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| Kit Goldstein Grant's "The Wrong Box" A New Musical Black Comedy at TNC - Sept. 1-16 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:54 pm EDT 08/28/18 | |
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| Theater for the New City, Crystal Fields (Artistic Director) Presents The Wrong Box A World Premiere Musical Black Comedy Based on the Classic Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne Book, Music and Lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant Directed and Choreographed by Michael Chase Gosselin September 1-16 – Six Performances Saturday, Sept. 1 at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 at 5:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at 5:00 p.m. Theater for the New City – Community Space Theater 155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003 Tickets: $18. For tickets: www.thewrongboxmusical.com Runtime: 2:30 with one intermission Facebook: @TheWrongBoxMusical / Instagram: @WrongBoxMusical / Twitter: @WrongBoxMusical Theater for the New City presents The Wrong Box, a world premiere musical black comedy with book, music and lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant, based on the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Michael Chase Gosselin directs and choreographs a cast of 14, including James Beaman*, Jianzi Colón-Soto, Thomas M. Conroy*, Dennis Holland*, Brian Kilday*, Robin Lounsbury*, Christopher Michaels, Tim Realbuto*, Nate Rocke, Simon Schaitkin, Brandon Shockey, Tristan J. Shuler*, James Stafford*, and Joe Veale*. Six performances will be staged at Theater for the New City as part of the Dream Up Festival, 155 First Avenue in New York City from September 1-16, 2018. In The Wrong Box, a mysterious corpse is knocking about Victorian London, and two unscrupulous cousins are desperately trying to find it - except when they're desperately trying to lose it! If the corpse in the train wreck turns out to be Uncle Joseph, then Cousin Michael wins the family inheritance, unless Cousin Morris can dispose of the body first. Family rivalries give way to complete chaos in this energetic and farcical musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic black comedy of death, greed, and jealousy. The Wrong Box first appeared in 2002 as a student production at Union College in Schenectady, NY. After a number of years writing musicals on commission, Kit returned to The Wrong Box in 2012, reworking the book and score. In 2013 she recorded and released a concept album of the show. The show was a finalist for London’s Burbage Productions New Writing Prize, had excerpts performed at Theatre Resources Unlimited, the Musical Theatre Factory, and The Playground Experiment, and was a finalist for Theatre Resources Unlimited’s TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series. In October 2016 The Wrong Box had a successful staged reading at the National Opera Center, produced by Melissa Nally and Sahar Helmy and featuring Frank Vlastnik (Broadway: Big, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Sweet Smell of Success) in the lead role. Most recently, The Wrong Box was developed in Apples and Oranges Studios' THEatre Accelerator Program, led by Tim and Pamela Kashani (Broadway: An American in Paris, Memphis). Tickets are $18. Visit www.thewrongboxmusical.com. Six performances will be staged on the following schedule: Saturday, Sept. 1 at 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 8 at 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 9 at 5:00 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 15 at 5:00 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 16 at 5:00 p.m. The Wrong Box is presented by Theater for the New City. Associate Producer: Benjamin Nissen; Music Director: Justin Ward Weber; Set and Lighting Designer: David Goldstein; Costume Designer: Angela Borst; Sound Designer: Basil Apostolo; Orchestrator: Neil Radisch; Production Stage Manager: Carol A. Sullivan*; Assistant Stage Manager: Ryan A. Ross; Assistant Director: Morgan Rielly; Associate Choreographer: Gabby Cogan; Publicist: Paul Siebold/Off Off PR; General Management/Executive Producer: Visceral Entertainment. Michael Chase Gosselin (director/choreographer) is a professional director/choreographer, producer, and general manager based in NYC. He directed Money Talks Off-Broadway, as well as the acclaimed, long-running Endangered! The Musical. Other world premiere productions include Kit Goldstein Grant’s The Nose at the famous Master Theater in Brighton Breach, and The Most Miserable Christmas Tree in Brooklyn. He executive produced and general managed Midnight at The Never Get (NYMF 2016 and Provincetown 2017) and LUDO's Broken Bride (NYMF 2016), and produced Pope! An Epic Musical (NYMF 2015). In 2013, he co-produced and directed a reading of Moby Dick: A Whale of a Tale for Cameron Mackintosh. He also serves as a General Partner of Visceral Entertainment, a full service theatrical production/general management company - recent productions include the critically acclaimed revival of Kurt Vonnegut’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June and Emojiland for the New York Musical Festival. Kit Goldstein Grant (book, music & lyrics) is a prize-winning New York City-based composer, lyricist and librettist. Her musicals have been seen in South Africa (The Nose, Anex Theatre Productions) and in New York at the Master Theater (The Nose, directed by Michael Chase Gosselin), the Midtown International Theater Festival (The Nose, nominee Best Musical), the Strawberry One-Act Festival (The Commuters, Calendar Boys Productions, nominee Best Musical), The Gallery Players (The Giant Hoax), the Emerging Artists Theatre New Work Series, the Musical Theatre Factory, and the National Opera Center. Five of her musicals for young audiences have toured schools with the Schenectady Theatre for Children, including It’s Raining Tamales!, which is published by YouthPLAYS. In Fall 2017 THML Theatre produced