Doug Skinner: An Archive on Your Gizmo

Doug Skinner header image 1

The Donner Party, Its Crossing

July 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Herbert Blau founded a theater company at Oberlin College in the 1970s. It was called Kraken; and in 1974 it toured a production based on the story of the Donner Party. I was a composition student at the Conservatory at the time, and contributed three songs.

Tags: *Music · *Stage · D

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Mamie // Jul 30, 2011 at 6:01 am

    You never told me about this!!!!!!

  • 2 name Three Songs from “The Donner Party” // Oct 30, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    […] developed and performed by the company Kraken, and directed by Herbert Blau. I posted the program here, and finally got round to revising and recopying the songs. Here’s part of the first […]