For this experimental concert event, we selected monologues and scenes from the last 10 years of our theatrical works and invited artists from the HEX vocal ensemble to use them as inspiration for vocal and electronic musical compositions. In the resulting performance, readings of these selections by theatre dybbuk actors were entwined with music sung and manipulated by the musicians of HEX.

Rise and Fall was presented by East Side Jews at SIJCC on April 23 and 24, 2022 and at the N.E.O. Voice Festival at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles on June 29, 2022. Composers and musicians from HEX included Saunder Choi, David Conley, Scott Graff, Sharon Chohi Kim, Molly Pease, David García Saldaña, and Fahad Siadat; actors from theatre dybbuk included Julie A. Lockhart, Diana Tanaka, and Jonathan C.K. Williams.

Watch the Rise and Fall trailer here!