Calien Lewis, dramaturg

Calien Lewis is a retired attorney whose career included stints as a college instructor in genre courses and composition; executive director of a national peace organization, and most recently, Executive Director of the Maine Justice Foundation (formerly The Maine Bar Foundation). She has formal studies in music and theatre, and has worked with Opera Maine since 1998, serving as a board member, scenery painter, prop master and dramaturg. As dramaturg, she has developed workshops on opera related topics and Opera Maine’s repertory for various venues. Her pre-opera conversations have been featured for more than two decades.