Process Series and StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance: “SUNNYLAND”
Black Box Theatre 385 North Williamson Avenue, Elon, NC, United StatesTHE PROCESS SERIES, NOW IN ITS 17 TH SEASON PRESENTS SUNNYLAND a rock banjo opera music, lyrics, and libretto by Stephan John Meyers Black Box Theatre at Swain Hall Admission: Free of Charge but reservations are suggested Sunnyland follows a misunderstood young’un from a Small Town to the Big City. Punk rock loving, banjo slinging Gibson—bullied since before he could see the top of the fridge—finally decides it’s time to accept the invitation of his one true and good childhood friend Sasha to make his escape to the Big City, where he dreams of finding acceptance—and maybe even a taste of the big time. The next offering from The Process Series, in partnership with StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance, will venture into totally unexplored territory for the seventeen-year-old Series—a punk-inflected, rock banjo opera. Sunnyland, with music, lyrics, and libretto by Chatham County artist, Stephan John Meyers (a.k.a. Breadfoot) is set to become the first. According to Process Series and StreetSigns artistic director Joseph Megel, “We often feature local artists like Stephan John Meyers, it’s our bag, but in seventeen years, we’ve never ventured into the world of a rock opera, let alone one played with a banjo. It’s a […]