Today's new voices shaping tomorrow's musicals.
Premiered: 12/30/20
Prospect Theater Company's
VISION Series presents
DON'T STAY SAFE
Book and lyrics by CHERYL L. DAVIS
Music by DOUGLAS J. COHEN
Directed by CHRISTINA FRANKLIN
Featuring IRIS BEAUMIER, LATOYA EDWARDS, NYGEL D. ROBINSON
Music Director JOHN BRONSTON
Cinematography by LESLEY STEELE
Spring 2020, NYC: How can Franki keep both Taylor, her estranged girlfriend, and Eddie, her younger brother, safe?
The final offering in Prospect's 2020 VISION Series line-up reflects on critical events of the past year. This companion piece to Davis & Cohen’s full-length musical Bridges engages with the ongoing struggle for racial equality and civil rights, examining the risks of protest... and the risks of staying safe.
Film Editor JESSIE STEAD
Post Production Services provided by ALIVE, INC.
Production & Projection Design LIANNE ARNOLD
Lighting Design ADAM HONORÉ
Sound Design & Audio Engineering KEVIN HEARD
Production & Project Management JOSH CAPE
Line Producer DEV BONDARIN
Pictured L to R: Nygel D. Robinson, Iris Beaumier, Latoya Edwards. Images by Lesley Steele.
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Musical theater performer, director, and Founding Artistic Director of The New American Theatre Company NY -- DeMone Seraphin -- hosts a post-screening discussion with members of the DON'T STAY SAFE creative team and cast.
Prospect’s VISION Series is a music-theater-on-film initiative made possible with leadership project support from Leonard Majzlin, and by Somerled Arts
Filmed at the West End Theatre, 283 West 86th St, NYC,
in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew.
Health and Safety Supervisor: Zoe Grabinski, M.D.