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"Too Much Coffee Man Opera"

Wed. 9/19 10a:  A work based on Shannon Wheeler's popular comic strip, "Too Much Coffee Man," is on stage in the Anna Kaseman Hall at Albuquerque's Cathedral of St. John, September 21 and 22 and October 5 and 6.  Spencer Beckwith talks with Daniel Steven Crafts, the composer of "Too Much Coffee Man Opera," about what Crafts calls a "gonzo opera."

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.