece serves as a condemnation of modern "solutions" to accessible housing. Housing lottery systems offer accessibility warped with political or financial gain. Goodness done for gain's sake, and those who suffer from unkind acts of kindness.