Classic Plays, New Musicals & Dark Nights:
The Belle's Stratagem
The West End Theatre
September 27-October 19, 2003
A romantic comedy set in 1780s London, this show tells the betrothal story of Letitia Hardy and Doricourt. Letitia finds herself head over heels for Doricourt who is uninterested in a passionate romance with his is future wife. The show follows Letitia’s plot to make him love her the way that she loves him through her wit and charm.
CAST & CREATIVE
Producer Artistic Director, Cara Reichel
Managing Director, Melissa Huber
Directed by David McCallum
Costume Design: NaomiI Wolff
Set Design: Mimi Lien
Lighting Design: Jorge Arroyo
Sound Design: Jeremy J. Lee
Dramaturg, Melinda Finberg
Choreographer, Tracy Bersley
Stage Manager: Bailie Slevin
Press Representation: Corinne Zadik
featuring
Dorothy Abrahams, Christian Roulleau, Leo Kittay, Ian Oldaker, Saxon Palmer, Damian Long, Robert Bowen, Jr., Susan Wands, Aysan Celik, R. Paul Hamilton, Ed Vassallo, Wendy Rich Stetson, Kate MacKenzie
2003
'Sixteen Bars': A Cabaret Benefit
Global 33
January 14, 2003
Music by Peter Mills
featuring
Malcom Gets
Dido (& Aeneas)
The West End Theatre
February 8-March 2, 2003
Originally written as a chamber opera for a girls' school in Baroque England, Purcell's opera tells the tragic story of the Queen of Carthage and contains one of the most haunting arias ever written. Prospect's production integrates new texts and modernizes the musical vocabulary of Dido, giving a new voice to the journey of this tragic heroine.
CAST & CREATIVE
Adapted by Cara Reichel & Roxane Heinze
Adapted from Henry Purcelland Nahum Tate's Dido & Aeneas
Music by Henry Purcell
Music Adapted by Cara Reichel, Richard Hip-Flores, Daniel Feyer
New Songs by Peter Mills, Richard Hip-Flores
Directed by Cara Reichel
Musical Directing by Richard Hip-Flores
Production Design by Rachel Baron
Lighting by Ji-Young Francesca Chang
Three Nights of Sweat
The West End Theatre
February 23-25, 2003
The Alchemists
Theatre for a New City, Cino Theater
April 26-May 18, 2003
Set in the countryside of 19th century Romantic England, a family of young scholars struggle to understand themselves and their universe. It's a Jane Austen world of country estates and matrimonial maneuvering, with melodrama and mysticism thrown into the mix. This production was the world premiere of this work.
CAST & CREATIVE
by Peter Mills & Cara Reichel
Directed by Cara Reichel
Duo Piano Accompaniment by Daniel Feyer and Peter Mills
featuring
Benjamin Eakeley, Damian Long, Tony Vallés, Blake Hackler, Kelly Snyder, Jordan Wolfe, Joshua Marmer, Seamus Boyle, Jonathan Demar, Danielle Melanie Brown, Larry Brustofski, Richard Todd Adams, Carol A. Hickey, Erica Wright, Navida Stein, Peter Maris, Greg Horton