Player


Music by Steven Clark, Libretto by Lem Jay Ignacio

Player is a 10 minute cabaret opera / musical inspired by 1980's video games. In it, a couple get sucked into a game that mirrors the endless cycle of their doomed releationship.

Performed May 2003 at Goat Hall, San Franciso, CA.
Goat Hall Productions

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Images from 80's video games for inspiration

Dig Dug, "Bright yellow underground"

Donky Kong, Princess waiting to be rescued by Mario

Centipede, "Fields of mushrooms all the same..."

Galaga, "Rows and rows of alien insect ships..."