ORGY & BESS

Created by Ethan Heard and Jacob Ashworth
Directed by Ethan Heard
Arrangements by Dan Schlosberg
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth and Dan Schlosberg

HIGHLIGHT reel: SLAYLEM, the witch trials

Watch a few dazzling arias and showstopping moments from our first adventure at Judson Church last year, the immensely popular sold-out bonanza, SLAYLEM: The Witch Trials. We can’t wait to return to such an iconic venue for this year’s celebratory 10th show!

DAVID QUINN

Costume Designer

David Quinn is a fashion and costume designer working in a variety of mediums from theatre, dance, and film to burlesque and red carpets. Quinn's theatre work has appeared in numerous traditional and non-traditional venues across America and internationally. In 2017 his work on Jack was described as “jaw dropping” (Travelance) and “glorious“ (Time Out NY). In 2022 his costumes for Dick Rivington were hailed as “brilliantly inventive“ by the NY Times. Quinn has designed dance costumes in collaboration with NYC based choreographers and soloists including The Martha Graham Company, Merce Cunningham, and Stanley Love. Dance View Times said, ”Quinn is cutting and draping and colouring the most beautiful dance costumes to be found in New York.” 

Quinn’s wide ranging group of collaborators has recently included artists such as the iconic drag queen The Lady Bunny. Music legend Debbie Harry - creating her mirrored shroud for Coachella. Many red carpet and press event looks for Bridget Everett (HBO - Somebody Somewhere). Also, several incredible pieces for performance artist Darrel Thorne. Quinn's work has appeared in a variety of publications and has been immortalized in several books and films. Quinn designed the burlesque immersive show Hypnotique at the McKittrick Hotel, NYC. Follow on Instagram @quinndustry

MAIKO ANDO

Make-up Designer

Maiko Ando is a New York based makeup artist that grew up in Japan. She is known for a keen aesthetic eye and her ability to bring out character through makeup. She displays this in aesthetics and creativity from "no makeup" makeup and natural beauty looks to creative character and effects makeup. Her work has showcased in CBS, Paramount + and Smithsonian Channel.

Maiko is currently working on three TV series on Paramount+. Her artistic expression has been featured in various Heartbeat Opera productions, advertising and commercial campaigns, music videos, actors’ reels, documentaries, corporate videos and independent films. Her vision is continuously propelled forward as she out seeks challenges that require leaps of imagination. www.maikomakeup.com

PEREGRINE TENG HEARD

Co-Writer

Peregrine Teng Heard is an actor, playwright, and Artistic Director of The Associates Theater Ensemble. She has collaborated with Heartbeat on dramaturgy, supertitle translations, and original scripts for six drag extravaganzas. Her plays include Redemption Story (O’Neill Semifinalist), On The Prowl with Ada Tsiao (O’Neill Semifinalist, 59E59 SpaceLab), and four original plays devised and performed with The Associates. Other performance credits include POTUS (Arena Stage), Tom Jones (Actors Theatre of Louisville), soot & spit (New Ohio), and Sehnsucht (JACK). Peregrine earned a B.A. in East Asian Studies at Yale. www.peregrineheard.com

OLIVER WASON

Lighting Designer

Oliver Wason is happy to be working with Heartbeat, having designed many production including Lady M, Tosca, Der Freischutz, Don Giovanni, Butterfly, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Kafka Fragments, as well as their performance on the High Line. New York work includes The Chinese Lady, Among the Dead, House Rules (Ma-Yi); Sagittarius Ponderosa (NAATCO); Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Co. for Kids); Agrippina (Juilliard Opera). Regional credits include shows at Signature, Yale Rep, Barrington Stage, Berkeley Rep, Berkshire Theater Festival, Playmakers Rep, Triad Stage, and the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center. Faculty: Western Connecticut State University. MFA Yale. oliverwason.com

ALEX CORDERO

Projection Designer

Alex Cordero is a video artist and excited to be back with Heartbeat Opera. They are one of the founding members of The Sperm Whale, a VJ collective based in New York. Alex has performed at Lincoln Center, Queens Museum, Rubin Museum of Art, and held residencies at numerous NYC venues such as Elsewhere and Rubulad. Their work continues to straddle the fine art and nightlife worlds with a colorful pop sensibility. www.thespermwhale.com.

MADISEN FRAZIER

Props Supervisor

Madisen Frazier is a props person, scenic painter, and graphic designer. Originally from Florida, Madisen now lives in New York but works up and down the East Coast. Recent productions include 9 to 5 at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute, Salome at Heartbeat Opera, and Facings at Urban Stages.  mfrazierprops.com