In the spring of 2025, Prestini will have the world premiere of her new immersive choral theater work Port(al), commissioned by Brooklyn Youth Chorus (BYC) in collaboration with Radiolab founder and host Jad Abumrad, as well as multidisciplinary collaborator and director Jessica Grindstaff of Phantom Limb Company and BYC Founder and Artistic Director Dianne Berkun Menaker. The evening-length piece explores the changing history of New York through the microcosm of the many vibrant and varied people who lived, worked, and pushed boundaries at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Part promenade, part installation, part immersive song cycle, the performance will take place in the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Agger Fish Building, taking audiences through pivotal moments in the history of our city and its people.
