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On 'Roadrunner!', Kaitlin Butts reimagines a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic
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Kaitlin Butts builds her latest creative work around the core idea of reimagining a well-known Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, a project that comes to life in the sound formally titled On 'Roadrunner!'. As an artist whose creative practice draws from deeply personal connections to the landscape and cultural context that shaped her, Butts anchors her reworking of the source material in a set of inspirations that tie directly to her own history, starting with the fact that she is an Oklahoma native, a detail that infuses every creative choice she brings to the reimagining of this classic work. The movie musical that shares a name with her home state, the work that first sparked her desire to rework the Rodgers and Hammerstein piece, serves as more than just a surface reference point for Butts; it is a foundational text that she returns to as she reshapes the source material to fit the creative throughline that has long defined her body of work.
