Sonoma State University Stages World Premiere of HEROINES, Now thru 2/15

Created by Sonoma State University instructors Lynne Morrow and Jane Erwin Hammett, "Heroines" is a world premiere combining the most soaring, inspiring and hilarious numbers from the history of operetta with a new story about women fighting for independence.

This dynamic, operetta revue draws from classic opera including "The Merry Widow," "The Threepenny Opera" and operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan as it harkens back to an explosive period in musical history at the turn of the 20th century when women weren't just fighting for the vote - they wanted to be bad.

Set with a Steampunk aesthetic in the Victorian - Edwardian time period, feisty female characters from different times and places converge and find themselves wrestling with their lives and shackles of society. Beholden to old-fashioned ideas of their place in society, they rebel and find a pioneering way to break free.

Performances are tonight, Feb. 5, to Feb. 15, 2015 at the Evert B. Person Theatre, on the campus of Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA.

Tickets are $10 for non-SSU students and seniors; $15 Sonoma State University Faculty and Staff; and $17 standard admission. Sonoma State University students are admitted free for all performances with valid ID. Order tickets online at www.sonoma.edu/theatreanddance/productions/heroines.html.

For more information call 707-664-4246 or visit www.sonoma.edu/tix

Photo by David Papas

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