Pivot, VISION Series & Rebirth
2020
On this Side of the World
A New Song Cycle, In Concert
February 3-4, 2020
Greenwich House Theater
Presented as part of Prospect’s IGNITE Series, a concert initiative featuring new voices shaping tomorrow’s musical theater, On this Side of the World is a collection of songs capturing voices from the Filipino immigrant experience in the United States. This song cycle in concert features stories of overseas workers, young lovers, gossipy church ladies, undocumented immigrants, millennial princesses, and first-generation Americans. Paulo K Tiról’s wistful, joyous song cycle is a vibrant mosaic of love and loss, humor and heartache, yearning and faith eight thousand miles from home.
"On This Side of the World has a cast that would make any production green with envy... They perform with the conviction of actors who know that what they’re undertaking is important and, indeed, it is." - BroadwayWorld
"On This Side of the World is at once delightfully simple and unspeakably complex in what it accomplishes and aspires to. If taste and justice prevail, it should well prove itself to be a seminal work in the ever-developing story of the American musical." - OnStage Blog
CAST & CREATIVE
Music & Lyrics: Paulo K Tiról
Director: Noam Shapiro
Music Director: Ian Miller
Line Producer: Rachel Nortz
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Ann Goodman
Consulting Producer: Megumi Lee
featuring
Albert Guerzon, Joanne Javien, Jaygee Macapugay, Diane Phelan, Michael Protacio, & Kevin Schuering
Move Meant
February 17-18, 2020
The Ailey Citigroup Theater, The Joan Weill Center for Dance
Prospect's annual Musical Theater Lab features a lineup of original short musicals created by a cadre of up-and-coming artists. 2020’s Move Meant lab brings together eight writing teams and eight choreographers to create an evening of original short works inspired by the question “What moves us?”, exploring social, political, and artistic movements across history.
CAST & CREATIVE
Written by: Marc Chan, Anderson Cook & Amanda D’Archangelis, Tia Deshazor & Derrick Byars, Mary Ann Frank & Andrew Levine, John Herin & Frederick Alden Terry, Christopher Inniss & Charles Inniss, Katelynn Kenney & Alex Parrish, Meghan Torone & Kent Kim
Choreographed by: Rodney A. Brown, Rachel Leigh Dolan, Eun Young Park, Kristen Brooks Sandler, Ginger Thatcher, Breton Tyner-Bryan, Tony Williams II, Sidney Erik Wright
Director: Dev Bondarin
Music Director: Abel Garriga
Line Producer: Hayley Isaacson
Curated by: Dev Bondarin & Cara Reichel
Stage Managers: Kelleen Moriarty & Darielle Shandler
Assistant Stage Manager: Sydney Hayes
featuring
Maya Addie, Logan Anthony, Alan Ariano, Ryan Bauer-Walsh, Iris Beaumier, Renee Claire Bergeron, Sara Brophy, Michelle Liu Coughlin, Melani De Guzman, Darius Delk, Kristina Dizon, Julia Johanos, Angela Joy, Bridget Keenan, Maya Kitayama, Elise Kowalick, David Rowen, Sara Elizabeth States, Hansel Tan, Raheem Wallace, Jeff Williams, Peter Williams & Carla Woods
The Hello Girls: Reunion Concert
February 26, 2020
Peter Norton Symphony Space
Presented as part of Prospect’s IGNITE Series, a concert initiative featuring new voices shaping tomorrow’s musical theater, this concert of The Hello Girls featured a reunion of the 2018 original Off-Broadway cast. The show features an ensemble of actor-musicians chronicling the story of America's first women soldiers. These intrepid heroines served as bilingual telephone operators on the front lines, helping turn the tide of World War I. They then returned home to fight a decades-long battle for equality and recognition, paving the way for future generations.
CAST & CREATIVE
Music and Lyrics: Peter Mills
Book: Peter Mills & Cara Reichel
Inspired by: The Hello Girls by Elizabeth Cobbs
Director: Cara Reichel
Music Director: Ben Moss
Orchestrations: Peter Mills & Ben Moss
Additional Drum Arrangements: Elena Bonomo
featuring
Ellie Fishman, Arlo Hill, Chanel Karimkhani, Andrew Mayer, Matthew Mcgloin, Ben Moss, Lili Thomas, Skyler Volpe, Cathryn Wake, Jeff Williams, Allison Kelly, & Britton Matthews