It is also, crucially, a night built less on sequence than on accumulation. Musicians move through poems, poets move through sound, and the boundaries between forms begin to dissolve in real time.
"When I began this, I had no idea the 19th amendment represented seventy-two years of struggle," says Andrea Ramsey, composer of Suffrage Cantata.
Aftermath Liturgy is a staged reading that features live music and audience participation, exploring the complex themes of sexual identity and evangelical Christianity.