THE SHIP THAT LIES AT THE BOTTOM A concert theatre work with an accompanying installation - or - An installation with an accompanying concert theatre work (Take your pick)   Music and libretto Keith Snyder Incorporating original fiction by: Deborah Whittaker • Joseph Wallace • Karin Slaughter • Aileen Schumacher Lori Snyder • Jamie Scott • S.J. Rozan • John Pond • Kris Neri • Wendy Monk Coyne Maloney • Jan C. Maher • F.R. Lewis • John Leech • Gwen Lauterbach Ben Lieberman • Jane Haddam • Kathleen Haaversen • D.M. Fratini Ken Cheney • Barbara Brown This page isn't going to be pretty for a while yet. Since Aileen Schumacher's mentioning the event in her newsletter, though, I figured I'd better get something up on the web. If you want something more designy, here's my home page, and here's my main music page. The Ship that Lies at the Bottom is a "concert theatre" piece that premiered April 22, 2001 on the lightship Frying Pan in New York City. It was one of 6 compositions that premiered as part of FUSE AT THE FRYING PAN, a presentation of the concert theater group FUSE. It's in two parts: First, I asked a bunch of writer friends to write short stories about the Frying Pan. I found readers for the stories and recorded them onto tape, then had the recordings playing out of little speakers mounted around the decks of the ship. There's over an hour of audio. Second, I wrote a 15-minute "mini-opera," with a libretto taken from all the stories, in which it's explained why the stories contradict each other. (Because the boat is a liar.) I'm not totally happy with the recording, so I may redo it in the studio. Stay tuned. Listen to the stories! Download a PDF file of all 27 stories, the full libretto, and photos from the premiere Look at pictures from all 6 FUSE AT THE FRYING PAN productions (including this one) Visit the Frying Pan's website Lyric Bass: Larry Picard Dramatic soprano: Kathleen Haaversen Saxophone and bass clarinet: Marcel von Rootselaar Contrabass: Hal Onserud Synthesizer: Keith Snyder Conductor: Denise Broadhurst Costume Designer: Mary Agredo Part of FUSE AT THE FRYING PAN Premieres of new concert theatre works by seven artists from FUSE: Dan Acquisto, Denise Broadhurst, Jason Durham, Jessie Rothwell, Keith Snyder, Garth Sunderland, Emily White Sunday, April 22, 2001 Thanks to Kathleen for putting up with my insane hours, all the writers for contributing stories with no pay, and Shira for knocking around story ideas with me over coffee.