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DESCRIPTION:Jul 10-12\, 2026\nConsider it official: Fellow Travelers\, the 
 opera\, has legs. Based on Thomas Mallon’s novel of 2007 and scored by G
 regory Spears to a libretto by Greg Pierce\, this swift-moving and affecti
 ng love story premiered in Cincinnati in 2016. Audiences there embraced it
 \, as did the critics—one prominent early reviewer going so far as to na
 me-check La Bohème. That said\, forget the Latin Quarter of antique pictu
 re postcards. Fellow Travelers whisks us to 1950s Washington\, D.C.\, at t
 he peak of the “lavender scare.” Senator Joseph R. McCarthy\, who appe
 ars in the opera\, is riding high as Grand Inquisitor of his infamous Hous
 e Un-American Activities Committee witch hunts. Scene One takes place on a
  park bench in Dupont Circle\, where two strangers strike up a conversatio
 n that will change their lives romantically\, professionally\, and in othe
 r ways. Timothy Laughlin\, a recent college grad\, has just come to town\,
  all set to fight the Commies. Hawkins Fuller\, a State Department officia
 l with connections\, gives Tim a referral that lands him a job in a senato
 r’s office. Kevin Newbury\, who staged the original production\, took th
 e driver’s seat again for the Seattle revival in February 2026—stop #1
  on a multicity\, multiseason tour. Andy Acosta appears as Tim opposite Jo
 seph Lattanzi\, the Hawk of the original production. The orchestration of 
 Fellow Travelers calls for just 17 players\, but the writing is skillful\,
  suggesting the expansiveness of grand opera as well as the transparency o
 f chamber music. Bruce Stasyna conducts.
LOCATION:Balboa Theatre\, 233 A St #500\, San Diego\, CA 92101
SUMMARY:Fellow Travelers\, by Gregory Spears
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