Verdigris Ensemble · Season 10
Leave different.
everythingis okay
A healing journey
A world premiere
Sam Brukhman
April 30–May 1, 2027
Moody Performance Hall · Dallas
everything is okay · World premiere
What do our bodies
carry from the
generations before us?
About the premiere
A story across
generations.
After his mother suffers a stroke, composer Sam Brukhman enters the space between two minds: a mother relearning language and recognition, and a son trying to understand what has happened.
But their story begins decades earlier.
In everything is okay, Brukhman traces his Russian-Ukrainian family’s journey from the Soviet Union to the United States, and the ways migration, sacrifice, fear, and the instinct to endure can echo across generations. Soviet-era home movies, immigration documents, family photographs, medical images, and recorded voices bring that history into the present.
Performed by Verdigris Ensemble, the 70-minute work transforms Moody Performance Hall into an immersive world of live choir, electronic music, projected film, and spatial sound.
As memory, music, and image fracture and reform, everything is okay asks what happens when a family built on survival can no longer simply endure—and what becomes possible when we begin to heal.
Composed · Produced · Conducted by
Sam Brukhman
Performed by Verdigris Ensemble
Producing partners
Keith P. Mankin and Julia R. Fielding
With support from New Museum’s NEW INC. Artist Incubator.
Memory, in motion
What we carry.
A story about what we inherit, what we carry, and what we choose to leave behind.
The New Museum’s
cultural incubator
Y13 · 2026–27
Supporting the work.
Artistic Director Sam Brukhman has been selected for the Y13 (2026–27) cohort of NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator. The program will support the development of everything is okay.
Read the announcementApril 30–May 1, 2027
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May 1
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When are the performances?
Friday, April 30, 2027 at 7:30 pm, and Saturday, May 1, 2027 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. All times are local to Dallas.
Where will it take place?
At Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201.
How long is the performance?
The work is 70 minutes.
How can I book tickets?
Book your tickets here and choose your preferred performance.
Who can I contact about access or attending?
For questions about access or planning your visit, contact info@verdigrismusic.org.
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