Hear Rob Frankenberry and Desiree Soteres on WQED Tomorrow, February 2 at 1:30 pm talking about I Hear America Singing

February 10 at 7:00 p.m.

310 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA 15139

Please plan to stay after the screening for a live Q&A with
Daron Hagen, Robert Frankenberry, Desiree Soteres, and Christopher Scott.

We look forward to sharing this special evening with you.

Synopsis
A documentary film crew dogs Broadway composer Robbie Doerfler’s final days as he and his friends Roger and Rose prepare for a critical backers’ audition. Robbie’s world unravels as he compulsively recontextualizes musical and narrative tropes to make sense of his life. Blending operatic and filmic conventions, music history, fantasy, and documentary, the fictional operafilm explores through song themes of creativity, identity, and mortality, culminating in a poignant and thought-provoking question: “Where do we go when we go up — is it Heaven?”

Director's Statement

“Together, we've created something new here that combines the emotional punch of cutting-edge live operatic performance with magical realism and the psychological verisimilitude of gritty, intimate, indie auteur filmmaking. Neither cinema nor opera, but storytelling that combines multiple filmic, theatrical, and musical languages, directed, and edited to the rhythm of the score by the composer themself, brought vividly to life by brave, fiercely committed performers.”

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I Hear America Singing

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Photo: Doug Estok

Daron Hagen - Director, Book & Lyrics

Robert Frankenberry - Robbie

Desirée Soteres - Rose

Christopher Scott - Roger

Photo: Doug Estok

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