a workshop of her new musical Where Angels Fear to Tread at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, and a full production is planned for 2019. Kit has studied at Juilliard and the Tony-Award winning BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, and she is a member of The Dramatists Guild and ASCAP. www.kitgoldstein.com Meet the Cast James Beaman (Dr. Faraday & Others) recently starred as Captain Hook in Peter Pan (North Shore Music Theatre). Off -Broadway: A Wilder Christmas, The Road To Qatar!, When Pigs Fly. First National Tour: Sir Robin in Spamalot. Roles at Goodspeed, Maltz Jupiter, Riverside Theatre, The Kennedy Center, and many more. Winner of IRNE, Broadway World and MAC Awards. www.jamesbeaman.com Jianzi Colón-Soto (Julia Hazeltine) born in Puerto Rico and raised in Florida, graduated in May from the CAP21 BFA Theatre Arts Program at Molloy College. Recent credits: Cleonice (Lysistrata Jones), Narrator/Cinderella's Mother (Into the Woods), Pilar (Legally Blonde). Always unending love and gratitude to Mom and Li'l Bro, and Apt 52. | jianzicolon.com | @jiancoso Thomas M. Conroy (Morris Finsbury) Other Englishman personae: Anthony Chapman, End of the Rainbow; Captain Scott, Peter and the Starcatcher. The Dean’s Choice auto-biographical solo show: Speak Up, Rise Up Festival, NYC 2018, Motor City Fringe 2019. Tours: Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Crazy For You, Cabaret, Grease, In the Mood, Paris Lido. RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston; ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, Santa Fe. Dennis Holland (Joseph Finsbury) Broadway: The Music Man; National/International Tours: The Music Man, Peter Pan, West Side Story; Off-Broadway- Sessions, Magpie, An Evening at the Algonquin; Regional: Guthrie Guys and Dolls, Papermill Sound of Music, Arden Parade (Barrymore nominee), Goodspeed 1776, Folger Shakespeare The Winter’s Tale; Audie-winning narrator of over 200 audiobooks. Brian Kilday (Michael Finsbury) is a regular performer with the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project: Live! Past credits include: 39 Steps (Hannay), Forever Plaid (Smudge), and Annie Get Your Gun (Frank Butler). He is graduate of Alma College. Robin Lounsbury (Mrs. Watts & Others) Thrilled to be in The Wrong Box, again! Favorite credits: Rosie (Mamma Mia) - John W. Engeman Theatre, Fulton Theatre (Sister Act), Barrington Stage (Kiss Me, Kate), Paper Mill Playhouse (Mary Poppins, Damn Yankees, Guys & Dolls), North Shore (My Fair Lady), Westport Country Playhouse (She Loves Me), Pittsburgh CLO (Sound of Music, Oliver!). AEA member. RobinLounsbury.com Christopher Michaels (Ensemble) Off Bway: The Christians (Choir); NYC: The Nose (Police Chief); REGIONAL: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Lefou), My Fair Lady (Karpathy/Quartet), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Thrill Me (Nathan Leopold), The Boys In The Band (Emory), Damn Yankees (Rocky), H2$ (Mister Gatch/Bud Frump U/S), Bare: A Pop Opera (Alan). Tim Realbuto (William Dent Pitman) - Mr. Realbuto just finished filming the lead role of Patrick Nolan in the feature film Yes directed by Rob Margolies, and co-starring Modern Family's Nolan Gould, The Office star Oscar Nunez, Jenna Leigh Green, and Siobhan Fallon. The film, also written by Realbuto and based on his stage play of the same name, will be released in 2019. Other film/TV: The Emperor's Club; The Sopranos; Ed; Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Countless Off-Broadway and regional shows. As a concert performer, Tim has headlined Joe's Pub, Feinstein's/54 Below, The Cutting Room, The Green Room 42, and others. BFA in Acting from Five Towns College. www.TimRealbutoOfficial.com Nate Rocke (Ensemble) - Represented by RKS Management. Off-Broadway: Endangered! The Musical (original cast). Select Regional: Robber Bridegroom (Goat), Cabaret (The Emcee), All Shook Up (Dennis), Boeing Boeing (Robert), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Hero), Spelling Bee (Barfee). Simon Schaitkin (Gideon Forsyth) is thrilled to be a part of The Wrong Box! Recent credits: Bright and Brave, Dixon Place; Breaking Ground, NYMF; Into the Woods, (The Baker) Yale University; and Fun Home, (Bruce Bechdel) Yale University. Special thanks to Ginna Doyle, Erin, the Schaitkin Team, and 88 Pieces. SimonSchaitkin.com. Brandon Shockey (John Finsbury) is a recent graduate of the University of the Arts where he obtained a BFA in Acting. Uarts credits include: The Skin of Our Teeth and Summer in Gossensass. Regional credits include: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Wayside Theatre), Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream (REV Theatre Co.), and Scene from the Staten Island Ferry (Sundog Theatre). Tristan J. Shuler (Ensemble) – Off-Bway: Spamilton: An American Parody (Daveed Diggs; u/s Lin-Manuel), Cruel Intentions (Male Swing), Urinetown, the Musical (Tiny Tom). National Tour: Odd Squad LIVE! (Johnny J; Male Swing). Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Beast), The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric). www.TristanJShuler.com Instagram/Twitter: @TristanJShuler James Stafford (Ensemble) is thrilled to be part of this exciting team! Recent productions: Loch Ness (Adirondack Theatre Festival); Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company); Hippos (DedoVabo); Alice in Wonderland (Capital Repertory Theatre) and the workshop of Where Angels Fear To Tread (THML). Joe Veale (Wickham & Others) is a NYC based actor with a fondness for dogs, bourbon, and 4 Leaf clovers. He is co-founder of The Nerve Project Theatre (@thenerveproject_theatre) in NYC, and has worked extensively regionally. Fav credits include: Peter and the Starcatcher, Altar Boys, 42nd Street, and Footloose.@therealjoeveale www.joeveale.com *These Actors and Stage Managers are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. Equity Approved Showcase. |
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