Today's new voices shaping tomorrow's musicals.
JASPER IN DEADLAND
March 16 - April 13, 2014
West End Theatre
​
Jasper in Deadland tells the story of 16-year-old Jasper, who journeys into the Afterlife to rescue his recently deceased best friend, Agnes. But in this version of the hereafter – known as “Deadland,” a hybrid of mythology, religion, and superstition – the dead forget Life… And so, too, will Jasper, if he can’t get past the seven circles of Deadland, fearsome Cerberus, heavenly Beatrix, mysterious Mr. Lethe, and ultimately himself. Can Jasper bring his best friend back from the dead, or will he join the dead forever?
​
CAST & CREATIVE
music & lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver
book by Hunter Foster and Ryan Scott Oliver
Director - Brandon Ivie
Choreographer - Lorin Latarro
​
​
featuring
Andi Alhadeff, Ben Crawford, James Crichton, Matt Doyle, Leo Ash Evens, Danyel Fulton, F. Michael Haynie, John-Michael Lyles, Bonnie Milligan, ​Emily Rogers, Allison Scagliotti
​
Scenic Designer - Patrick Rizzotti
Costume Designer - Bobby Pearce
Lighting Designer - Herrick Goldman
Sound Designer - Ed Chapman
​
​
MEDIA
​
STREET SEEN, 2014 Musical Theater Lab
March 29 - April 7, 2014
West End Theatre
​
Explore a new landscape. Travel at lightening speed. Connect the past to the present. There are billions of images from the Google Street View Car available online, and each one is a door to an untold story. Join Prospect for an evening of eight short, original musicals inspired by images captured by the Google Car camera, and created by the sixteen writers in this year's musical theater lab.
​
​
​
CAST & CREATIVE
curated by Dev Bondarin and Cara Reichel
directed by Dev Bondarin
music direction by Jeffrey Campos
production stage manager - Mackenzie Meeks
​
The 2014 lab features short original musicals written by Nathan Brisby and Lizzie Hagstedt, Ty Defoe and Tidtaya Sinutoke, Julia Gytri and Avi Amon, Anna Marquardt and Britt Bonney, Jason Purdy and Yan Li, Sharyn Rothstein and Cody Owen Stine, Jenny Stafford and Willem Oosthuysen, and Christina Quintana and Brett Macias.
​
featuring
Greg Horton, Victoria Huston-Elem, David Perlman, Diane Phelan, Laura Beth Wells, Karl Josef Co, Barry Shafrin and Anthony Wills, Jr.
​
Lighting Designer - Zephan Ellenbogen
Set Designer - Patrick Rizotti
​
​
​
MEDIA
​
THE UNDERCLASSMAN
Nov. 9 - 30, 2014
The Duke on 42nd
​
The Underclassman is an original musical by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel which presents a fictionalized account of the college years of F. Scott Fitzgerald at Princeton and his first romance with debutante Ginevra King. The show takes as inspiration both Fitzgerald’s own biography and his first novel, This Side of Paradise.
​
“A blissful departure from the usual musical theater tropes . . . Smart and surprising.”
- San Diego Union Tribune
“Funny and true . . . expect to laugh a lot, weep a bit, and be totally swept up in an almost through-sung tale that’s told through expert language.” – San Diego Theatre Scene
“The songs blend various strains of pop and theater tradition with clever and sometimes sassy lyrics . . . a must-see for anyone who loves theater, loves music, and loves love.” – Pittsburgh City Paper
​
​
​
CAST & CREATIVE
music and lyrics by Peter Mills
book by Mills and Cara Reichel
director - Cara Reichel
choreography by Christine O'Grady
music direction and orchestrations by Daniel Feyer
​
featuring
Matt Dengler, Jessica Grové, Billy Hepfinger, Piper Goodeve, Marrick Smith, Jordan Bondurant, Elizabeth Burton, Jason Edward Cook, Ian Fairlee, Matt Gibson, Holland Grossman, Christopher Herr, Adam Machart, Jeremy Morse, C.J. Pawlikowski, Davey Rosenberg, Michael Romeo Ruocco, Liz Shivener, and Whitney Winfield.
​
​
Scenic Designer - Ann Bartek
Costume Designer - Sidney Shannon
Lighting Designer - Brian Tovar
Sound Designer - Kevin Heard
Production Stage Manager - Taylor Alyssa Marun
​
​
​
MEDIA
Video Highlights from The Underclassman
​
