Sonoma State University to Stage World Premiere of HEROINES, 2/5-15

Created by Sonoma State University instructors Lynne Morrow and Jane Erwin Hammett, "Heroines" is a world premiere combining the most soaring, inspiring and hilarious numbers from the history of operetta with a new story about women fighting for independence.

This dynamic, operetta revue draws from classic opera including "The Merry Widow," "The Threepenny Opera" and operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan as it harkens back to an explosive period in musical history at the turn of the 20th century when women weren't just fighting for the vote - they wanted to be bad.

Set with a Steampunk aesthetic in the Victorian - Edwardian time period, feisty female characters from different times and places converge and find themselves wrestling with their lives and shackles of society. Beholden to old-fashioned ideas of their place in society, they rebel and find a pioneering way to break free.

Performances are Feb. 5 to Feb. 15, 2015 at the Evert B. Person Theatre, on the campus of Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA.

Tickets are $10 for non-SSU students and seniors; $15 Sonoma State University Faculty and Staff; and $17 standard admission. Sonoma State University students are admitted free for all performances with valid ID. Order tickets online at: http://www.sonoma.edu/theatreanddance/productions/heroines.html

For more information call 707-664-4246 or visit www.sonoma.edu/tix

Photo by David Papas