KUTULAGAAW
Produced by Sealaska Heritage Institute and Perseverance Theatre
Composer and Music Director Ed Littlefield
Librettist Vera Starbard
Director Madeline Sayet
Translator and Cultural Consultant Xunei Lance Twitchell
Orchestrations and Sound Design Rory Stitt
Sets by Troy Hourie and Robert Davis Hoffman
Costumes by Asa Benally
Lights by Daisy Long
Co-Choreographer Kai Monture
Co-Choreographer Hali Duran
Associate Director Erin Tripp
Stage Manager Cordelia Senie
Photos by Brian Wallace and Mircea Brown
Sealaska Heritage Institute partnered with Perseverance Theatre to co-produce the first Tlingit opera in recorded history. This original opera focuses on stories from the Tlingit-Russian War in Sitka waged in 1802 and 1804, based on historical facts and oral traditions as told from the Tlingit perspective.
