Midnight Oil Collective

Mar 01, 2022

Michael Korie: Frances and Emily, what kinds of projects are you currently up to and what do you look forward to in the future?

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Michael Korie

co-chairs the DG Opera Committee with Deborah Brevoort. His opera libretti include the upcoming Harvey Milk Reimagined, composer Stewart Wallace, at Opera Parallele in San Francisco this spring, and The Grapes of Wrath, composer Ricky Ian Gordon, presented in concert recently at Carnegie Hall. Korie’s lyrics to musicals include the Broadway productions of War Paint and Grey Gardens, composer Scott Frankel. He received the Marc Blitzstein Award from the American Academy of Arts for his work in both musical theatre and opera.

Frances Pollock

is an opera composer who has always wanted to write musicals. She’s working on that. She is a founding member of the Midnight Oil Collective. Follow her at www.francespollock.com

Emily Roller

is a musical theatre and opera librettist who dabbles in several other mediums. She is a founding member of the Midnight Oil Collective. Her website is ejroller.com

Joey Stocks

was born into an Arkansas newspaper family. He strayed into theatre as a performer before joining the Guild as Director of Publications and Editor of The Dramatist from August 2011 through September 2023.

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