{"value"=>"<p>The opera was originally commissioned by Medicine Show Theatre, Mary Flagler Cary Trust for Music, NY State Council for the Arts, American Music Center Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program, and Phaedrus Foundation. The piece was previewed in 2002 at Medicine Show Theatre and Catskills Art Center. The opera premiered in 2003 at Medicine Show Theatre.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Multiple versions of the piece exist. Hays designed a variable sequence in the opera up to the director's discretion. Past sequences appear in the materials.</p>"}