The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Educator Materials

MUSIC BY MASON BATES & LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL

2019 Grammy Award winner!

Look up. Look out. Be here now.

With “one device,” Steve Jobs indisputably changed our world. Yet as he tried to make the world more connected, he struggled to truly connect with the people in his own life—his friends, business partners and family. Behind all the disruption and the drive for perfection, what did it all mean?

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Synopsis

A global icon's journey from hippie idealist to tech mogul leads, ultimately, to a deeper understanding of true human connection.

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CAST AND CREATIVE

CAST

Steve Jobs	Edward Parks ^*
Laurene Powell Jobs	Sasha Cooke
Steve Wozniak	Garrett Sorenson
Kōbun Chino Otogawa	Wei Wu ^*
Chrisann Brennan	Anne-Marie MacIntosh ^*

CREATIVE

Conductor	Michael Christie
Director	Kevin Newbury
Set Designer	Victoria Tzykun ^*
Costume Designer	Paul Carey ^*
Lighting Designer	Japhy Weideman ^*
Projection Designer	59 Productions ^*
Sound Designer	Rick Jacobsohn ^*
Revival Choreographer	Lawrence Pech
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

* San Francisco Opera debut

THE BUZZ

“The energy of the composer [Mason Bates] reacts with that of his mercurial subject to create something theatrically arresting and new.” —Wall Street Journal

Edward Parks “holds center stage effortlessly, alternating at unpredictable intervals between gleeful young rebel and corporate tyrant, between spiritual seeker and flat-out bastard.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“As always, the mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke is a beating heart onstage, a warm and sympathetic presence as Laurene.” —The New York Times