Off Book Baltimore

Finally, here it is: "All Thy Works Praise Thee, O Lord: A Processional of Creation" by Christina Rossetti, an Off Book Baltimore Virtual Pageant! Thank you to all the amazing voice actors who contributed voices! Also thank you to those who participated in the live Christina Rossetti pageant "The Months: A Pageant" back in April at the Mercury!

"All Thy Works Praise Thee, O Lord: A Processional of Creation" by Christina Rossetti An Off Book Baltimore Virtual PageantCast:All: Ann Kizer and Connor M. KizerSeraph: Kristina GreenCherub: Connor M. KizerAll Angels: Ann Kizer and Connor M. ...

We are ready for the first of Christina Rossetti's Pageants (the live one), happening this Saturday at 8:00 at Connor Kizer's Classic Crooners and Cavalcade of Comedic Contemplations at the Mercury Theater - now all we need is a cast! Come to the show and volunteer to participate in this wacky cold read! We have no idea what will happen! Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/505393450944738

This week's Grapefruit is from kän-,tent, the musical project of sound designer Scott Burke. Scott's assignment was Pieces for Orchestra: No. 1 ("Peel") and No. 2 ("Peek").

Pieces for [Drone] Orchestra Nos. 1&2: Peel/Peek Created for Open Book Baltimore's adaptation of Yoko Ono's Grapefruit creative prompts. 2022.

This week's Grapefruit is from Timothy Nohe, who has used an artificial intelligence process to generate images he calls "studio ai permutations." Timothy's assignment was Shadow Piece, with the instructions "put your shadows together until they become one."

This week's Grapefruit was submitted by Desirée Rowe and is called "Flies with Honey." Desirée's assignment was Fly Piece. The instructions were simply "fly."

Today is the first day of National Poetry Month so we are making this digital version of the thank you zine we made for Februalia performers and donors available to you! Enjoy!

Februalia Zine A thank you zine for performers and donors.

This week's Grapefruit! Submitted by Chris Albanese, here is Smell Piece I: "send the smell of the moon." We're sorry that you can't smell this post, but we assure you that it smells quite lunar!

Februalia thank you gifts have been mailed to performers and fundraiser donors!

This week's Grapefruit contribution is Snow Piece No. 1: "Send snow sounds to a person you like." Recorded when it snowed in January.

Snow Piece No. 1 "Send snow sounds to a person you like."

Here is this week's Grapefruit contribution! This one came from Mark Cameron, whose assignment was Fog Piece III: "Send a fog to your friend."

Here's the next piece for Grapefruit - Number Piece II performed by Connor Kizer:
"Replace nouns in the book with numbers
and read.
Replace adjectives in the book with
numbers and read.
Replace all the words in the book with
numbers and read."

Number Piece II "Number Piece II" performed by Connor M. Kizer"Replace nouns in the book with numbersand read.Replace adjectives in the book withnumbers and read.Replace all...

When we say you can make your Grapefruit piece as silly or as serious as you want, we really mean it. This is an example of how much you can blow off your assignment if you feel like it. Snow Piece No. 3: "find a hand in the snow." Comment or message us to sign up for an assignment!

Snow Piece No. 3 "Find a hand in the snow."