Abigal Al Doory, a graduate student at Tufts, is writing the music, and novelist Elizabeth Searle has written the libretto.
Nancy and Tonya: The Opera opens with the skaters' press conferences at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer and features an aria created from Kerrigan's famous lament "Why? Why? Why?" after she was attacked.
Searle said, "It was the primal scandal of our time. It took the country by storm."
She noted that America is "full of Tonyas who want to be Nancys."
Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
The Cuban-born composer is this season's Debs Composer's Chair.
The cast is led by Bryonha Marie and Nathan Gunn, with Tony winner Ted Sperling at the baton.
The season, opening September 21, will include 58 ballets across 21 weeks of performances.
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