Community Opera "To The People Like Us" Premieres at The Strand Theatre

Celebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant  opera, activist opera company White Snake Projects (WSP) returns to The Strand Theatre, June  28, 2025, for the world premiere of To The People Like Us, in a season dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through art. Marking the company’s inaugural community opera, To The  People Like Us was collaboratively written by  local teenage students of  826  Boston’s Youth Literacy Advisory Board. To The People Like Us is an original timely story exploring issues of gentrification, climate change, and development in Boston. Set to original music by Mexican-American composer Jorge Sosa, a quartet of singers will be accompanied by a classical musical ensemble.  

To The People Like Us 
June 28, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m. + 7:00 p.m. 
The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA  
Tickets: General Admission, Pay-What-You-Can. For tickets, visit WhiteSnakeProjects.org.

Cast + Creative Team: 
Composer: Jorge Sosa 
Dramaturgs: Cerise Lim Jacobs and Andres Ballesteros 
Musicians: Lilit Hartunian (violin), Colleen Brannen (violin), Justin Ouellet (viola), Linda Hwang (cello), Gillian Dana (bass), Dan Pelletier (percussion), David McGrory (piano) Singers: Nina Evelyn (soprano), Linda Maritza Collazo (mezzo-soprano), Melisa Bonetti Luna (mezzo-soprano), Jesús Daniel Hernández (tenor)  
Lyricists: 826 Boston Youth Literacy Advisory Board writers
Director: Pascale Florestal 
Music Director: Tianhui Ng 

80min w/o intermission; semi-staged; sung in English with subtitles