Announcing Our 2026 Family Opera!

Book and Lyrics by Grammy-winning storyteller Bill Harley
Music by Stanford University Professor Paul Phillips

TENTATIVE PERFORMANCE DATES
March 21-22 and March 28-29, 2026
AUDITIONS: October 18 to 26, 2025

Hardship, laughter, and song in Dustbowl-era California! This reprise of our beautiful 2018 opera is set at the historical Weedpatch school, built and run by plucky and determined Oklahoma migrants who show resilience and humor in the face of hardship and hostility from the settled Californians.

Check out the synopsis and the videos from our 2018 performances.

Everyone age 7 or older who wants to perform will be accepted (children under 10 require a participating adult), but we need to hear you sing for casting and voice part assignments.

Meanwhile, sign up on our mailing list, and email info25@familyopera.org if you have questions.

Our Mission: We provide children and adults the experience of telling stories through song, by performing original, entirely-sung operas and oratorios, with lyrics and music accessible and appealing to audiences of all ages. This video is a 3-minute introduction to what makes NCFO unique! (For more detail, here's a 12-minute version.)

Check back here for future Science Festival Chorus productions!

Previous Science Festival Chorus productions available HERE