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Sat, Nov 21, 20268:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST🇺🇸 Speyer Hall, New York, NY
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PLAGUE MASS
a new opera
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/countercodex/2097426
July 26th, 1985: Hollywood heartthrob and closeted gay man, ROCK HUDSON, sends a shockwave through American culture by announcing his diagnosis with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. From AIDS activists fighting for their lives, to movie stars in Hollywood, and politicians at the highest levels of government, there’s a marked change in how the disease is perceived. For some, there is a glimmer of hope for the first time that a cure can be found. Later, with ROCK on his deathbed, the spirit of KEITH HARING casts a spell to convene ELIZABETH TAYLOR, MATHILDE KRIM, and RONALD REAGAN so they can perform a ritual to help ROCK find peace.
Created by six composers and five librettists, PLAGUE MASS explores what connects us in a time of crisis across divisions of power, class, and sexual identity.
PERFORMANCES
November 19, 2026 | 8:00 p.m.
November 21, 2026 | 3:00 p.m.
November 21, 2026 | 8:00 p.m.
SPEYER HALL | UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT | LOWER EAST SIDE
FEATURING
JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO as KEITH HARING
DAVEED BUZAGLO as ROCK HUDSON
MELAINA MILLS as ELIZABETH TAYLOR
DANIELLE BUONAIUTO as MATHILDE KRIM
DANIEL KLEIN as RONALD REAGAN
with music by JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO, JASMINE GALANTE, SARAH GENEVIEVE BURGHART RICE, JOSEPH N. RUBINSTEIN, LUCAS TAHIRUZZAMAN SYED, and DEREK WEAGLE
lyrics by CLARE BIERMAN, JOHNNY LLOYD, CHIARA M. N., HEATHER O'DONOVAN, and FRED SAUTER
book by JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO
directed by SAM HELFRICH
“Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble
and He delivered them from their distress.
He sent out His word and healed them;
He rescued them from the grave.”
Psalm 107: 20-2
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AT COUNTERCODEX.COM/SUPPORT
a new opera
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/countercodex/2097426
July 26th, 1985: Hollywood heartthrob and closeted gay man, ROCK HUDSON, sends a shockwave through American culture by announcing his diagnosis with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. From AIDS activists fighting for their lives, to movie stars in Hollywood, and politicians at the highest levels of government, there’s a marked change in how the disease is perceived. For some, there is a glimmer of hope for the first time that a cure can be found. Later, with ROCK on his deathbed, the spirit of KEITH HARING casts a spell to convene ELIZABETH TAYLOR, MATHILDE KRIM, and RONALD REAGAN so they can perform a ritual to help ROCK find peace.
Created by six composers and five librettists, PLAGUE MASS explores what connects us in a time of crisis across divisions of power, class, and sexual identity.
PERFORMANCES
November 19, 2026 | 8:00 p.m.
November 21, 2026 | 3:00 p.m.
November 21, 2026 | 8:00 p.m.
SPEYER HALL | UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT | LOWER EAST SIDE
FEATURING
JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO as KEITH HARING
DAVEED BUZAGLO as ROCK HUDSON
MELAINA MILLS as ELIZABETH TAYLOR
DANIELLE BUONAIUTO as MATHILDE KRIM
DANIEL KLEIN as RONALD REAGAN
with music by JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO, JASMINE GALANTE, SARAH GENEVIEVE BURGHART RICE, JOSEPH N. RUBINSTEIN, LUCAS TAHIRUZZAMAN SYED, and DEREK WEAGLE
lyrics by CLARE BIERMAN, JOHNNY LLOYD, CHIARA M. N., HEATHER O'DONOVAN, and FRED SAUTER
book by JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO
directed by SAM HELFRICH
“Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble
and He delivered them from their distress.
He sent out His word and healed them;
He rescued them from the grave.”
Psalm 107: 20-2
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AT COUNTERCODEX.COM/SUPPORT
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