Jubilee: A Folk Opera (Concert Reading) at Yale Schwarzman Center
Dates: 5/28/2026
📍 Theatre: Yale Schwarzman Center
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This concert reading of the opera Jubilee is presented as the culminating arts experience of the Yale Innovation Summit. The work-in-process tells the semi-fictional story of Vyry Brown, a character inspired by Margaret Duggans Ware Brown, who was born into slavery and fights to protect her family through Emancipation and Reconstruction. Scored with blues, jazz, and gospel influences, the opera weaves poems from This Is My Century set to music by Randy Klein, with original arias and recitative by Joan Ross Sorkin.
Cast and Creative Team for Jubilee: A Folk Opera (Concert Reading) at Yale Schwarzman Center
Creative Team
Carlynne Robinson
Exhibition Curator
Jeff Brock
Jazz Bassist
Amanda Ekery
Vocalist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer
Ross Wightman
Bassist
Carlynne Robinson
Curator
Dahlak Brathwaite
Co-Commissioner
Aaron Jafferis
Co-Commissioner
David Dorfman
Artist Director
Jennifer Harrison Newman
Associate Artistic Director
Rachel Fine
Executive Director
Dahlak Brathwaite
Playwright
Aaron Jafferis
Playwright
David Dorfman
Director
Joan Ross Sorkin
Composer
Randy Klein
Composer
Alexis Robbins
Choreographer
News About Jubilee: A Folk Opera (Concert Reading) at Yale Schwarzman Center
THE MERCY VELVET PROJECT World Premier and More Set for Yale Schwarzman Center Summer 2026 Lineup
May 20, 2026 Yale Schwarzman Center announced its summer programming, featuring free public events including the world premiere of THE MERCY VELVET PROJECT, a concert reading of JUBILEE: A FOLK OPERA, dance workshops led by Pilobolus, and live music at The Well.About the Theatre
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The Mercy Velvet Project (06/26/26-06/27/26)
Hair, Home & Belonging (06/17/26-06/17/26)
Summer @ The Well (06/11/26-08/13/26)
Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE) Annual Meeting (06/10/26-06/13/26)
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