"we are destroyed"

Reflections on the Donner Party tragedy of 1846

An original oratorio.

"You feel that you're present for something being born."
- NEW YORK OBSERVER

"we are destroyed" incorporates original music, text, movement, and light to explore some of the themes, ideas, emotions and philosophies behind the Donner Party tragedy of 1846. It is not a historical retelling, per se, and it is not about cannibalism. Rather, the piece is a commentary on the American character, and this particular moment in American culture. It is a tone poem, a folk/pop oratorio, a musical inquiry.

Major work-in-progress showings of the piece have been performed and/or excerpted at: The Public Theater, The Steppenwolf Theatre,  The Pasadena Playhouse (in conjunction with Lincoln Center Directors Lab West) at The Abrons Arts Center, and most recently at New York Theatre Workshop.