Exitum takes you on a journey through freedom, connection and possibilities. A new collaboration between Omaro Productions, AB Dance Company and April Dawn Guthrie. Directed by: Carolina Kzan, Choreography: Alberto Barletta. Music composed and performed by: April Dawn Guthrie. Dancers: Carla Bourges & Clara Belenus. Music engineered and mixed at BioSoul Music. Images & editing: Carolina Kzan. Production: Irene van Zeeland (Omaro Productions). The premiere of this work took place at the Online Performance Art Festival on April 11th 2021. Exitum was selected to be part of the online exhibition THE DREAMERS by The Holy Art in London (UK) from the 14th until the 20th of April 2021. The film will be screening continuously at the exhibition and can be seen here: https://www.theholyart.com. The next screening will be hosted by IAPAR and will take place on the 29th of April at Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan Pune (India) on the occasion of WORLD DANCE DAY 2021!

A collaborative theatre work by Matthew Paul Olmos, featuring an original composition by April Dawn Guthrie, directed by Larissa Lury, and actors Bernardo Cubria and Danielle Slavick. You Will Swim Oceans is a short film in which a Mexican father attempts to teach a Caucasian mother a song for children, which was passed down in his family. You Will Swim Oceans was created collaboratively by Bernardo Cubría, April Dawn Guthrie, Larissa Lury, Matthew Paul Olmos and Danielle Slavick through The Assembly’s Deceleration Lab. Through the teaching of this song, we explore the perceived ownership of cultural identity and legacy, as well the fear which clouds the air between us as we attempt to embrace change as a country.

#1 New Release in Drama & Play Anthologies - Each singular piece in this volume provides a deeply intimate look at the emotional status of its creator during lockdown.During the early stages of the 2020 pandemic, theater-makers across the United States were faced with the devastating reality that their profession had disappeared overnight. As a means of coping, Sheila Callaghan, Meg Miroshnik, and Kelly Miller (founding members of the feminist collective The Kilroys) sent out a call to their peers to consider what "theatre with no theater" might look like. They reached out to writers, directors, literary managers, composers, artistic associates-- basically any theater artist whose email they could dig up. They were immediately flooded with over 140 submissions in various artistic genres: Illustrations, poetry, photographs, collage, screen caps, shopping lists, monologues, etc. The result is an eclectic collection that reflects the absurdity, humor, impossibility, and grief inherent in making “theatre” at a time when live performance as we know it does not exist.

A one-act play by Matthew Paul Olmos, featuring original compositions by April Dawn Guthrie, directed by Thomas Cote, and actors Zabryna Guevara (Emergence) and Keren Lugo (New Amsterdam). The Workshop Theater presents a special one-night concert reading to benefit New Sanctuary Coalition, an organization doing critical justice work with immigrants facing deportation or detention. Produced by the Workshop Theater. Presented online October 2020. Proceeds support New Sanctuary's anti-detention fund, and the Workshop Theater.

Outro song for the full-length play That Drive Thru Monterey, by Matthew Paul Olmos, with original music by April Dawn Guthrie and lyrics by Matthew Paul Olmos. A recent collaboration with Matthew Paul Olmos inspired by the life and music of James Carr. April Guthrie - voice/cello

A full length play with music (in process) by Matthew Paul Olmos with original songs and underscore by April Dawn Guthrie. A workshop presentation of We Walk Along the Christmas Bridge at New Dramatists, through the Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund. This project was originally developed as part of: Center Theatre Group's LA Writer's Workshop, Nautilus Music Theater, The Lark's Winter Writers Retreat. Directed by Larissa Lury, featuring Tina Benko, Doug Darwin, Kelsea Hagstrom, Andrea Negrete, Socorro Santiago, and Reza Salazar. Days of Deeply Listening, April Guthrie - voice/cello. This workshop has been postponed.

Produced for the 2018/2019 season at Undermain Theatre in Dallas, Texas - by Matthew Paul Olmos. Named Best Original Music/Songs of 2019 by Theatre Jones. “Music is an integral part of Olmos’ trilogy, and Guthrie’s score somehow manages to ground the story while also giving flight to the characters.” - Frank Garrett of Theatre Jones

A chamber opera (in process) by April Dawn Guthrie with co-librettist Matthew Paul Olmos. Scored for alto, bari-tenor, SATB quartet, string trio, guitar, double bass, clarinet, trombone, piano, drum set. Duration 60-70 minutes. Guitar – Miroslav Tadic, Drums - Nate Coyne, Cello/Voice – April Guthrie

With Padua Playwrights, composition/cello performance for Hello Say by Guy Zimmerman. In the fall of 2012, three Los Angeles-based writers—Guy Zimmerman, Gray Palmer and Rachel Jendrzejewski—joined forces to develop The Hive Project, a triptych of new plays exploring the link between theatrical drama and the sociality of bees. Adapting some of the techniques seminal playwright and director Bertolt Brecht developed in his Lehrstuck or “learning plays” of the late 1920s, the collaborators created three short plays that engage with philosophical and political issues linked to the long and rich history of human-bee interactions.