“Miss Lucy” – Folk Opera World Premiere

Rough Pop-up Draft for the Set

This Thursday is opening night for “Miss Lucy,” a folk opera based on the life of Roanoke educator Lucy Addison, premiering on the stage of the June M. McBroom Theater at Community High School.

Les Epstein, chair of the department of theatre at CHS, is the director and librettist, and the music is composed by bluegrass mandolinist Tom Ohmsen (CHS adjunct in music theory) and jazz pianist William Penn. Artist Colette Fu, daughter of Local Colors‘ Pearl Fu, designed the set, which is being painted by Brian Counihan, CHS dean of arts and humanities.

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