Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice

Creel received his commission from the Met in January 2019. The work had a premiere concert presentation in October 2021 at the Met; this performance was also filmed and uploaded on YouTube.^[4] In 2022, there were two workshops of the piece at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and Pershing Square Signature Center. Creel spoke at length about working on this piece before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2][1][5]

According to the Companion Guide, referenced artworks are:

• Smashed Strokes Hope by Joan Snyder
• Wisconsin Landscape by John Steuart Curry
• America Today by Thomas Hart Benton
• Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) by Jackson Pollock
• The Organ Rehearsal by Henry Lerolle
• The Storm by Pierre Auguste Cot
• Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin (1855-1888) by Ilya Repin (portrait of Vsevolod Garshin)
• Untitled photo by Gregory Crewdson
• Untitled film still #48 by Cindy Sherman
• Soft Figure by Robert Heinecken
• Salvator Mundi by Albrecht Dürer
• Fragmentary Colossal Marble Head of Youth
• Annette by Alberto Giacometti
• The Weeders by Jules Breton
• Judith and the Head of Holofernes by Lucas Cranach the Elder
• From Williamsburg Bridge by Edward Hopper

The world premiere was directed by Linda Goodrich and music directed by Madeline Benson. It made its Off-Broadway debut at the MCC Theater. It ran from November 13, 2023, to January 7, 2024. The cast starred Creel alongside Ryan Vasquez, Benson, Chris Peters, and Sasha Allen.^{[3][6][7][8][9][10]}

• "Where Am I?"
• "Walk On Through"
• "Color"
• "Hallelujah"
• "The Journey"
• "Scattered"
• "Sing"
• "What Is This?"
• "The Only One"
• "I Know You"
• "Hands On You"
• "High"
• "Alone Tonight"
• "Judith"
• "Daydreamer"
• "Unfinished World"