presents
Written and adapted by Joshua Borths
Music by Antonín Dvořák
Friday, October 18, 2024
10:00 A.M.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M.
Avondale Park Amphitheater
Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid will be performed in one act with no intermission.
Approximate run time is 45 minutes.
John Robertson, music director
Kristin Kenning, stage director
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Rusalka
Caitlyn Walters * ^
(Mike and Mary Anne Freeman Artist)
Sister
Adreanna M. Pulliam
Prince
Joseph Robinson
Sea Witch
Lauren Tinsley
*denotes Opera Birmingham solo debut
^denotes member of the Opera Birmingham Studio at Samford University
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Stage Manager
Alexis Reeves
Scenic Designer
Lynne Hutton
Costume Designer
Mary Gurney
Sound Engineer
Kesha Lee
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Rusalka:
The Littlest Mermaid
This charming adaptation takes audiences beneath the waves on the journey of a lifetime! Meet Rusalka as she follows her heart's desire to become human. But when her magical pact with the Sea Witch requires her to give up her voice, Rusalka's life and love are jeopardized. Her sisters miss her, but Rusalka is determined to achieve her dream. Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid thrills as our heroes risk everything for the chance to become whom they were always meant to be all along.
Birmingham Parks and Recreation
Friends of Avondale Park
Samford University School of the Arts and Dr. Lance Beaumont, Dean
Alex Garmon, AGAV
This production and its educational tour are made possible, in part, by a generous contribution from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and Medical Properties Trust.
Music director, stage director, and scenic designer for Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman.
Our season is possible by additional grants from the Daniel Foundation of Alabama, the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation, Hugh Kaul Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation, and Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust.
ASL Interpreters for the 2024-2025 season sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman.
Student tickets are supported by The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
Alabama Media Group is the Official Media Sponsor of Opera Birmingham.
Opera Birmingham acknowledges we are on the traditional land of the Kosati speaking Mvskoke (Muscogee/Creek) People. Alabama has been home to the Alabama, Biloxi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Mobile Tribes—including the Abihka, Alabama-Coushatta, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and the Yuchi Peoples—and is home to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, the Machis Lower Creek Tribe, the Mowa Band of Choctaw, and the Star Clan of Muskogee Creeks. We honor and thank the Indigenous peoples connected to this territory and give gratitude to this land.
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