I Won't Grow Up!
Turn to Flesh Productions is thrilled to announce that we'll be kicking off our Playreading Workshop Series with a fully staged script-in-hand production of Kelly Feustel's Peter.
Based on the characters and stories by J. M. Barrie, this play answers what happened to Peter before Wendy woke up.
You can learn more about the performance here. Perfect for audiences 8-80 years old!
TIFFANY ABERCROMBIE (Queen Mab/Tiger Lily) is a classically-trained New York City actress, who recently took the stage by storm in The Queen's Company production of Sir Patient Fancy.
Other recent credits include Kate in The Taming of the Shrew with Hamlet Isn't Dead, Phoebe/Charles in As You Like It with The Queen's Company, and These Seven Sicknesses at the Flea Theatre.
She is a graduate of NYU and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
ROBIN RIGHTMYER (Solomon/James [Hook]), a graduate of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, England, is a multi-talented actor and vocalist, living in New York City. A co-founder of Hamlet Isn't Dead, he starred as Proteus in their inaugural production of Two Gentlemen of Verona, followed by directed The Taming of the Shrew this past Christmas.
Other favorite productions include Orsino in Twelfth Night, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream with The Queen's Players, Laertes in Hamlet in London, England - and starring as Harry Clay in Money! The Musical - written by Joss Whedon's father - Off-Broadway at Theatre Row this past year.
With Turn to Flesh Productions, Robin most recently read the roles of Adonis in Cupid and Psyche and Sisyphus in Persephone Rises.
He is prepping to direct Hamlet Isn't Dead's next show, Henry VI, adapting all three parts into one night of theatre.
ALIX ROSENFELD (Tinker Bell), a New York City actor, playwright and soon-to-be graduate student dramaturg, is a member of several notable artists collective: working as the Literary Manager of Random Access Theatre, and an artist of Dare Lab, where she is developing several original plays.
Most recently, Alix read for Tink in Peter in Daring New Plays with Dare Lab. With Turn to Flesh, Alix worked as verse coach and dramaturg for Cupid and Psyche - and she developed and performed as the title character in the workshop of Vengeance Becomes Electra.
Other favorite credits include Miranda in The Tempest and Lucius/Philario in Cymbeline. She is a graduate of Vassar College, the New York Shakespeare Exchange, and Tina Packer's Shakespeare and Company.
JAMES PARENTI (Peter), is a New York City actor, playwright, and musician. Most recently, he played Hamlet in May Violets Spring: A New Story for a New Ophelia, which he adapted from Shakespeare, augmented by his original verse, through Dare Lab, an artists' collective which he co-founded.
CAMERON BARTELL (Slightly) is a native of Orlando, FL and a proud graduate of the University of Alabama, where he majored in Musical Theatre.
Favorite past roles include Rolf in The Sound of Music, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.
Other regional credits include: Three Wishes for Sondheimas at 54 Below, as a GI in the North Shore Music Theatre's Miss Saigon, and the male swing in CATS for Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.
Recently, he participated in a staged reading of Kelly Feustel's Controversial with DreamCatcher Entertainment's Talent on Tap series in New York City.
MONIQUE ST. CYR (Maimie/Girl/Wendy) most recently played Horatio in Dare Lab's May Violets Spring: A New Story for a New Ophelia.
She is also featured in The Verge: An Original Web Series, available through YouTube.
KELLY FEUSTEL (Playwright) has been writing scripts, stories, and poems since she could hold a pen. Her work can be seen in print throughout various publications, and her scripts can be found - if you know where to look - in the Independent Film & Theatre Scene. Dozens of "thimbles" to everyone who has been a part of this journey!
Based on the characters and stories by J. M. Barrie, this play answers what happened to Peter before Wendy woke up.
You can learn more about the performance here. Perfect for audiences 8-80 years old!
Cast (In Order of Appearance)
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| PAN, a satyr. David Andrew Laws |
DAVID ANDREW LAWS (Pan), a co-founder of Hamlet Isn't Dead, is an accomplished classical actor, director and playwright (with a killer Podcast!).
Most recent acting credits include Pedrillo and Chevalier Leon in the adaptation of Piere Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville trilogy by Stephen Wadsworth, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew with Hamlet Isn't Dead, and pretty much every part in Henry VI (no joke) in the Facing Page Productions Shakespeare Birthday Marathon.
