59E59 Residency, IGNITE Series @ Times Center & More
2016
IGNITE Concerts at The Times Center
Prospect presented its IGNITE Series, a lineup of concert events that started in 2015. The series aims to feature today's new voices that are shaping the future of musical theater.
The Good to Go Songwriters' Showcase
March 4, 2016
Presented with The Good to Go Festival, audiences got a sneak peek at new “good to go” musicals written or co-written by women from around the country! This 95-minute concert evening featured great performances and provided insight into each writer’s creative process on the path to production.
CAST & CREATIVE
Featured Writers: Beth Blatt & Jenny Giering; Michele Brourman, Jeannine Dominy, & Amanda McBroom; Amanda Green & Richard Thomas; Kirsten Guenther & Joy Son; Jill Santoriello & Jason Huza; Zoe Sarnak; Tidtaya Sinutoke & Ty Defoe; Sara Wordsworth, Russ Kaplan, & Daniel John Kelley
Host: Amanda Green
Director: Michelle Tattenbaum
Music Director: Denise Puricelli
Good to Go Festival Producing Artistic Director: Judy Zocchi
Good to Go Festival Producer: Cate Cammarata
featuring
Alan Ariano, Angel Desai, Arielle Jacobs, Brynn Williams, Claybourne Elder, Crystal Kellogg, Emily Borromeo, Ethan Carson, Jeremiah James, Jessica Crouch, Julia Murney, Katie Emerson, Marissa O’Donnell, Morgan Rose Weed, Stephanie Rothenberg, Taylor Noble, Toren Nakamura
Vote For Me: A Musical Debate
June 25, 2016
A one-night concert following a 2010 premiere, a sold-out 2014 off-Broadway run, and a critically acclaimed 2015 London run. Vote For Me is an irreverent, 90-minute one-act musical that pits two fictional Presidential candidates against each other, singing their way through the three-ring circus of American politics and hot-button issues, with the outcome of the debate—and finale of the show—determined by audience vote.
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen
Director: Amy Rogers
Music Director: Alexander Rovang
Stage Manager: Sophie Frankle
Produced in association with Alexander Baron
featuring
Brennan Caldwell, Jason Collins, Amy Jo Jackson, Hakim Rashad McMillan, Kenita R. Miller, & Sarah Ziegler
33mm: A Musical Exhibition
November 5, 2016
Inspired by the work of Broadway photographer Matthew Murphy, presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc, Prospect presented a one night concert of 33mm. In 35mm, each photograph provokes a song: a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening.
Music and Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver
Director: Ryan Scott Oliver
Music Director: Joshua Zecher-Ross
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations: Ryan Scott Oliver
Additional Percussion Arrangements: Jeremy Yaddaw
Additional Guitar Arrangements: Matt Hinkley
featuring
Lindsay Mendez, Mary Testa, Joe Iconis, Lauren Marcus, Ali Stroker, Andi Alhadeff, Susan Blackwell, Ally Bonino, Noel Carey, Max Chernin, Dan DeLuca, John-Michael Lyles, Julia Mattison, Chris McCarrell, Andrea Ross, and more
with
A collegiate choir with students from Marymount Manhattan College, the NYU Steinhardt program in Vocal Performance, Pace University, Rider University, & Wagner College
Striking 12
December 16, 2016
It's New Year's Eve. Oppressed by cheer, an overworked New Yorker vows to spend the night alone in his apartment... when an unexpected visitor arrives, bringing light into his world. Inspired, in part, by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl," this urban fairy tale springs to life through an eclectic mix of pop, rock, jazz, and more.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Val Vigoda
Director: Cara Reichel
Music Director: Ben Moss
featuring
Krystina Alabado, Ashley Park, Zachary Prince, Troy Burton, Brittany Campbell, Sarah Elizabeth Haines, Allison Kelly, Jared Loftin, Ben Moss, & Adam Wolfe
Death for Five Voices
March 24-April 17, 2016
The Sheen Center Blackbox Theatre
Audiences explored the dark harmonies of Renaissance composer—and murderer—Carlo Gesualdo in the world premiere production of Death for Five Voices. This gripping new musical drama investigates the voices that lived within the notorious and groundbreaking composer. Mills' sophisticated original score incorporates themes from Gesualdo's sacred music to weave a complex and psychologically thrilling tale.
