NUTOPIA

The Production Notes

Through the explosive visuals of a true multi-media experience, NU•TOPIA combines the wisdom of John Lennon and the iconic music of The Beatles to create a fresh and much needed new approach to the Peace Movement. The Beatles songs combined with the voice of one of the greatest artists of our time (John Lennon) create in the audience member space for a spiritual, emotional and psychological transformation.  The show brings an understanding of universal oneness that can be carried by each audience member into the world helping to usher in a more peaceful society.  NU•TOPIA aims to remind our world that all we really need is love.

Produced at The Wheeler Opera House, NU•TOPIA was done in collaboration with the University of Utah dance department lead by Melonie Buchanan Murray PhD.  NU•TOPIA features Ashley Chin-Mark portraying Ono Lennon,  Gregory Gonzales in the role of the everyman and his Higher-Self danced by Amy Anderson. Both are from the Colorado Ballet. Sisters from Carbondale, CO Elyssa and Jaqui Edgerly are the incredible aerialists.  Dancers from the University of Utah played our skeletons and round out the dance ensemble.

Loren created all scenic elements, the lighting and costume design. She also  directed all video content. The show was seen by 750 people, who enthuisatically went off like popcorn upon viewing, under an ASCAP license.

She begs apology to the Lennon Estate for using John’s recorded words. A show such as this would never be produced were it not for a renegade who felt that the message was more important than than the Earthly laws that prohibit the revaluing of art to create an even higher art.