betty’s notebook

NICHOLAS REEVES

SEP 18-29 2025

Bank of America Theater, Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts

Step into the static of a forgotten radio transmission, where voices blur fact and legend. Is it Amelia Earhart? Or just an echo? Come hear—and decide for yourself.

18 - 29 September 2025

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18 - 29 September 2025 |

A voice cuts through the static. It might be hers. Tune in.

  • A teenage girl hears something strange on her radio. What she believes is the final transmission of Amelia Earhart turns out to maybe be true. She writes it all down. Decades later, her notebook becomes the starting point for this immersive, goosebump-inducing performance. Betty’s Notebook is not your typical concert: voices drift through the space like distant signals, projections fill the room, and the past comes eerily alive around you. If you’ve ever been intrigued by a mystery or wondered how music could feel like a story unfolding in real time, this is for you. Come curious—you don’t need to know anything beforehand.

  • Betty’s Notebook unfolds in two unforgettable experiences that together immerse audiences in one of history’s great mysteries.

    The live performance surrounds you with a 360° choral soundscape, where singers, electronics, and visuals bring to life Betty Klenck’s 1937 account of hearing Amelia Earhart’s final radio transmissions—an electrifying, one-time event shared collectively in the room.

    The installation extends this world into an intimate, generative environment: a recreated radio room where voices, recordings, and technology shift and respond, allowing you to explore the story at your own pace. Attending both means not only witnessing the drama in the moment but also stepping inside the atmosphere of the mystery itself—a rare chance to both experience and inhabit the legend of Amelia Earhart.

  • Brought to life through the collaborative sound design of Anthony J. Maglione and Nicholas Reeves, the piece gained international recognition as the first classical music NFT ever sold, acquired by Metapurse in 2021 for $375,000. Now transformed into Verdigris’s first semi-permanent visual and aural installation, this production features immersive projection design by Courtney Ware and Lightware Labs. Supported by the Eisemann Edge Initiative, Betty’s Notebook continues to push the boundaries of how music, memory, and technology converge in live performance.

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The performance gives you a live, communal experience.

The installation gives you an exploratory, generative experience at your own pace.

Experience Both to uncover the mystery.

  • The performance of Betty’s Notebook is a one-of-a-kind live event: a 360° choral soundscape where singers, electronics, and projections pull you into Betty Klenck’s haunting 1937 account of hearing Amelia Earhart’s final radio transmissions. It’s raw, immediate, and electrifying—an experience that can only happen once, shared in real time with everyone in the room.

  • The installation of Betty’s Notebook lets you step inside the mystery at your own pace. In a recreated radio room, voices, signals, and technology shift and evolve around you, creating a generative environment that feels alive with possibility. Unlike the performance, which sweeps you up in collective intensity, the installation invites you to linger, listen closer, and inhabit the story in an intimate way.

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