Patience & Sarah
October 5 through 21
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30PM, Sundays at 3PM
​Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago

Exciting Announcements!
Talkback with librettist, Wende Persons after the performance on October 6th.
Talkback with composer, Paula Kimper AND Louise Brodie, daughter of Alma Routsong (aka Isabel Miller, novelist) after the performance on October 20th.

Composer: Paula M. Kimper
Libretto: Wende Persons
Based on the novel by: Isabel Miller

Third Eye is proud to present Patience and Sarah, the first opera to tell a love story between two women. Based on the lives of 19th century American painter Mary Ann Willson and her partner “Miss Brundage,” this stunning opera features an entirely female creative team with a female composer, librettist, and novelist. Themes of self-acceptance, forgiveness, and autonomy are woven throughout a tapestry of violence, judgement, and erasure. But throughout it all, the strength of the female spirit soars as we watch Patience and Sarah struggle against class barriers, family expectations, and societal boundaries in order to embrace their own identities and each other.

What critics are saying:

“A rare--and moving--opera about women in love.” --- New York Magazine

“Kimper's music recalls Gian Carlo Menotti in its conservatism and Richard Strauss in its soaring vocal lines." --- USA Today

"There was a soaring affirmation in this music of the transcendent beauty of life and love."  --- The New York Times

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Cast and Creative Team

Director: Jennifer Cox
Music Director: Jason Carlson
Conductor: Alex Enyart
Set/Props Designer: Jimmy Jagos
Lighting Designer: Sarah Collonge
Costume Designer: Beth Laske-Miller
Stage Manager: Shelby Krarup
Cast: Patience and Sarah Cast and Creative Team

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Cast Performance Dates

Angela Born (Patience): 

• October 6, 12, 14, 19, 21 

Diana Stoic (Patience): 

• October 5, 7, 13, 20

Liana Gineitis (Sarah): 

• October 5, 7, 13, 20

Jenna Schroer (Sarah): 

• October 6, 12, 14, 19, 21​

Noah Gartner (Parson Peel): 

• October 6, 13, 14, 20, 21

Stephen Hobe (Parson Peel): 

• October 5, 7, 12, 19

Dennis Kalup (Edward): 

• October 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Rena Ahmed (Martha): 

• October 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21

Tracey Lynne Furling (Rachel): 

• October 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21

Evita Trembley (Ma Dowling):

•  - All Dates - 

Kota Terrace (Pa Dowling): 

• - All Dates - 

Thomas Bailey (Edward cover): 

• October 12

Amy Speek (Martha cover): 

• October 14

Emily Cox (Rachel cover): 

• October 13