Flight Lessons: A Folk Opera
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Sunday, Nov 22, 2026 4:45pm - 7pm
Location
The Lost Church
545 Mendocino Avenue
Details
“FLIGHT LESSONS is a full, rich story—the heroine’s journey—that takes us into the world of urban birds.…remarkable and moving.”— Alameda Post
Based on a true story about urban Peregrine Falcons and the humans with whom their lives intersect, "Flight Lessons" is a two-act, multi-character folk opera exploring themes of home, adaptation and recovery. The narrative-in-song follows an urban wildlife biologist who monitors the breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons nesting on a bridge and how their lives intersect with the human inhabitants of the neighborhood after one of the birds is shot. "Flight Lessons" draws upon Deborah's experiences studying natural history and raptor conservation and features an ensemble cast including Deborah, Kwame Copeland, Sean Lightholder, Karen Mitchell, Liz Stuart and Mick Shaffer.
