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Acme's latest: 'The Lights Went Out Because of a Problem' soothes and haunts

Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 4:27 p.m.

A three-act opera about learning to sing and a lot else: meditating, hanging out, goofing off, healing from trauma and the pandemic. We ask the experimental theater company The Acme Corporation's artistic director Lola B. Pierson about their first show in three years. And\xa0composer Allison Clendaniel talks about scoring the show - with music, song and found sounds.

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Links: Acme Corporation tickets.

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