Click here to purchase online raffle tickets – $5 each or $20 for a package of 5 tickets!

Enter now for your chance to win one of the great prizes below!  Drawing will be held on Wed., May 23, 2012.  Raffle sales will be open online through 5pm on Wednesday May 23rd.  Fantastic prizes include:

• Two tickets to the incredible theatrical experience
  SLEEP NO MORE.
• Season passes to The Pearl Theatre’s Company‘s
  next season – four great classic plays!
• A Silver Membership to the 2011
  NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL.
• A gift certificate for the best brownies ever,
  from SWEET MUSE!
• A gift certificate for a portrait session from Jeffrey’s Photos.
• A gift certificate for ten free Peter Mills sheet music downloads from www.pcmills.com.
• Tickets to Prospector Mark St. Germain’s play, FREUD’S LAST SESSION.
• A one year membership and pass for two free tickets at 59E59 Theaters.
• And many more tickets to amazing theater and cultural events in NYC… including The York Theatre Company, Women’s Project, and more!
• And more exciting prizes to be announced!

THANK YOU FOR HELPING SUPPORT PROSPECT THEATER COMPANY AND OUR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AMERICAN MUSICALS!

CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO APPEAR: Tony nominee Melissa Errico (Broadway’s High Society, My Fair Lady), four-time Tony nominee Gregg Edelman, the amazing Randy Graff (from the original cast of Les Miserables), Ann Harada (from the original cast of Avenue Q), and Alex Wyse (Lysistrata Jones) as well as members of the Myths and Hymns cast including Ally Bonino, Donell James Foreman, Anika Larsen, Lucas Steele, and Bob Stillman, and many more Pospect stars including Jennifer Blood, David Perlman, Courter Simmons and Robby Sharpe!

Click here to purchase show & after-party only tickets! (Or call 212-352-3101.)

Click here to download & print a by mail order form for tickets to the full evening.

Click here for a full information sheet on ticket and table prices and benefits.

Prospect Theater Company’s
Spring Soirée – 2012 ANNUAL GALA

Monday, May 21, 6pm – 10:30pm
Battery Gardens, Harbor View Room
inside Battery Park (opposite 17 State Street), NYC
www.BatteryGardens.com

Join Prospect at Battery Gardens, a beautiful and unique waterside location nestled at the southern most corner of Battery Park, for a celebration of our 2011-12 Season, as well as an exclusive sneak peek ahead to our 2012-13 productions.  Enjoy sweeping panoramic views of New York Harbor, an elegant dinner, and an intimate cabaret performance featuring Broadway friends as well as Prospect stars!

6pm ~ Cocktails & Hors D’oeuvres
6:45pm ~ Seated 3-Course Dinner
8:00pm ~ Cabaret Performance
9:15 – 10:30p ~ After-Party with Dessert & Open Bar

Support Prospect’s programming and mission to produce new work by sponsoring a table or purchasing individual tickets!  You and your guests will be treated to the entire evening of cocktails, cuisine, and cabaret.

GOLD – $5000 for a Table of 10 / $500 ticket
Includes Premium Table / Seating Placement, Gift Bag, 5 complimentary raffle tickets per guest. ($350 per ticket tax deductible.)

SILVER – $3500 for a Table of 10 / $350 ticket
Front Table / Seating Placement, Gift Bag, 2 complimentary raffle tickets per guest.
($200 per ticket tax deductible.)

BRONZE – $2500 for a Table of 10 / $250 ticket
Gift Bag, 1 complimentary raffle ticket per guest.  ($100 per ticket tax deductible.)

Or, choose to join us at 8pm for the cabaret performance and post-show reception only:
$125 per ticket – Includes Seating for Performance and post-show reception with light hors d’oeuvres and open bar. ($75 per ticket tax deductible. Dinner not included.)

NOTE:  Tables and dinner tickets are only available for order via mail.  To download and print an order form, click here.  Please mail orders no later than May 9th (all dinner orders must be received by May 14th).  After May 9th, email Cara@ProspectTheater.org or call 212-594-4476 to arrange tickets, or with questions!

Click here for tickets, or call 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250.  Or buy in person:
Theatre Row Box Office, 12pm until 8pm daily
410 West 42nd Street, (between 9th & 10th Aves.)

