The New York return of Heather Christian's Oratorio for Living Things begins performances September 30 at Signature Theatre.

Composed and created by Christian, Oratorio was previously produced Off-Broadway at Ars Nova, where it won several Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards. Again directed by Lee Sunday Evans, the Signature production will run through November 16. The piece, featuring a company of singers and instrumentalists, peels back complex layers of what it means to be alive on both a human and a cosmic scale.

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Oratorio’s singers include Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Jonathan Christopher, Carla Duren, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Brian Flores, Jonny-James Kajoba, Barrie Lobo McLain, Ángel Lozada, Divya Maus, Ben Moss, Onyie Nwachukwu, and Dito Van Reigersberg. Their understudies are Major Curda, Laura Darrell, Elisa Galindez, and Jacob Ryan Smith. Casting is by Henry Russell Bergstein Casting.

The production's instrumentalists are Fraser Campbell, Jane Cardona, Clerida Eltime, John Murchison, Odetta Hartman, and Peter Wise.

The creative team includes scenic and environmental designer Krit Robinson, costume designer Márion Talán de la Rosa, lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound designer Nick Kourtides, music director Ben Moss, and Latin consultant Greg Taubman. The stage management team will be led by production stage manager Jo Fernandez, with assistant stage managers Kelsey Vivian and Olivia McQuerry.

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