The Magic Flute 2.0 By Wolfgang A. Mozart

New version/text by Andreas Mitisek

Synopsis

Act 1
Tamino nearly gets erased by a tornado. Three corporate drones save him—employees of the Queen of the Night, CEO of Crude Petroleum, LLC. A chicken vendor named Papageno shows up, making things up as he goes. The Queen's daughter Pamina has gone AWOL. Suspect: Sarastro, now running a wellness racket. Tamino gets recruited to rescue her. Papageno gets drafted as sidekick. Neither asks the important questions. So it goes.

At “Sarastro’s Ashram”, Monostatos—a man with relationship issues, currently employed as Fitness Coach—is after Pamina, who'd rather eat glass. Rescue attempts fail. Sarastro catches everyone and spouts wisdom-babble instead of pressing charges. Tamino meets Pamina. Love at first sight with inconvenient timing. Sarastro convinces both men to endure "spiritual warrior trials" to find their "perfect mates." They sign up without reading the fine print. Americans never do.

Act 2
Trials begin: magic drinks, vow of silence, rotating cast of Exec Secretaries and PIs dispensing warnings of dubious value. Monostatos has a blistering revelation and quits. Pamina misreads Tamino's silence as rejection and contemplates suicide. The PIs talk her off the ledge. Tamino endures a fire-walk—another man suffering to prove his manhood and to get Pamina. Papageno spirals into the black hole of hopelessness before stumbling onto the hidden power of surprise.

Everything wraps up with songs about eternal love, everyone conveniently forgetting suicide attempts, vengeful mothers, and cult trials. This kind of magical story can only happen in opera, where reality takes a vacation. So it goes.

Performances

Thur. March 5 2026, 7:30 PM
Fri. March 6 2026, 7:30 PM
Sat. March 7 2026, 7:30 PM
Sun. March 8 2026, 2:30 PM

Bob Hope Theatre

Creative Team

Conductor
Andreas Mitisek

Stage Director
Andreas Mitisek

Set/Video/Production Designer
Andreas Mitisek

Associate Costume Designer
Amy Poe

Assistant Costume Designer
Violet Nassri

Lighting Designer
Breanna Neal

Assistant Conductor
David Womack

Rehearsal Pianists
Jason Smith
Andrew Gregg

Cast

Thur. March 5, 7:30 pm
Sat. March 7, 7:30 pm

Tamino (a tornado chaser looking for the perfect F5)
Diego Roberts Buceta

Pamina (a girl looking for the meaning of life)
Jasmine Williams

Papageno (a fried chicken street vendor)
Lwazi Dlamini

Papagena (a maid at Sarastro's Ashram)
Sophie Young

Queen of the Night (CEO Crude Petroleum, LLC)
Taylor Hendricks

Sarastro (guru of Sarastro’s Ashram)
Rey Winn

Monostatos (Fitness coach with relationship issues)
Joshua T. Hauser

Speaker/Spiritual Warrior
Jacob Mayo

Spiritual Warrior
Joshua T. Hauser

Spiritual Warrior
David Walker

Executive Secretaries at Crude Petroleum, LLC
Alexandra Cook
Andie Earl
Josefina Maldonado

Spirits (undercover PIs)
Hannah Howard
Taarika Bhargava
Eliza Schumacher

Sarastro Followers
Ava Moak
Yina Qiao
Clarissa Rodriguez
Elijah Gallman

Ensemble
Leela Bharath, J'von Brown, Diego Roberts Buceta, Taarika Bhargava, Alexandra Cook, Lwazi Dlamini, Andie Earl, Jayda Ennis, Robin Flatt, Emily Hansen, Joshua T. Hauser, Hannah Howard, Jungmin Lee, Josefina Maldonado, Wayne Mhkize, Jacob Mayo, Kathryn Piña, Bradley Ritschel, Eliza Schumacher, Addison Vinson, Lwazi Dlamini, Jasmine Williams

Fri. March 6, 7:30 pm
Sun. March 8, 2:30 pm

Tamino (a tornado chaser looking for the perfect F5)
Wayne Mhkize

Pamina (a girl looking for the meaning of life)
Emily Hansen

Papageno (a fried chicken street vendor)
Addison Vinson

Papagena (a maid at Sarastro's Ashram
Robin Flatt

Queen of the Night (CEO Crude Petroleum, LLC)
Taylor Hendricks

Sarastro (guru of Sarastro’s Ashram)
Rey Winn

Monostatos (Fitness coach with relationship issues)
Joshua T. Hauser

Speaker/Spiritual Warrior
Bradley Ritschel

Spiritual Warrior
Joshua T. Hauser

Spiritual Warrior
Elijah Gallman

Executive Secretaries at Crude Petroleum, LLC
Kathryn Piña
Jungmin Lee
Josefina Maldonado

Spirits (undercover PIs)
Sophie Young
Kailyn Welch
Emma Less

Sarastro Followers
Ava Moak
Jennifer Williamson
Clarissa Rodriguez
David Walker

Orchestra

Flute
Abigail Garner
Tessa Radke

Oboe
Suji Chang
Zoe Gurwitz
Abigail Espinosa

Clarinet
Dominique Feather
Michael Chavarria

Bassoon
Jacob Gilmore
Camille Camacho

Horn
Owen Menard
Mattias Bengtsson

Trumpet
Abigelle Carrasco
Isaac Gruber

Trombone
Dawson Ward
Reece MacDonald
Nathan Mugan

Timpani
Donielle Woodard

Keyboard Glockenspiel
Jason Smith

Violin I
Sejin Park, concertmaster
Rebecca Rosmanitz
Alexa Birt

Violin II
Anna Ackerman, principal
Jeng Chen
Eden Engle

Viola
Brandon Morrison, principal
Madelyn Fields
Donovan De Jesus

Cello
Yvon Arseneault, principal
Maslin Markle
Jorge Antonio Vives

Bass
Jordan Tillerson, co-principal
Tommy Pusateri, co-principal

Production Team

MOT Manager
Kathryn Pina

Costume/Production Support
Alexandra Cook

Director of Production
Dawn Askew

Stage Manager
Madison Cox

Technical Director
Justin Mosher

Costume Shop Director
Melissa Panzarello Cox

Properties Supervisor
Teila Vochatzer

Sound Designer and Engineer
Jason Biggs

Light and Video Supervisor
Cooper Simon

Assistant Technical Director
Brandon Smith

Costumers
Amanda Hendrickson and Allison Hinkle

Lighting and Video Technician
Madalyn Mead

Scene Shop Foreman
Steve Leary

Stitcher
Timothy Norris

Projections Operator
Nick Todd

Light Board Operator
Madison McNeely

Supertitles Preparation
Jason Smith

Supertitles Operators
Yina Qiao
Jennifer Williamson

Meadows School of Arts Leadership

Samuel S. Holland, Ph.D. Algur H. Meadows Dean and Professor of Music

Thomas Keck, Director, Division of Music and Professor of Music

Special Thanks

To our Voice Faculty for their Support

Barbara Hill Moore
Virginia Dupuy
Clifton Forbis
Leon P. Turner
Camille King
Jason Smith
Brian Bentley
Margaret Winchell