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Phoebe Kreutz and Full Cast, Yolo, Gilgamesh: A Joke Folk Operetta

Monday, October 24, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door

Yolo, Gilgamesh is a high-energy comic operetta based on the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh. Employing influences from P.G. Wodehouse and Jonathan Richman to Run-D.M.C., it provides a clear way in to a sometimes intimidating text. It’s tuneful. It’s irreverent. It’s got a magic bull, a sneaky prostitute, and a conga line. And all of this surrounds a genuine emotional core about that deepest of subjects: our shared mortality. This event is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.