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The Handmaid's Tale

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San Francisco Opera Premiere
Composer
Librettist
Based On

the novel by Margaret Atwood.

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2024-2025
Language
English
Sung Language
English
Supertitles
English
Co-Producer
San Francisco Opera and Royal Danish Theatre Co-Production
Archive ID
SFO_2024_04

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Associate Director
Set Designer(s)
Associate Set Designer
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Projection Designer
Sound Designer & Mixing Engineer
Movement Director
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Diction
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Dance Master
Fight Director
Intimacy Coordinator
Technical Supervisor
Costume Supervisor
Hair and Makeup

Cast

Offred
Aunt Lydia
Janine/Ofwarren
Moira's Aunt
Serena Joy
Offred Double
Ofglen
Econowife
Handmaid 1
Handmaid 2
Guard 1
Offred's Mother
The Doctor
Offred's Commander
Warren's Wife
Handmaid 3
Guard 2
Commander X
New Ofglen
Offred's Daughter
Handmaids, Aunts, Wives, Commanders, Eyes, Guards

Show Dates

Time and Place

TIME AND PLACE: 2030, Republic of Gilead with flashbacks to the time before

Scenes

ACT I
INTERMISSION
ACT II

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by
Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for New Productions
Marcia Barinaga & Corey Goodman
Bob Ellis
Louise Gund
John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn

Lindsay Ammann & Simone McIntosh’s appearances are made possible by a gift to the Emerging Stars Fund by Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem

Karen Kamensek's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Conductors Fund, and by the Marineau Family Foundation

Additional support provided by Sue Graham Johnston & Eric Johnston, and Dr. Judy C. Miner

This project is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Presented under license by G. Schirmer, Inc o/o/o Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen, copyright owners