In Where Elephants Weep,
the struggle between East and West, tradition and modernity, plays out through
a musical score drawing on classical western, ancient Cambodian, and popular
American music traditions and a story set against the backdrop of a beautiful
land torn by a history of war and terror. Sam, a refugee from the Khmer
Rouge genocide, leaves America and returns to his homeland, Cambodia. Committed
to finding his roots in his native culture, he unexpectedly falls in love
with Bopha, a pop-star.
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*Photo from the Lowell preview performances, April 27-29, 2007.
Photo by Kevin Trimmer, CHANGE
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*Photo from the Lowell preview performances, April 27-29, 2007.
Photo by Kevin Trimmer, CHANGE
Where
Elephants Weep lowell m.a. preview
American preview performances of Where Elephants Weep in Lowell, MA, have been made possible by an unprecedented and innovative public-private partnership between many organizations in Lowell-Boston area.
Support for American preview performances of Where Elephants Weep comes from John Burt Productions, the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, the Hunt Alternatives Fund, the Asian Cultural Council, the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Nathaniel and Elizabeth Stevens Foundation, and Saturn of Nashua and Manchester.
Partners include Cambodian Living Arts, a project of World Education of Boston; John Burt Productions, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Middlesex Community College, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell High School, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Greater Lowell Community Foundation, New England Orchestra and the Cultural Organization of Lowell. Cambodian organizations include Cambodian Expressions, Angkor Dance Troupe, Cambodian Artists’ Association, Light of Cambodian Children, Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association, Southeast Asian Water Festival Committee, Greater Lowell Community Charter School, and Metta Heath Center/Lowell Community Health Center.
American preview performances of Where Elephants Weep in Lowell, MA, have been made possible by an unprecedented and innovative public-private partnership between many organizations in Lowell-Boston area.
Support for American preview performances of Where Elephants Weep comes from John Burt Productions, the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, the Hunt Alternatives Fund, the Asian Cultural Council, the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Nathaniel and Elizabeth Stevens Foundation, and Saturn of Nashua and Manchester.
Partners include Cambodian Living Arts, a project of World Education of Boston; John Burt Productions, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Middlesex Community College, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell High School, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Greater Lowell Community Foundation, New England Orchestra and the Cultural Organization of Lowell. Cambodian organizations include Cambodian Expressions, Angkor Dance Troupe, Cambodian Artists’ Association, Light of Cambodian Children, Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association, Southeast Asian Water Festival Committee, Greater Lowell Community Charter School, and Metta Heath Center/Lowell Community Health Center.