Staged Reading of The Machine Stops

Iowa City — Act One of The Machine Stops, an opera-in-progress by guitarist John Lake (libretto by Cecile Goding), will be performed on the U.I. campus—Biology Bldg. East—on June 17 from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Call for Singers for The Machine Stops

Iowa City - A staged reading of The Machine Stops, a new guitar opera, will be performed Tuesday evening, June 17, sponsored by the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. The opera has 6 roles: one female and one male lead, and four smaller roles.