Hook-up – COR

COR

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Content warning: explicit language, sexual violence, sexual content, alcohol, blackout drinking

Hook Up tells the story of three friends who have made it to university, each with their own unique desires and inner conflicts. Mindy is just excited to keep her high school friend circle together and finally get some privacy with her boyfriend. T...

Composer: Chris Thornborrow

Librettist: Julie Tepperman

You and Meme

An awkward first date seems destined for failure, until the two bond over a mutual love of memes. The result? A hot, steamy connection over goats.

Composer: Dean Burry

Librettist: Nicolas Billon

She Sees Her Lover

Agnieska and Sumana share a night together after meeting in a bar. The night, however intimate, has vastly different meanings to each woman. While Sumana is brimming with the excitement of a first chance at love, Agnieska is haunted by memories of her romantic past.

The next morning, Agnieska wakes early and admires her new lover Sumana as sh...

Composer: Craig Galbraith

Librettist: Leanna Brodie

Lost and Found

Lost and Found is a sexy tango encounter between two lost travelers who don’t share a common language, but bond over the serendipitous lexical delight of learning that the word “mango” is gloriously, sensuously, mutually intelligible. Jubilant over their shared discovery, the man asks the woman about returning to his place posthaste. The travele...

Composer: Elisabeth Mehl Greene

Librettist: Sharon Bajer

COR

Excerpts

You and Meme – You and Meme

An awkward first date seems destined for failure, until the two bond over a mutual love of memes. The result? A hot, steamy connection over goats.

She Sees Her Lover – Scene 2

Waking early, Agnieska admires her new lover Sumana as she is sleeping. When Sumana wakes, the couple share an intimate conversation and eventually descend into fits of laughter.

She Sees Her Lover – Scene 1 (duet)

Agnieska and Sumana share an intimate night together after meeting in a bar. Memories of past lovers almost make Agnieska give up on this new love, but Sumana convinces her to hold on to hope.

She Sees Her Lover – “Cinnamon Limbs” (aria)

Waking early, Agnieska admires her new lover Sumana as she is sleeping.

She Sees Her Lover – “So many ways” (aria)

Agnieska questions why all of her previous relationships have failed.

She Sees Her Lover – “Oh, it’s beautiful” (aria)

Excited by the possibility of a night with a new lover, Sumana anxiously expresses her anticipation.

Lost and Found – Lost and Found

Two travellers trying to communicate in English- which neither of them speaks well- find they are attracted to each other.

Hook Up – Section 5, Scene 1: “Mindy’s Spiral”

Mindy tries to understand if she was raped at the party. She can't make herself contact anyone, but seeks information online; Cindy slips a morning after pill under the door.

Hook Up – Section 4, Scene 3: “Putting the Pieces Together”

Someone has posted pictures of Mindy at the party with different men. Mindy, Cindy, and Tyler argue about who is to blame. Cindy and Tyler depart angry, leaving Mindy sitting alone on her bed.

Hook Up – Section 4, Scene 2: “Text Alerts”

Mindy plugs in her phone, which died at the party. It comes alive with a constant stream of texts from Tyler and Cindy from the night before, who were both worried about her. Mindy rushes to the bathroom to throw up.

Hook Up – Section 4, Scene 1: “The Morning After: Walk of Shame”

Hungover, walking home the morning after the party, Mindy remembers disturbing images from the night before - she isn't sure exactly what happened.

Hook Up – Section 3, Scene 3C: “The Buddy System”

Cindy tries to get Mindy to come away with her, but Mindy insists she's fine and goes upstairs with Cowboy Dude.

Hook Up – Section 3, Scene 3: “The Party”

Cindy and Mindy eye potential hook-ups for Mindy. Tyler arrives with Heather. Mindy’s livid, and Cindy reminds her not to do anything crazy. Mindy’s response is to commit to the idea of hooking up with someone at the party.

Hook Up – Section 3, Scene 2: “The Party Chant (Video)”

Costumed party goers cross the campus, chanting.

Hook Up – Section 3, Scene 1: “The Rules of the Hookup” (duet)

Cindy and Mindy get into constumes and pre-drink for the Halloween Kegger. Cindy teases Mindy for her lack of sexual adventurousness and gives her “the rules of the hook up” just in case...

Hook Up – Section 2, Scene 3: “Girl’s Night” (duet)

Cindy tells Mindy about her empowering sexual explorations of late, and questions if Mindy is really ok with spending her life with just one person.