New Single: “Awake”
Welcome to our new website, to celebrate our new band name and our new single! Kate Kilbane & the Cellar Doors is no more: we are now The Kilbanes! Our new song, “Awake,” was commissioned for a new play called By and By (written by the unstoppable Lauren Gunderson) that is opening at Shotgun Players on May 31st, 2013. We are so excited about this new collaboration! Check out the new video...
Kate named one of 11 Theater Artists to Watch in 2013
(reposted from SF Weekly) The undisputed hit of this year’s Fringe, Weightless, by Kate Kilbane and the Cellar Doors, was less fringy than gleaming from all its professional polish, forecasting its full production planned for 2014. The show, an adaptation of the Greek myth of Procne and Philomela, is a rock opera — not quite a rock concert, not quite a musical; performers are at once band...
Weightless is a hit!
We did a reading of our newest rock opera, Weightless at the SF Fringe Festival, and SF Weekly called it “One of the best shows of the year.” The San Francisco Chronicle said it was “An outright revelation!“. Read their reviews and learn more about the show in our press...
“Chariot Rise” blogged one of Top 30 Tracks of 2012
We are honored to have made the 2012 “Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Tracks of 2012″ list of SF Music Blogger Bill Chapin! (reposted from All The City Lights) Assuming I’m reading things correctly on her website, it sounds like San Francisco singer/bassist Kate Kilbane wrote The Medea Cycle, a rock opera based on the ultimate “woman scorned” story from Greek mythology, back in 2010, but it...
Live at Ex’pression College!
Check out our new video! We – Kate Kilbane (bass, vocals), Dan Moses (keys) and Dan Harris (drums) – got a chance to play a set on the live sound stage at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts. Among other songs, we played “Down,” a tune from our newest rock opera, Weightless. We had a great time with the whole crew at Ex’pression. Check out the other tunes in our...
The Medea Cycle is out!
On June 22, 2012, we released The Medea Cycle – our first full length record! It chronicles the twelve songs that comprise our first rock opera of the same name. The Medea Cycle tells the ancient story of the Greek anti-heroine Medea, a sorceress who sacrifices everything for love, only to find herself betrayed, abandoned, and considering revenge. Check out our bandcamp site to download the full...
Postcards from SF does a video feature on the band!
(reposted from postcardsfromsf.com) Less than 5 years ago, an up and coming New York Theater Director named Kate Kilbane picked up a bass guitar for the first time. A new man in her life felt it just might be her instrument. The move struck a chord that would send her in a new direction. Nearly 3,000 miles from her musical discovery, she now leads a band that bears her name and a wondrous rock journey...
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Kate named one of 11 Theater Artists to Watch in 2013
(reposted from SF Weekly) The undisputed hit of this year’s Fringe, Weightless, by Kate Kilbane and the Cellar Doors, was less fringy than gleaming from all its professional polish, forecasting its full...
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SF Weekly Review: Weightless
(reposted from SF Weekly) Weightless. The rock opera by Kate Kilbane and the Cellar Doors is one of the best shows of the year, in and out of the Fringe. The surprising and poetic fairytale about sisterhood,...
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San Francisco Chronicle Review: Weightless
(re-posted from the San Francisco Chronicle) Audiences are usually sparse the...
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"An outright revelation" - SF Chronicle.
The Kilbanes are an Oakland-based theatrical rock band who have created a performance style that blends the raucous energy of a rock show with the mesmerizing storytelling found in raw, experimental theater. The musical experiment of Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses, a songwriting duo who also happen to be married, The Kilbanes (formerly known as kate kilbane and the cellar doors) presented two original rock operas in 2012, both based on ancient Greek myths – Weightless, which premiered at the SF Fringe Festival in September 2012, and The Medea Cycle, which was released as a full length record in June 2012. Both operas were extremely well-received by the music and theater communities in the Bay Area, and The Kilbanes established themselves as up and coming theater composers on the west coast.