A NY Christmas Panto
Dixon Place presents
DICK WHITTINGTON:
An Xmas Panto for NYC
FRIDAYS, DECEMBER 21 & 28 AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 AT 7PM
SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 AT 3PM
Written by JENNY GREEN & MARY MCLAUGHLIN
Composed by WILLIAM TN HALL & TERESA LOTZ
Lyrics by KEVIN HAMMONDS, MARY MCLAUGHLIN & JENNY GREEN
Directed by JENNY LEE MITCHELL & KATHERINE O’SULLIVAN
Musical Direction by MICHAEL HOPEWELL
Choreographed by MITCHELL WAYNE
Costume Design by JENNY GREEN
Set Design by JOHN PEERY & CORNELIA JENSEN
Lighting Design by KIA ROGERS
Sound Design by ALDO PEREZ
Projection Design by LUCIA J LEE
Videographer: JIYE KIM
Wardrobe Mistress BILLIE AKEN-TYERS
Stage Manager BEKKAH ROSENBERG
Assistant Stage Manager VANESSA VILLALOBOS
Marketing Assistant LAYSHA DURAN
Press Representative LANIE ZIPOY
Produced by The OPTimistiks
Executive Producers ART BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED
TICKETS:
Advanced purchase:
\$16 general admission, $15 groups (8 or more), $12 stu / sen
At the door:
$18 general admission, $15 stu / sen
PLEASE NOTE: advance tickets must be picked up 10 minutes before the listed show time to be guaranteed a seat.
Madrat Merdock/Hooray Henry - JAMES PARKS
Dick Whittington - AIMEE WHELAN
Alice - ANWEN DARCY
Mayor Gloomburg - WILL SHAW
Lady GooGoo - MATTHEW BORROSO
Sara Pain - JENNY D GREEN
Eugenie - ASHLEIGH AWUSIE
Beatrice - CLAUDIA MORCROFT
Ratatouie - CAROL SIRUGO
Ratatat - JOHN DISCIASCO
Ratfink - ELLA MISCHE
Ratiquah: MATTHEW DONNELL*
Entourage - LAYSHA DURAN
Panto is an historic staple of British popular theatre that has never successfully crossed the Pond. It is family-orientated satire using certain stock characters and traditions (including cross-dressing, interactivity and music) to retell a fable in a more recognizable setting. The OPTimistiks are bringing this culturally & socially harmonizing feature of the British stage to New York, with a contemporary rendition of Dick Whittington; here a poor, upstate boy follows his star to NYC where he crosses paths with the scheming Sara Pain and bungling Mayor Gloomberg in a quest for success on Simon Trouser’s P-Factor Talent Contest.theoptimistiks.org
