As part of the Opera Unbound Showcase, the San Francisco Opera’s Department of Diversity, Equity, and Community is sponsoring a free public staged reading of When You're the King, They Let You Do It, my new translation of Victor Hugo's Le Roi s'amuse. This is the play that inspired Verdi's classic opera Rigoletto, which opened the SF Opera’s 103rd season in September 2025. I also served as director and Teaching Artist for this event, working with a dozen volunteer members of the community to bring my translation to life and perhaps draw some parallels to our own time.

Following the reading of When You’re the King, They Let You Do It, the Showcase will continue with participants from The Opera in You writing workshops sharing original stories.

See the SF Public Library’s website for more information.