“Tantalizingly mysterious… one of Porter’s best scores.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cole Porter’s NYMPH ERRANT

July 7 – 29, 2012
in the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row
(410 West 42nd. St., NYC)

Music & lyrics by Cole Porter
adapted and with new libretto by Rob Urbinati
based on the novel by James Laver
and the original libretto by Romney Brent

Directed and Choreographed by Will Pomerantz

One of Porter’s most sexy and sophisticated scores — originally censored in its 1933 London debut — will be premiered in this sleek new adaptation.  From a Swiss boarding school, to an Austrian nudist colony, to a Turkish harem… follow the unlikely adventures of young Evangeline Edwards as she enters the world and seeks her true passion.  A fresh take on a rarely-heard gem!

Pictured at right:  Gertrude Lawrence from the 1933 production of NYMPH ERRANT.

CURRENTLY SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES:
Sat July 7, 8pm (preview) | Sun July 8, 7:30p (preview)

Tues July 10, 7:30p (preview) | Wed July 11, 7:30p (preview)
Thurs July 12, 8pm | Fri July 13, 8pm | Sat July 14, 8pm| Sun July 15, 3pm

Tues July 17, 7:30p | Wed July 18, 7:30p | Thurs July 19, 8pm
Fri July 20, 8pm | Sat July 21, 8pm | Sun July 22, 3pm

Tues July 24, 7:30p | Wed July 25, 7:30p | Thurs July 26, 8pm
Fri July 27, 8pm | Sat July 28, 8pm | Sun July 29, 3pm

Subscribers should email subscription@prospecttheater.org with their date selection.

In keeping with Prospect’s mission to support the next generation of musical theater artists, this program is an opportunity for students to build their performance skills by working with a professional director and music director to present a new musical revue, premiering original songs and monologues written expressly for young people by some of NYC’s most exciting emerging composers and lyricists.  In addition, the intensive will offer a variety of workshops and coaching sessions, as well as master classes with Broadway performers, to deepen general knowledge of theatre practice, strengthen vocal and acting technique, and enhance overall confidence.

To watch a documentary video from the 2011 program, click here.

MUSICAL THEATER SUMMER INTENSIVE
Mon. – Sat., 10am – 6pm
July 9 – 28, 2012 at Theatre Row
(410 West 42^nd St.)

• Summer showcase opportunity for young performers, in the heart of NYC
• Students work with Prospect artists on original material written for teens
• Workshops with Guest Artists
• Individual Coaching Sessions
• Master Classes with Broadway performers
• for students ages 12 – 17

Rolling admission is by audition. Tuition is $850 per student for the three week program.

To schedule an audition appointment, or for more information, please email program director Rachel Dart at Summer@ProspectTheater.org or call 212-594-4476.

Prospect Theater Company, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1998 by five graduates of Princeton University.  Over the past decade, the company has premiered more than twenty new American musicals, and is the artistic home of award-winning writer Peter Mills (2010 Kleban Award for lyrics, 2008 Fred Ebb Award, www.pcmills.com). Recent notable productions include IRON CURTAIN, ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW JERSEY, WITH GLEE, THE HIDDEN SKY, ILLYRIA, and EVERGREEN.

Check out these videos from our archive, and learn more about our shows, history, and the people behind the company.

MYTHS & HYMNS,  A conversation with the artists – January 2012

Behind the IRON CURTAIN – November 2011

In the Studio with the Summer Intensive Program – July 2011

I MARRIED WYATT EARP, Western Women – May 2011

Prospect’s Harvest Festival – November 2010

WITH GLEE Promotional Trailer – July 2010

THE HIDDEN SKY, Interviews – February 2010

THE HIDDEN SKY, Fibonacci Sequence Music Video – January 2010

The Making of a Holiday Show, EVERGREEN – December 2009

EVERGREEN Photo Montage – December 2009

Prospect’s 10th Anniversary Photo Montage – June 2009

THE DOME Montage Video – February 2009

THE DOME Video Shorts: Lost Soles, Baby, Voltaire & Emilie – January 2009

ILLYRIA:  The Making of the Postcard – September 2008

Click here to learn how you can become a subscriber and SAVE!

