Pearl Sun and Bryce Ryness in Long Story Short.
Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Lizard Boy (NYC Premiere)
June 1 - July 1, 2023
Theatre Row, Theatre Three
If the world were against you...would you still save it?
Trevor feels like a monster. Scaly and green-skinned, he rarely braves the city outside his apartment. But when a powerful voice calls to him in a dream, he impulsively finds a date (on Grindr) and begins an adventure beyond his wildest apocalyptic nightmares! Sparks fly in this queer-indie-rock-action-romance that pulses with fierce conflict -- and fiercer harmonies -- on its heart-pounding journey of self-discovery.
CAST & CREATIVE
book, music, & lyrics by JUSTIN HUERTAS
directed by: BRANDON IVIE
music director: STEVEN TRAN
featuring: KIKI deLOHR, JUSTIN HUERTAS, & WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS
with understudies KAI AN CHEE, MILO J. MARAMI, & JACOB RYAN SMITH
scenic adaptor / environmental design SUZU SAKAI
costume designer ERIK ANDOR
lighting designer BRIAN TOVAR
sound designer KEVIN HEARD
projection designer KATHERIN FREER
original production design L.B. MORSE
associate director CARA HINH
asst. music director KEIJI ISHIGURI
production stage manager VICTORIA WHOOPER
asst. stage manager JOSH ANDREW WISDOM
production manager SAVANAH SANCHEZ
2023
2020-Present
Notes From Now (Commissioned World Premiere)
Songs of Resilience and Renewal
March 2 - 20, 2022
59E59 Theaters, Theatre A
NOTES FROM NOW weaves together words and music to create a gallery of playful, provocative, and profound observations on the human journey. The line-up features newly-commissioned original songs created by 21 of today’s brightest musical theater writers.
CAST & CREATIVE
written by:
Jay Adana; Troy Anthony; Masi Asare; Jeff Blumenkrantz; Georgie Castilla & Jaime Lozano; Gretchen Cryer; Tia DeShazor & Derrick Byars; Alexandra Elle & Stephen Schwartz; Adam Gwon; Douglas Lyons & Ethan Pakchar; Peter Mills; Ryan Scott Oliver; Michelle J. Rodriguez; Angela Sclafani; Paulo K Tiról; and Amanda Yesnowitz & Deborah Abramson
directed & choreographed by: BILLY BUSTAMANTE
music directed by SEAN PETER FORTE
orchestrations by MACY SCHMIDT
curator & creative producer: CARA REICHEL
featuring: ASHLEY BLANCHET, THANI BRANT, GENESIS ADELIA COLLADO, DARRON HAYES, JOSH LAMON, ALINE MAYAGOITIA, JUDY McLANE, & JOHN YI
scenic designer: RIW RAKKULCHON
costume designer: RODRIGO MUÑOZ
lighting designer: SHANNON CLARKE
sound designer: BEN SCHEFF
casting director: MICHAEL CASSARA CSA
stage manager: ELIZABETH EMANUEL
asst. stage manager: SARAH HERDRICH
production manager: MEGHAN McVANN
associate director: ERIN CLEMONS
associate choreographer: HANNAH BALAGOT
associate music director: NICK WILDERS
Tree Tales (Commissioned NYC Premiere)
Immersive Community Event
May 16 & 22, 2021
Crabapple Grove, Riverside Park
Come "play" in Riverside Park with Prospect! Follow a group of artist guides as they direct you through the trees of Crabapple Grove. Along the path, choose your own adventure from an array of 15 original stories penned by a line-up of imaginative theater creators, and engage with a tale created just for you!
This is a guided "walk-through" experience with audience groups of 12 people gaining timed entry every 15 minutes. Audience groups will begin together at a set time, but each person's walk is individually determined and may take slightly different lengths of time to complete.
CAST & CREATIVE
Featuring Original Short Stories Written by:
REBECCA APARICIO, JENNY LYN BADER, SAMMY BUCK, ANDI LEE CARTER, ELLAROSE CHARY, DAVID DAVILA, TY DEFOE, JENNIFER FELL HAYES, TIMOTHY HUANG, ARIDY NOX, CORINNA CHULENBURG, MARCUS SCOTT, SEVAN, NANDITA SHENOY, & CLAIRE TRAN
Community Arts Associates:
ROBERT ARIZA, VIVECA CHOW, MICHAEL DE SOUZA, ALEXANDRA DE SUZE, KRISTINA DIZON, ZINA ELLIS, KAISHA S. HUGULEY, JANICE LANDRY, MATTHEW McGLOIN, IAN MILLER, EMILY PREIS, & CLIFF SELLERS
Project Director: DEV BONDARIN
Conceiver / Artistic Producer: CARA REICHEL
Producing Assistant: VIOLET PRETE
You can still experience the stories of this event at www.TreeTales.org! Read all 15 commissioned stories and see photos of audience responses.
VISION Series: New Music Theater on Film
Prospect’s VISION Series is an initiative initially launched in 2020, which continued our mission of creating and presenting original musical theater works while public gatherings were on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through the VISION Series, Prospect offered paid opportunities for artists creating new work by commissioning, producing, and presenting short-form original musical theater performances on film. VISION Series film projects are available via the links below, or for free online streaming via Prospect's YouTube Channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel!
THE BAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD
LADY LAWYER LOCKWOOD RIDES HER TRICYCLE
LES MISERABBITS (Youth Engagement)
TWO BUOYS (Quarantine Singalong)
A key partner for the initial VISION Series projects was The Goodwill Theatre located in Johnson City, New York, where Prospect artists were in residence during September 2020. The Goodwill's historic venue (built in 1920) provided a spacious and stunning sound stage for socially-distanced filming.
Leadership support for the VISION Series was provided by Leonard Majzlin (commission sponsor) and Somerled Arts.