Grapes of Wrath Lighting Design

Opera by Virgil Thomson

California Institute of the Arts -
TLTG-330-01 Lighting Contemporary Scripts

Design by Tilda M. Seo

Synopsis

Grapes of Wrath is an opera that Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Michael Korie adapt Steinbeck’s epic novel into a powerful American opera chronicling the Joad family’s journey from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression. As they face environmental ruin, displacement, and social injustice, the opera captures both the harsh realities and enduring hope at the heart of this quintessentially American story.

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