PHAME Brought Down the House at the Rock Opera Showcase

Last Wednesday evening at the Hampton Opera Center theatre, PHAME rocked the house with songs from Hamilton, Spring Awakening, Hair, and more. As audience members settled into their seats, the lights dimmed. The choir began singing the opening bars of Jesus Christ Superstar's "What's the Buzz," and PHAME student Henry Newson wowed the crowd with a soulful solo. The next hour was filled with joyful performances, and everyone left with smiles on their faces and the words to "Age of Aquarius" running through their heads. It was truly an event to remember.

Special thanks to our tireless Choir, our guest band, our Choir Director, Matthew Gailey, and to Alexis Hamilton and everyone at Portland Opera. We're so excited to move forward with our Rock Opera Project—a special 18-month collaboration with Portland Opera—and we're excited to see it off to such an amazing start. We'll be posting an update on the Rock Opera Project here soon.

We're delighted to share a selection of beautiful photographs taken by Frideike Heuer. Check them out below!

Group of women stand in front of microphones and a music stand

Group of men stand in front of microphones, one holds microphone to his mouth

Large group of people stands in a black box theatre in front of sound equipment

Group of women dressed in black look off to the side

Four men sitting in folding chairs, wearing all black

Group of women facing to the side and singing into microphones

Group of men standing in a theatre in front of sound equipment

Group of women singing , some with microphones, in a dark room

Two women wearing black seen from the side, holding microphones

Full audience of seated people in a black box theatre

Performers and seated audience in a black box theatre seen from the side

Close up of young woman's face, she has short red hair and smiles

Man with dark glasses seen from the side, touching an ipad which sits on a music stand

Smiling woman wearing backwards cap and gold necklace, holds a coffee cup and raises the other hand

Anya RobertsSeptember 5, 2018