Organization

Conductor

Viswa Subbaraman

Stage director

Bill T Jones

Assistant Conductor

Glenn Lewis

Chorus master

Mark Trawka

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Kirstin Chávez

Glenda

Adam Richardson

John Mack

Countertenor

John Holiday

John Blue

Choreographer

Set designer

Matt Saunders

Costume designer

Liz Prince

Pianist

James Lesniak

Assistant Stage Director

Seth Hoff

Simon Phillips

Indira Cunningham

Assistant choreographer

Raphael Xavier

Ethan Gwynn

Ira Cambric

Sound designer

Rob Kaplowitz

Video designer

Jorge Cousineau

Soprano

Alexa Patrick

Sung

Baritone

Ron Dukes

John Henry

Chance Jonas-O'Toole

John Little

Opera Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Opera

Apollo Theatre

Others

Pittsburgh Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra

English

We Shall Not Be Moved

Pittsburgh

United States

August Wilson African American Cultural Center

We Shall Not Be Moved Roumain

Public

Private

Approved

On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five North Philadelphia teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location that served as headquarters of the MOVE organization, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and 11 people dead, including five children. This self-defined family is assuaged and even inspired by the ghosts who inhabit this home and begin to see their squatting as a matter of destiny and resistance rather than urgent fear

Combining spoken word, contemporary movement, video projection, classical, R&B, and jazz singing, and a brooding, often joyful score filled with place, purpose, and possibility, We Shall Not Be Moved is a timely exploration of past and present struggles that suggests an alternate future through the eyes of its young protagonists.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer