THE NORMA OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN OPERA

written and directed by Peter Wing Healey

music by Linda Dowdell

Presented at R.A.P.P. Arts Theater in New York City in 1991 and again at the Greenwich House Theater in 1992.

Norma, a Priestess of the Goddess living in the redwood forests of California faces off against her former husband, King Paul, king of the industrial Grid.  They fight over their daughter Carrie.  King Paul wants to take her to Mars to found a colony as the Earth is about to be utterly destroyed. 

Brannon Hall-Garcia as King Paul,

Wren Arthur as Carrie,

Rochelle Mancini as Norma

above:  Karen Strand and Peter Wing Healey doing the Snake Dance

left:  Paul Batsel as King Paul with Terese Ficyk, Nancy Happel, Chris Knoblock, Nancy Bleiweiss, and Richard Vayda (on the floor) as Polyestrius.

Photos: Tom Brazil

below:  The Dance of the Perished Divas with Janet Panetta, Peter Wing Healey, Karen Strand, Nancy Bleiweiss, Nancy Happel and Terese Ficyk.