THE POST OFFICE will receive its World Premiere Production at Spruce Peak Arts (Stowe, VT) on May 7 & May 8, 2026.

The ghost of Benjamin Franklin, the first US Postmaster General, is drawn into a thoroughly contemporary conflict among co-workers in a one-room post office about gay marriage, free speech, racial and class divides, and democracy itself in a provocative new opera by composer Laura Kaminsky (AS ONE) and poet/librettist Elaine Sexton (Site Specific). Produced by American Opera Projects, THE POST OFFICE features five singers and piano and a set designed by Charles Renfro, a partner in the distinguished architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro with a long history of involvement in the performing arts.

Music by Laura Kaminsky
Words by Elaine Sexton
Design by Charles Renfro, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Stage Direction by Kevin Newbury

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Development of THE POST OFFICE is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. AOP’s programs are made possible in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., the Amphion Foundation, BMI, and the contributions of many individuals.