Persona (World Premiere)
Music by Keeril Makan
Libretto adapted by Jay Scheib from the Ingmar Bergman screenplay
Direction by Jay Scheib
Co-commissioned by National Sawdust and Beth Morrison Projects

Beth Morrison Projects (National Sawdust group-in-residence) is the producer of this new work, which it co-commissioned with the venue. Composed by Rome Prize-winner Keeril Makan, with music direction by Evan Ziporyn and a libretto and direction by Jay Scheib, one of American Theater’s “Top 25 Directors Likely to Shape American Performance Over the Next 25 Years,” Persona is a provocative, highly cerebral, and artistically complex depiction of human frailty, cruelty, and identity.

Music will be performed by Either/Or

The New York Times preview: PERSONA - The New York Times

For tickets and more information: PERSONA by Keeril Makan & Jay Scheib Oct 23 & Oct 24 National Sawdust