Opera in six scenes. Based on the Dick Van Dyke Show episode, "The Life and Love of Joe Coogan".
Premiered September 25th and 26th, 2010 at Lehigh University, Zoellner Hall. Bethlehem, PA.
Metamorphoses(work-in-progress). A musical based on Ovid's life and work.
Einstein's Mozart
"...a landmark of artistic synthesis."
-Toledo Blade
"The words lent themselves so easily to music that they seem like beautiful music notes –
each one a droplet of sparkle… Einstein's Mozart is an informed, insightful and heartfelt
tribute to two giants of mankind."
- Cho-Liang Lin, Music Director, Summerfest LaJolla
Now in print: Einstein's Mozart: Two Geniuses,
the text of Kate's popular piece about the two men's lives and creative work!
Gravity's Dream
"Kate Light has been one of my favorite poets for years and years now. . .Her work gives me shivers."
-Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
"…To read her work is often to feel a pleasure of one's own experience--of love, confusion, discovery--named."
-Crab Orchard Review
Oceanophony
"Kate Light's words in Oceanophony, like her other works, are delightful, whimsical, informative and funny."
- Cho-Liang Lin Music Director, Summerfest LaJolla
The Laws of Falling Bodies
"If you have been wondering what happened to enchantment in contemporary poetry, open up Kate Light's
magical debut collection… these diaphanous poems seem more conjured than written!"
–Molly Peacock
Open Slowly
"It's hard to think of a poet so aptly named as Kate Light, except. Of course, for Wordsworth. The step of her poems
is light, and plenty of that luminous stuff is shed here"
–Billy Collins