Man: Biology of a Fall
Kumble Theater at Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY
2007
composed and produced by Evan Hause
directed by Jyana Gregory
scenic design by Rumiko Ishii
costume design by Jessica Ford
lighting design by Matthew Richards
sound design by Daniel Gaydos
Mind control, torture, biological weapons, LSD, and defenestration are ingredients for a new opera that could only be about "Man." Evan Hause's final Defenestration opera, "Man: Biology of a Fall," is about the infamous 1953 CIA cold-cocking of army bio-weapons researcher Frank Olson. Libretto is by Gary Heidt.