of Afrofuturism and the eerily similar political climates led Reagon to create the opera. In relation to the differences between the novel and the opera, Reagon notes: "We had to make the opera different because the book is enormous. We wanted to focus on the idea of two communities: one that you are born into and that holds you. The second is an unknown community that you find and who finds you. We thought it should start with this known intimate community and then tell the story by bringing the entire theater and audience into that community. That is why the lights are up at the start of the performance. We wanted audiences to experience a comfortable space and then have the experience of watching things get uncomfortable. We decided to show how fragile we become when we hold on to something when it's time to change." Reagon's "congregational opera" was first performed in 2015 at both the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and at The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) in 2017. Discography Studio and live albums 1990 Justice, Flying Fish Records 1994 The Rejected Stone, PRO-MAMMA LP's 1997 Kindness, Smithsonian Folkways 1999 The Righteous Ones, Razor and Tie 2001 Africans in America Soundtrack w/Bernice Johnson Reagon, Various artists. Ryco 2002 TOSHI, Razor and Tie 2004 I Be Your Water, limited self-release 2005 Have You Heard, Righteous Babe Records 2008 Until We’re Done, self-release 2009 Lava: We Become, self-release 2010 There and Back Again, self-release 2018 SpirtLand, self release Compilation albums Shout Sister Shout, a tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Respond II Dreaming Wide Awake, Lizz Wright with Toshi Reagon: Vocals Real Music, Chocolate Genius with Toshi Reagon: Vocals Raise Your Voice, Sweet Honey In The Rock collaboration with Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely Africans In America, Rycodisc, Toshi Reagon: Musician, Composer and Associate Producer The Temptation of Saint Anthony Every Mother Counts Starbucks Producer The Temptation of Saint Anthony Studio Cast Recording, Songtalk Music, 2006 Sweet Honey in the Rock: The Women Gather, 30th Anniversary, Earthbeat Records, 2003 Sweet Honey in the Rock: Sacred Ground, Earthbeat Records, 1995. Co-produced with Bernice Johnson Reagon Sweet Honey in the Rock: In This Land, Earthbeat Records, 1992. Co-produced with Bernice Johnson Reagon She also appeared on the TV show The L Word in the last episode of the fourth season, where she sings a song on the beach