AOT continues to be in the creation process for our next commission, an opera biopic on the life and legacy of Zitkála-Šá (Nakota) premiering in October 2022. 

Zitkála-Šá was a writer, musician, educator, and political activist. She was one of the most influential people in the country during the early 20th century with multiple published works, performances in the Oval Office in 1900, wrote an opera in 1913, and co-founded the National Council of American Indians in 1926.