Loading…
Now
Writing
- Plastic Spaceship — a novel.
Reading
- TK — title, author
Listening
- TK — artist / record
Learning
- TK
About
Brady Evan Walker is a Portland-based, Cajun-bred writer hailing from just south of where you think Louisiana ends. His award-winning short films have been showcased at festivals nationwide, including the Sedona, Key West, and Williamsburg Independent Film Festivals. His work has garnered "Best Comedy Short" honors at the Coney Island Film Festival and multiple nominations for Best Picture and Best Ensemble. Most recently, Walker wrote Lay Lefty Down — a breast cancer comedy directed by Traven Rice. In March 2026, he made his debut as a librettist with Dies Irae, Desirée, an experimental opera created with composer Maria Finkelmeier and premiered by Third Angle New Music. He is currently at work on a novel and several new projects for the stage and screen.
Contact
Elsewhere
Dies Irae, Desirée
Chamber opera · 75 minutes · No intermission · Captions provided
"...trippy, complex, and timely..."
— Oregon ArtsWatch
A new chamber opera that takes a critical but empathetic look at cults, fanaticism, and how the internet fosters an emotional vacuum where extremists can plant, nourish, and accelerate fringe belief systems.
Through satire, multimedia world-building, and a score that moves between ecstatic and unsettling, Dies Irae, Desirée dramatizes a doomsday UFO cult that gathers again and again for a promised event: the night an alien civilization will carry the faithful to another galaxy. The narrative follows The New Elyhrans — led by Desirée, a charismatic YouTuber who claims to communicate with a cosmic emissary from the distant solar system of Elyrha — through hope, faith, disillusionment, and public scorn.
Premiered by Third Angle New Music in March 2026 at The Vault in Hillsboro, Oregon with Bag&Baggage Productions.
Photos by Terrellyn Fay
Creative Team
- Maria Finkelmeier
- Composer · Co-Director · Conductor · Live Percussion and Electronics
- Librettist · Co-Director
- Supreetha Krishnan
- Interactive Visual Designer · Animator
Cast & Ensemble
- Sarah Beaty
- Desirée
- Quinton Gardner
- Jack Noel
- Madeline Tran
- Cassie and Sunny St. Cloud
- Sarah Tiedemann
- Flute and Astrid
- William Pyle
- Saxophone and Tadd
- Valdine Ritchie
- Cello
- Chris Whyte
- Percussion
Crew
- Maluhia Ose
- Production Manager
- Nathan Mutchler
- Audio Engineer
- Mandana Khoshnevisan
- Lighting Designer
Touring
Seeking opportunities to tour on the East Coast or at festivals. Mid-sized black box or proscenium theaters with projection, amplified sound, and lighting capabilities. Third Angle New Music (Portland, OR) as resident ensemble. Produced by MF Dynamics (Boston, MA).
Inquiries: i.am@bradyevanwalker.com
Libretto
Available as a numbered risograph print — stark two-colour on heavy stock.
Order the print edition →