With Turn to Flesh, David read for Chrysos in Cupid and Psyche, and developed the title role in Pygmalion, based on the Greek myth.
With Turn to Flesh, David read for Chrysos in Cupid and Psyche, and developed the title role in Pygmalion, based on the Greek myth.
Directing credits include The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and a staged reading of the upcoming Miranda from Stormille - a modern adaptation of The Tempest with Random Access Theatre.
"Tiffany Abercrombie steals every scene she's in as Lady Fancy; she manages to be hilariously comic and overtly sexy while still delivering a grounded and realistically felt character. Her exquisite standout performance is worth the price of admission." - Duncan Pflaster, Broadway World
Other recent credits include Kate in The Taming of the Shrew with Hamlet Isn't Dead, Phoebe/Charles in As You Like It with The Queen's Company, and These Seven Sicknesses at the Flea Theatre.
She is a graduate of NYU and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
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| SOLOMON/JAMES [HOOK]. Robin Rightmyer |
Other favorite productions include Orsino in Twelfth Night, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream with The Queen's Players, Laertes in Hamlet in London, England - and starring as Harry Clay in Money! The Musical - written by Joss Whedon's father - Off-Broadway at Theatre Row this past year.
With Turn to Flesh Productions, Robin most recently read the roles of Adonis in Cupid and Psyche and Sisyphus in Persephone Rises.
He is prepping to direct Hamlet Isn't Dead's next show, Henry VI, adapting all three parts into one night of theatre.
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| TINKER BELL. Alix Rosenfeld |
ALIX ROSENFELD (Tinker Bell), a New York City actor, playwright and soon-to-be graduate student dramaturg, is a member of several notable artists collective: working as the Literary Manager of Random Access Theatre, and an artist of Dare Lab, where she is developing several original plays.
Most recently, Alix read for Tink in Peter in Daring New Plays with Dare Lab. With Turn to Flesh, Alix worked as verse coach and dramaturg for Cupid and Psyche - and she developed and performed as the title character in the workshop of Vengeance Becomes Electra.
Other favorite credits include Miranda in The Tempest and Lucius/Philario in Cymbeline. She is a graduate of Vassar College, the New York Shakespeare Exchange, and Tina Packer's Shakespeare and Company.
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| PETER. James Parenti |
"Ordinarily one would take a playwright to task for writing a plum role for himself, but Parenti is an excellent Hamlet..." - Duncan Pflaster, Broadway WorldA resident artist of Turn to Flesh Productions, James is currently starring as Cupid in The Love and Death Trilogy, including Persephone Rises and Cupid and Psyche.
"Playing god and mortals is itself not an easy task and only one that Turn to Flesh could achieve with an energetic ensemble, [featuring] charming leading man James Parenti as Cupid."- Jessica Taghap, Off-Off-OnlineJames is represented by Stefanie Field of Stefanie Talent & Entertainment.
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| SLIGHTLY. Cameron Bartell |
Favorite past roles include Rolf in The Sound of Music, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.
Other regional credits include: Three Wishes for Sondheimas at 54 Below, as a GI in the North Shore Music Theatre's Miss Saigon, and the male swing in CATS for Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.
Recently, he participated in a staged reading of Kelly Feustel's Controversial with DreamCatcher Entertainment's Talent on Tap series in New York City.
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| MAIMIE/GIRL/WENDY. Monique St. Cyr |
"Horatio, refigured as a woman, and played with a Mercutio-esque bent of wit, passion, and loyalty by the dynamic Monique St. Cyr..." - Zelda Knapp, A Work UnfinishingOriginally hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana, Monique has since settled in New York as an actor, model, and singer. Favorite roles include Viola from Twelfth Night, Othello in Othello, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Guinevere in The Sword in the Stone.
She is also featured in The Verge: An Original Web Series, available through YouTube.
KELLY FEUSTEL (Playwright) has been writing scripts, stories, and poems since she could hold a pen. Her work can be seen in print throughout various publications, and her scripts can be found - if you know where to look - in the Independent Film & Theatre Scene. Dozens of "thimbles" to everyone who has been a part of this journey!
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