Herstory @ SHOW BAR!
CAST
Lindsey Rae Johnson, Henriët Fourie, Nicole Hanig, and Amanda Rose Taddeo, sopranos Lisa Neher & Alishia Garcia, mezzo-sopranos Scot Crandal, tenor; Dan Gibbs, baritone Stephen Lewis & Sequoia, pianists 
Show Bar at Revolution Hall is a community hub with a casual vibe and creative pulse.
Enjoy a drink and a bite while New Wave Opera serenades you from the Show Bar stage!
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Saturday, August 16, 2025
8 PM to late ***New Venue*** Show Bar at Revolution Hall | 1300 SE Stark St #101 | Portland, OR 97214 No registration required | $10 Cover ABOUT THE SHOW
New Wave Opera heads to Show Bar, a community hub with a casual vibe and creative pulse, for Herstory, an evening of music inspired by the strength and brilliance of women, past and present! Audiences can enjoy a signature Show Bar cocktail, glass of wine, or pint of beer with dinner or appetizers from their mouth-watering menu while enjoying dramatic, poignant, and funny arias, art songs, and ensembles on themes of feminism, queer love, motherhood, and persistence in the face of adversity. The program highlights work by local women & LGBTQ+ composers Theresa Koon, Dianne Davies, Lisa Neher, Barbara Ulman, and Caroline Louise Miller alongside mainstay composers of vocal music Libby Larsen & William Bolcom, and Jodi Goble (winner of the 2024 National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Composition Award). This female-forward program will also preview selections from September’s upcoming Atoms & Artifacts production, which is a double bill of two west coast premieres: Marie Curie Learns to Swim by Jessica Rudman and Kendra Preston Leonard and Alice Tierney by Melissa Dunphy & Jacqueline Goldfinger. Herstory features an array of Portland’s finest vocal & pianist talent: sopranos Lindsey Rae Johnson, Henriët Fourie, Nicole Hanig, & Amanda Rose Taddeo, mezzos Lisa Neher & Alishia Garcia, tenor Scot Crandal, and baritone Dan Gibbs, with pianists Stephen Lewis & Sequoia on the keys. $10 cover in support of musicians. No registration is required. Just show up anytime between 8-10 PM to hear some good music & grab something delicious! Featured RepertoireAlice Tierney (selections) by Melissa Dunphy & Jacqueline Goldfinger
Marie Curie Learns to Swim (selections) by Jessica Rudman & Kendra Preston Leonard Beyond (selections) by Lisa Neher & Caitlin Vincent Sirens vs. Amazons (selections) by Jodi Goble & Basil Considine Night Time in the Fourth Trimester (selections) by Jodi Goble & Caitlin Vincent Songs of Stars and Fires by Edward Hart & Josephine Pinck A Working Woman from Songs from Letters: Calamity Jane to her Daughtery Janey by Libby Larsen Try Me, Good King (selections) by Libby Larsen Silent, Ice! from White Horizon by Lisa Neher Be an Artist by Theresa Koon Cordelia by Dianne Davies & William Shakespeare Cliffs, Clapping Game Trio by Caroline Louise Miller Immortality Becomes Tedious from Deep Water by Caroline Louise Miller Cowboy Songs (Selections) by Libby Larsen I Came Like You by Vance Maverick and WB Yeats Cabaret Songs (Selections) by William Bolcom & Arnold Weinstein Women Should be Pedestals from Mornings Innocent by Gwyneth Walker & Anna Thilda May Swenson Evening Dress by Barbara Ulman and Rachel Oliver Anti-Suffragist Reasons (Selections) By Paul Ayres and Alice Duer Miller |
