I CAN'T BREATHE
May 2022
El Portal Theatre
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5269 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA
May 13, 2022 | 8:00
May 14, 2022 | 6:00
May 15, 2022 | 3:00
In May of 2022, POP presented “I Can’t Breathe” at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood. Written by Brandon J. Gibson and Leslie Burrs, “I Can't Breathe” was inspired in the wake of repeated instances of fatal police brutality perpetrated against African Americans. The show tells the stories of five individuals from different walks of life, each forever changed by innocent interactions with law enforcement gone wrong.
This opera was conceived and commissioned by Kathryn Frady & Marble City Opera. Pacific Opera Project is a co-commissioner along with Opera Columbus, and Cleveland Opera Theater.
Conductor: Josh Foy
Co-Director: Sierra Hammond
Co-Director: Josh Shaw
The Mother: Jayme Alilaw
The Lover: Audrey Yoder
The Thug: Michael Washington
The Scholar: Geoffrey Peterson
The Athlete: Orson van Gay II