Learning How To Read By Moonlight (Company One Theatre)

Music Director and Arranger, Natsu Onoda Power (Dir.).

Music Directed, Arranged, and orchestrated all of the music and original songs (composed by playwright Gaven D. Trinidad).

Vietgone (Studio Theatre)

Composer (original music) and Music Director, and pit musician (bass guitar, cello); Natsu Onoda Power (Dir.).

Commissioned by Studio Theatre - with permission from playwright Qui Nguyen - to deconstruct/reconstruct Qui’s original rap lyrics and compose all new original songs in the style of mid-’70s pop, rock, funk and punk.

The White Snake (Baltimore Center Stage)

Composer (original music) and Music Director, and pit musician (bass guitar, cello, oud, kayagum, voice); Natsu Onoda Power (Dir.).

Commissioned by Baltimore Center Stage - with permission from playwright Mary Zimmerman - to reset her poems to all new original musical compositions.

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A SPECTACULAR VISION IN A BRAND NEW THEATER Mystery and magic intertwine in this fantastical tale brought to life in grand spectacle in the newly renovated Head Theater. Originating from the ancient Chinese fable, The White Snake tells the story of animal spirits White Snake and Green Snake, who take human form as a beautiful woman and her sly servant.
VIETGONE is now playing. Buy tickets at studiotheatre.org
The actor/musicians of "The White Snake" gave us a behind-the-scenes look at their process for composing the music for the show.
 
 

Photo: Nile Scott Studios