Stage Director

Adapted from the original film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, Adoration follows Simon, an orphaned high school student. As part of a dramatic writing exercise, Simon’s teacher encourages him to appropriate details from a historical terrorist attack as an event perpetrated by his parents. When his story goes viral, Simon uses the hysteria within his community and on the internet to highlight the challenges of intolerance and racism in our society. The fictional and actual circumstances of the loss of Simon’s family are revealed in fragments, only fitting together with the final revelation that the prejudices of Simon’s maternal grandfather led to his parents’ deaths.

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Adoration

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture

An adaptation of Atom Egoyan’s film of the same name, Adoration follows Simon, an orphaned high school student. As part of a dramatic writing exercise, Simon’s teacher encourages him to appropriate details from a historical terrorist attack as an event perpetrated by his parents. When his story goes viral, Simon uses the hysteria within his community and on the internet to highlight the challenges of intolerance and racism in our society. The fictional and actual circumstances of the loss of Simon’s family are revealed in fragments, only fitting together with the final revelation that the prejudices of Simon’s maternal grandfather led to his parents’ deaths.

On Site Opera continues its multi-year cycle of Puccini’s Il Trittico one acts with the brooding Il Tabarro (The Cloak). Puccini and Adami’s drama of a love triangle that turns deadly on the banks of the Seine river will be transported to the historic waterfront of the South Street Seaport. The lightship Ambrose at the South Street Seaport Museum and Pier 16 will provide the backdrop for this story of jealousy and suspicion. 
After the success of What Lies Beneath aboard the tall ship Wavertree in 2021, On Site Opera is thrilled to once again partner with the South Street Seaport Museum to bring opera to life aboard this historic fleet.

Il Tabarro

South Street Seaport Museum

An adaptation of Atom Egoyan’s 2008 film of the same name, Adoration follows Simon, an orphaned high school student. As part of a dramatic writing exercise, Simon’s teacher encourages him to appropriate details from a historical terrorist attack as an event perpetrated by his parents. When his story goes viral, Simon uses the hysteria within his community and on the internet to highlight the challenges of intolerance and racism in our society. The fictional and actual circumstances of the loss of Simon’s family are revealed in fragments, only fitting together with the final revelation that the prejudices of Simon’s maternal grandfather led to his parents’ deaths.

Laine Rettmer

Stage Director

Events

Upcoming events

19 - 23 Feb, 2025

Adoration · LA Opera

19 - 23 Feb, 2025

Adoration · Beth Morrison Projects

Past events

12 - 20 Jan, 2024

Adoration · Prototype Festival

11 - 21 Jan, 2024

Adoration · Beth Morrison Projects

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