Presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts
Xulgaria
A musical fairytale and ritual for healing
Written by Kamara Thomas
Directed by Kamara Thomas & Michael Sater
Run Time
Approximately 60 minutes.
Content Advisory
This production contains content about suicide. If you or someone you know may have suicidal thoughts, please call or chat online with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Special Notes
Please silence all electronic devices including cellular phones and watches, and refrain from text messaging for the duration of the performance.
Accessibility
The Forum, located at street level in the Lewis Arts complex, is an accessible venue. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations.
Cast
Crow Leader: Ava Kronman ’26
Crows: Janet Mylott & Kamara Thomas
Pied Piper: Matthew Cooperberg ’26
Nelly: Sara Ryave ’24
Eleanor: Dea Franzek ’24
Raven Woman: Kamara Thomas
Persephone, the woodpecker queen: Janet Mylott
Chipmunk Centurions: Evan Cantwell ’27 & Aaron Ventresca ’24
Indigo Bunting: Ava Kronman ’26
Peabody Bird: Parker Blumenberg
Dark-eyed Junco: Christina Kim
Black-capped Chickadee: Angela Kwon ’26
Plumbeous Vireo: Kate Stewart ’25
Rock Band: Amal Bouhabib, Emily Denton, Sinclair Palmer & Kym Register
The Playhouse Choir and Orchestra, directed by Solon Snider Sway
Music
Songs: Kamara Thomas and Emily Denton
Orchestrations: Jimmy Waltman
“Sweet Disillusion”
by Kamara Thomas, Suzan Hurtuk & Gabriel Berezin
“Birdsong”
by Kamara Thomas & Jimmy Waltman
Production Team
Lighting Design: Maggie Heath
Set and Prop Design: Kamara Thomas & Titi Sodimu
Costumes: Kamara Thomas and Caroline Yes
Fight Coordinators: Michael Sater and Matthew Cooperberg ’26
Stage Manager: Alexandria Chery
Stage Hand: Grace Wang ’26
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Mary O’Connor, Elaine Milan, Carmelita Becnel, Inkyung Yi & LCA staff, Kathleen Coughlin, Matt Pilsner, Collin Costa, Carlos Dias and the Music Department, Lou Chen, Faith Iloka and Trenton Youth Theater.
Land Acknowledgement
An estimated 10 million Native Americans lived in North America before the arrival of European colonizers. Many thousands lived in Lenapehoking, the vast homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, who were the first inhabitants of what is now called eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Princeton stands on part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. In 1756, the College of New Jersey erected Nassau Hall with no recorded consultation with the Lenni-Lenape peoples.
Treaties and forced relocation dispersed Lenape-Delaware to Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. We acknowledge the violence of settler colonialism and pay respect to Lenape peoples past, present, and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.
For more information, see the websites of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP), Natives at Princeton and Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition.
Lewis Center for the Arts
Chair: Judith Hamera
Executive Director: Marion Friedman Young
Director of Fellowships: Stacy Wolf
Assistant Director of Fellowships: Mary O’Connor
Fellowships Program Associate: Elaine Milan
View a list of current and past fellows
For a look at all the people working behind the scenes to bring you this event, view a list of LCA staff members.
The programs of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts are made possible through the generous support of many alumni and other donors. View a list of LCA Supporters
