OPERA America Awards Deborah the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize.
June 30, 2023 (New York) — OPERA America is pleased to announce the 2023 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize recipient, Deborah Brevoort. Conceived and funded by acclaimed librettist and lyricist Mark Campbell, the Prize is [...]
Deborah is the Librettist Mentor for WNO’s 2023 AOI project
MARCH 2023; WASHINGTON DC. Deborah will serve as the 2023 Librettist Mentor to Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative at the Kennedy Center, with Kamala Sankaram who will serve as [...]
THE KNOCK to have stage premiere at Cincinnati Opera in 2023
Cincinnati Opera’s 2023 Summer Festival will present favorite works while also elevating new voices and fresh perspectives, said artistic director Evans Mirageas. Next summer, four productions will be mounted in [...]
QUAMINO’S MAP to premiere at Chicago Opera Theater in 2022
CHICAGO, IL: Chicago Opera Theater (COT) announced their 2021 season today. Included in the lineup is QUAMINO’S MAP, a new full-length opera commissioned by COT, with a libretto by Deborah [...]
MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT will be opening production at Ford’s Theatre after the pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC: In-person performances begin this October with MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT by Deborah Brevoort. Based on true events, MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT explores the real-life friendship between [...]
THE KNOCK is commissioned by the Glimmerglass Festival for a 2021 premiere
COOPERSTOWN, NY: The Glimmerglass Festival, the summer opera and musical theater festival in Cooperstown, New York, has announced plans for the summer of 2021 in the wake of its 2020 [...]
Deborah invited to join Playwright’s Collective at Florida Studio Theatre
SARASOTA, FLA.: Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has named seven new members to its Playwrights Collective, a coalition of writers dedicated to creating new works for FST’s stages. The selected writers [...]
Flash Acts Festival
Deborah has been invited to participate in Flash Acts, a virtual festival featuring 10-minute plays by leading playwrights from the United States and Russia. A deep dive into tragic, human [...]
DINNER 4 3, Deborah’s new opera with Michael Ching, part of the Decameron Web Opera Series
Deborah was commissioned by Fargo Moorhead Opera to write DINNER 4 3, a short comic opera with composer Michael Ching, which will be part of a web-series produced by the Decameron [...]
My Lord, What a Night to kick off 2021 season at Ford’s Theatre in DC
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020: WASHINGTON DC. The historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC has announced that the entire season of plays in 2021 will explore issues of racial justice. Deborah’s play [...]
Deborah commissioned by National New Play Development Initiative
SARASOTA, FL. MAY 13, 2020. Florida Studio Theatre has announced the launch of The Playwrights Project, an artistic initiative employing 32 of the country's top playwrights, sketch comedy writers, and [...]
My Lord, What a Night headed to historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC
February 24, 2020. Historic Ford's Theatre in Washington DC announced today that MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT by Deborah Brevoort will be produced in their 2020/2021 season, from January 22-February [...]