"If Gesualdo had not committed such shocking acts, we might not pay such close attention to his music. But if he had not written such shocking music we would not care so much about his deeds." - Alex Ross, The New Yorker
CAST & CREATIVE
Music and Lyrics by Peter Mills
Book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
Directed by Cara Reichel
Music Directed by Max Mamon
Scenic Design by Ann Bartek
Costume Design by Sidney Shannon
Lighting Design by Susan M. Nicholson
Sound Design by Janie Bullard
Wig/Hair Design by Suseon Bak
Associate Scenic Designer: Myra Giorgi
Assistant Lighting Designer: Travis Seminara
Fight Choreographer: Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum
Orchestrations: Daniel Feyer and Peter Mills
Production Manager: Jenna Lazar
Company Manager: Brian Rosenblum
Stage Manager: Paul Vella
Assistant Stage Manager: Kayla Santos
Associate Producer: Brandon Zamudio
featuring
Ryan Bauer-Walsh, L.R. Davidson, Nathan Gardner, Meghan Mcgeary, Manna Nichols, Nicholas Rodriguez and Jeff Williams
Scheherazade
July 14-17, 2016
Theatre at the 14th Street Y
This workshop staging of Scheherazade was a kaleidoscopic reinvention of "The Arabian Nights," wrapping stories within stories, deconstructing and examining narrative, the Middle East and identity through a 21st-century lens, and the love story of a Jewish man and Palestinian woman.
CAST & CREATIVE
Book and Lyrics by Jason Grote
Music by Marisa Michelson
Music Direction by Ian Axness
Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie
Directed by Erin Ortman
Dramaturgy and Additional Text by Caridad Svich
Based on the Play 1001 by Jason Grote
Associate Choreographer: Abdur-Rahim Jackson
Assistant Music Director: Jacob Yates
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Ann Goodman*
Production Assistant: Joohwan Kim
Music Intern: Sam Kaseta
featuring
Tamrin Goldberg, Osh Ghanimah, Chad Goodridge, Andrew Harper, Diana Huey, Saki Masuda, Peter Musante, Sharone Sayegh, Thom Sesma, Nickolas Vaughn
ARCHETYPE
July 27-31, 2016
The Theater at the 14th Street Y
Inspired by the twelve Jungian character archetypes, 15 writers have reinvented these tropes in original musical shorts: The Innocent faces The Ruler, The Orphan encounters The Sage, and The Jester squares off against The Rebel.
CAST & CREATIVE
Writers: Mindi Dickstein & Barbara Anselmi; Cheryl Davis & Jonathan Portera; Nichole Jackson, Liana Stillman, & Yoonmi Lee; Sukari Jones & Troy Anthony; Sarah Mucek & Karl Hinze; & Christopher Staskel & Nikko Benson
Additional Material by Robert Lee & Leon Ko
Director: Dev Bondarin
Music Director: Daniel Sefik
Stage Manager: Sophie L. Frankle
featuring
Renee Albulario, Sherz Aletaha, Latoya Edwards, Heslens Estevez, Donell James Foreman, Lydia Gaston, Marcie Henderson, Greg Horton, Austin Ku, Billy Lowrimore, Chandler Reeves, & Hana Slevin
HONOR
September 10, 2016
The Times Center
This special one-night-only presentation of HONOR is part of Prospect's ongoing IGNITE Series of concerts, as well as NAAP's Rediscover Series. Inspired by Kurosawa's film adaptations of Shakespeare, HONOR transplants the Bard's classic play to a setting in feudal Japan.
CAST & CREATIVE
Music and lyrics by Peter Mills
Book by Mills and Cara Reichel
Adapted from William Shakespeare's As You Like It
Directed by Cara Reichel
Music Direction by Yan Li.
National Asian Artists Project (NAAP): Executive Artistic Director Baayork Lee and Co-Founder Steven Eng
featuring
Diane Phelan, Steven Eng, Romney Piamonte, Karl Josef Co, Scott Watanabe, Raul Aranas, Caitlin Burke, Eymard Cabling, Ariel Estrada, Brian Jose, Mel Maghuyop, & Koh Mochizuki