![Alt text: a show poster featuring glitch art aesthetics: with shifts, color oranges, purples, and pinks, an opera theatre logo is in the corner, fragmented text overlays resembling open captions, and abstract visual noise that evokes the reimagining of sound through captions. With the title "[opera captions] by Jay Afrisando directed by Sequoia Hauck". Performance details on the the bottom, January 24-26 at Nautilus Music-Theater 308 E Prince St. St Paul.](https://calendar.mnaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_4247-2-1024x614.jpg)
Access Services: ASL Interpretation, Audio Description, Scripted Captioning
Access Notes: Audio Described by Connie Fullmer; ASL Interpreted by Maria Dively and Bee Valentino
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About the Show
April 3–6, 2026
Created and composed by Jay Afrisando; Directed by Sequoia Hauck
NEW DATES after January's postponement due to the continued occupation. AOT continues to prioritize taking care of neighbors and sustaining the resistance while choosing to uplift local working artists, supporting this incredible new work that disrupts colonized narratives.
If there was ever a production that offered sincere communal connection, joyful curiosity, and playful intention, this is it.
[opera captions] is a music-theater-film-poetry performance where captions become an “actor,” exploring how sound is truly felt.
[opera captions] premiered in NYC in 2023. AOT’s production is a newly produced iteration of the original premiere and has been guided by an Advisory Council which includes both Deaf and hearing theater artists.
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RUN TIME: Approximately 70 minutes with no intermission. Every show is ASL interpreted and captioned; Sunday's 5:00 pm show will be audio described.
Performing Artists: Cindi Martin and Rodolfo Nieto - narrators; Jared Mikach - music director and pianist; Sage Opeña - saxophone; Rebecca Merblum - cello.
Production Team includes: Kelly M Turpin - executive producer; Ches Cipriano - stage manager; Riley Graygrove - accessibility coordinator; Lela Olson - captioner; Dante Lawrence - lighting designer.