Cast of Characters

A Table, mezzo-soprano
A Chair, tenor
Cowboy Will Savage, tenor
Barkeep, soprano
Bag Lady, mezzo-soprano
Three Dancing Bar Stools (non-singing roles)
Chorus
Chamber orchestra

In the 1860’s Wild West,  parallel love stories unfold:  the hapless table loves the slender chair, but is without hope, as Cowboy Will Savage makes his case to the lovely barkeep.  The appearance of an anachronous Bag Lady (singing “Treasures of the Gutter”) announces the coming of a tornado which rocks the bar and all its inhabitants, finally bringing the table within proximity of his beloved chair.

libretto by Deborah Sacarakis