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Through an alchemical synthesis of music, text and dramaturgy, the audience is immersed in the deepest feelings of its characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Van Geelen named his firm after citrinitas, the alchemical stage where lead starts becoming gold but isn’t gold yet.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Temperatures are dropping, grocery prices keep climbing, and there’s a small, almost alchemical satisfaction in transforming the blandest, cheapest grain in the aisle into a breakfast worth lingering over.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Something alchemical lurks in the language of Martyna Majok, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who somehow turns everyday dialogue into the stuff of philosophers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
“The alchemical worm Ouroboros of ancient myth. Its teeth are sunk in its tail.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
