an opera by Robert Ashley. Robert Ashley, along with Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet, re-examined contemporary theatre and sought for a perhaps more inclusive and non-linear approach, only applied to opera. As he said, "Let people do what they normally would do, only with an audience present". Working directly with Mr. Ashley (founding member of the ONCE group), DME is creating a new approach to this seminal opera from the 1960\&##39;s, staged in this very unique setting, a rural barn built in 1915, only 5 minutes from Ashley\&##39;s ancestral home. The ensemble will feature it\&##39;s usual blend of contemporary theatre and state-of-the-art (and retro) technology, from rotary phones to computers.