(Photo from Open Door.)

Yerma

2008-2009
Throughout 2008 and 2009, workshops have been taking place for Dance of Desire, a musical adaptation of Lorca’s Yerma, translated by Caridad Svich, conceived by Kay Matscullat, music by Elizabeth Swados.

Open Door

2008

By Colombia-born master puppet theater artist Federico Restrepo, his puppet theater troupe Loco 7, and award-winning composer Elizabeth Swados, Open Door directly addresses the impact of the many new immigrants who now make up New York City from such diverse cultural backgrounds as North and South American, African, Middle Eastern, European and Asian; friends and strangers, living in the same city/apartment/room/building, meeting and exchanging stories that reveal their histories and states of mind.

The Great Divorce

2007

Off-Broadway, the Magis Theater Company

Recitative for Four Voices

2006

By Daniel Berrigan, SJ; performed at Fordham University

Spider Opera

2006
A performance piece with Taylor Mac, produced with the assistance of Mabou Mines.

The Dybbuk
2006
NYU Tisch Mainstage

Bokan
2006

Liz composed music for Bokan, a unique dance drama by Frederico Restrepo. Bokan was performed in Bogota, Columbia on April 6, 2006.

Life is a Dream

2000

Cathedral of St. John the Divine/Marquette University