IRON CURTAIN
Nov. 5 – 27, 2011
EXTENDED until Dec. 4th!

Book by Susan DiLallo, lyrics by Peter Mills, music by Stephen Weiner
Directed by Cara Reichel, Choreographed by Christine O’Grady
at Baruch Performing Arts Center, Baruch College
(E. 25^th St., between Lexington & 3^rd Aves., NYC)

An uproarious original musical comedy set during Broadway’s Golden Age of the 1950s! The hapless songwriting team of Howard Katz and Murray Finkel finally get their big break… when they are kidnapped by the KGB, taken to Russia, and forced to fix the world’s worst communist propaganda musical.  Will they choose fame or freedom?
“Fizzy showtunes, dizzy shenanigans, and amorous subplots… this is one curtain not to miss!” – Time Out New York

MYTHS AND HYMNS
Jan 31 – Feb 26, 2012
Music & lyrics by Adam Guettel, additional lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh
with new narrative and direction by Elizabeth Lucas
At the West End Theatre in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew (263 West 86th St., NYC)

Earth, air, water, fire:  A restless daughter, a mother without words, a righteous father, and a lost son.  Venture into one family’s mythologized past as director Elizabeth Lucas (Clear Blue Tuesday) offers her innovative vision for this song cycle by acclaimed composer and lyricist Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza).
“A kaleidoscopically heady musical-theater piece… The songs evoke a kind of human yearning that is as piercing as it is unappeasable: yearning for immortality, true love and God.” – The New York Times

Cole Porter’s NYMPH ERRANT
July 7 – 29, 2012
Music & lyrics by Cole Porter, adapted and with new libretto by Rob Urbinati
based on the novel by James Laver and the original libretto by Romney Brent
at an NYC venue to be announced.

One of Porter’s most sexy and sophisticated scores — originally censored in its 1933 London debut — will be premiered in this sleek new adaptation.  From a Swiss boarding school, to an Austrian nudist colony, to a Turkish harem… follow the unlikely adventures of young Evangeline Edwards as she enters the world and seeks her true passion.  A fresh take on a rarely-heard gem!
“Displaying a cleverness and intelligence that is rare in today’s musical theatre… Prospect Theater Company should be commended.  They are torchbearers of a grand theatre tradition.” – NYTheatre.com

Programming and performance schedules are subject to change.

THE BLUE FLOWER -   Recorded July – October 2010 by the original Weimarband.  This album can be purchased only through direct sale, by sending a check or money order for $22 (includes shipping and handling) to:  Pontoon Records, P.O. Box 3185, Beverly, MA  01915.  Make checks payable to Pontoon Records.

GOLDEN BOY OF THE BLUE RIDGE – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording from Great White Wax available for purchase and download!

ILLYRIA - Cast recording from the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey‘s 2004 Regional Premiere production, now available for online purchase!

WITH GLEE – Coming soon!

As often as possible, we ask company artists to contribute more personal behind-the-scenes commentary on our shows, giving you a peek into our process. We hope you’ll check out what they have to say!

Unfortunately, Prospect currently is not able to accept unsolicited submissions. We have an extremely small volunteer literary staff and just don’t have the man-power to review and respond to scripts. Please don’t send us hard copies of materials; it only costs you money for paper and postage, and the chances of someone actually having time to read it are very slim.

However, if you do have a project you’d like to let us know about, there are a couple of things we recommend:

• Invite our artistic director or another staff member to attend your reading by emailing artistic@ProspectTheater.org. If we are interested and available, we will try to send someone.
• Send a summary email to artistic@ProspectTheater.org, describing the project and linking to the script and demo songs online (do not ATTACH files, we won’t download attachments from unknown email addresses). That way, if we are intrigued, we can check it out via the miracle of the internet.

Please note that Prospect usually produces new musicals. Frequently, Prospect Theater Company develops work from concept to production through its company membership rather than reviewing completed scripts. However, in our 10-year history, projects have come to us through many avenues.

If you are interested in becoming involved with the company, a good first step is to apply to our annual musical theater lab projects, propose a show to our Dark Nights Series, or just attend some of our shows and get to know the company’s style and work.

Thanks for your interest in Prospect!