BABA: The Life and Death of Stana
A New Opera by Karmina Šilec
Presented and performed by Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES
Thursday, February 23 at 8pm
Friday, February 24 at 8pm
Saturday, February 25 at 8pm
Sunday, February 26 at 2pm

Z SPACE - Steindler Stage
450 Florida Street
San Francisco, CA

BABA; THE LIFE AND DEATH OF STANA is a new opera inspired by real and imagined lives of Balkan sworn virgins, women who live as men after taking lifelong vows of celibacy. An imaginative, multidisciplinary take on Balkan epic storytelling traditions, BABA explores themes of gender, custom, and the complexities of interpreting the female-to-male transformations of sworn virgins through a contemporary, liberal, gaze.

CREATIVE TEAM
Author, Composer and Director: Karmina Šilec
Presented and Performed by Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble
Kelly Atkins, Caitlin Tabancay Austin, Leslie Bonnett, Briget Boyle, Shira Cion, Juliana Graffagna, Erin Lashnits Herman, Shira Kammen, Janet Kutulas, Maclovia Quintana, and Beth Wilmurt
Scenographer: Dorian Šilec Petek
Movement Advisor: Sidra Bell
Assistant Movement Advisor: Sarah Lisette Chiesa
Projection Design: Dorian Šilec Petek, Miha Likar
Lighting Design & Technical Director: G. Chris Griffin
Stage Manager: Alex Seidel
Costume Design: Karmina Šilec

Video by Peter Ruocco, filmed at a BABA rehearsal in Lisser Hall at Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland, CA on February 11, 2022

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