Dear Friend,
As we continue to imagine paths forward for The Industry, we know that our commitment to artists remains the core of our identity. That's why we launched The Industry Company two years ago to cultivate opportunities for talent on every level of opera's creation and to shine a spotlight on the artists who have created our ambitious productions.
Each year we add artists from the various disciplines that make our projects so exciting: singers, designers, writers, and instrumentalists. This year we are thrilled to welcome librettist Douglas Kearney and voice artist Sharon Chohi Kim to the Company.
While we are unable to celebrate Douglas and Sharon in person, we can see them and their work on-screen via these new artist feature videos. Read on to learn more about these artists and their wonderful work with The Industry.
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For the past seven years, we have been inspired by Douglas's poetry, librettos, and performance. In his collaborations with The Industry, he wrote most of the libretto for our first major production Crescent City, and he wrote half of the libretto for our most recent production Sweet Land. In both works, Douglas excavated the complexities of trauma and violence in our culture with incredible empathy and style. For more from Douglas, watch his interview about Sweet Land here and check out his new Company artist feature video here.
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Douglas Kearney discussing the process of writing libretti
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We are awed by watching voice artist Sharon push her practice to the extremes and her communion with her material, roles, and collaborators. Most recently for The Industry, Sharon embodied the terrifying Wiindigo in Sweet Land. Her improvisations haunted and disorientated us in the central Crossroads scene. You may also remember Sharon from one of the most harrowing scenes in our production of Hopscotch, Chapter 22, where two Luchas journey to the depths of despair, searching for their lover. For more from Sharon, watch her new Company artist feature video here.
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Sharon Chohi Kim, vocal artist, as Wiindigo in Sweet Land
Photo: Casey Kringlen for The Industry
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You can experience both Sharon and Douglas's incredible work in Sweet Land, which is available for streaming here.
Stay tuned for more news from The Industry coming soon!
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Elizabeth Cline
Executive Director
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