[Capdist-announce] Peter and the Starcatcher at Siena College directed by Patrick White

Tue Feb 19 14:02:27 EST 2019

*Siena Creative Arts and Stage III Opens Its Doors and Reaches Out to the
Community and Presents the Multiple Tony Award Winning Peter and The
Starcatcher at Beaudoin Theatre in Foy Hall 3/14-3/23*

*At A Glance:*

March 14-23, 2019

*Peter and The Starcatcher*

*by Rick Elice*

*directed by Patrick White*

*At Siena College's Beaudoin Theater/Foy Hall, 515 Loudon Road,
Loudonville, NY 12211*

*Admission $5/$12/$15*

*Siena.edu/CreativeArtsTickets*

LOUDONVILLE, NY (February 11, 2019)-Siena Creative Arts and Stage III are
proud to present the Multi-Award winning, Peter Pan prequel "Peter & The
Starcatcher" adapted by Rick Elice from the beloved children's book by Dave
Barry & Ridley Pearson for seven performances 3/14-3/23 in Foy Hall. The
production will be directed by Patrick White and feature 11 Siena students.
Tickets are $15 General Admission, $12 Alumni, Faculty, Seniors, Staff,
Veterans and $5 for Students and are available through Siena's website
www.siena.edu/creativeartstickets   There will be an Open Preview to the
Capital Region theater community 3/13 at 8pm.

*Peter & The Starcatcher *is the critically acclaimed, multi-award winning
adaptation of Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson's 2004 Young Adult imagining of
the origins of Peter Pan. The play follows the book's fanciful creations
and looks to answer the burning questions: How did Peter Pan get his name?
How did he meet Captain Hook and why are they enemies? Who are Tinkerbell,
Wendy and the Lost Boys, and where did they come from? And most
importantly, how did he come to fly and why does he never want to grow up?
The play uses the techniques of Story Theatre to deliver this picaresque
tale of derring-do creating capsizing galleons, below decks intrigue,
romance and mutiny and finally an exotic island populated by a fearsome
tribe schooled in Italian cooking, a ferocious crocodile and perhaps a
chorus line of mermaids. Telling this story with only household implements
and tools emphasizes the line highlighted in the play "To have faith is to
have wings" by asking the audience to suspend their disbelief and make the
leap with their imaginations.

*Peter & The Starcatcher* has been delighting audiences since its much
heralded and awarded 2012 Broadway run. Acclaimed directors Alex
Timbers (*Bloody,
Bloody Andrew Jackson*, *Rocky)* and the late, great Roger Rees (*The Life
and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby) *workshopped the Original production
at Williamstown Theatre Festival where Rees was Artistic Director and San
Diego's La Jolla Playhouse and brought in Tony- winning playwright Rick
Elice (*Jersey Boys, The Cher Show*) before opening the play to an extended
sold-out run off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop
2/18/2011-4/24/2011. The play eventually transferred to Broadway's Brooks
Atkinson Theatre the next season and ran for over 300 performances, running
from 3/28/2012-1/20/2013. The play is the winner of three Lucille Lortel
Awards, the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Play, Drama
Desk Award for Music in a Play, Obie Award for Best Direction and winner of
5 Tony Awards (including Best Actor for Christian Borle as Black Stache) of
the 9 nominated. Ben Brantley of The New York Times raved "With grown-up
theatrical savvy and a child's wonder at what it can achieve, *Peter and
The Starcatcher *floats right through the ceiling of the physical limits
imposed by a three-dimensional stage. While there's not a body harness in
sight, like those used to hoist the title characters of *Mary Poppins* and
*Spider-Man* this show never stops flying."

Siena College is opening its doors and reaching out to the community in a
major way with this production. Under the leadership of Dr. Krysta Dennis,
Siena has hosted numerous local theater groups such as Acting Class with
Patrick White, Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York, Consortium Actors,
NorthEast Theatre Ensemble, Troy Foundry Theatre, and Will Kempe's Players.
The college has made many theatrical items available for use such as set
pieces, furniture, lighting & sound equipment, props and handcrafted
costume pieces. To celebrate the collaborative, inclusive and supportive
nature of Capital Region theater and Siena College's place in it, the
production of *Peter and The Starcatcher* has several events planned:

· A special invitation to past members of Siena Creative Arts productions,
especially the dozens still powerfully active in the Capital Region theater
scene.

· A free open Preview performance 3/13 at 8pm open to all members of the
Capital Region theater community.

· A Production Team Talkback open to the public on March 13th from
12.30-1.30 in the Beaudoin Theatre with director Patrick White, costume
designer Karin Mason, set designer Denise Massman, and lighting designer
Mike Palumbo

In addition to the events planned the production features many active
members of the Capital Region theater community. Dr. Krysta Dennis has
directed numerous shows in the community and will be at the helm of
NorthEast Theatre Ensemble's *An Ideal Husband* 4/11-4/28 at Ten Broeck
Mansion. Patrick White is a veteran of over 20 years of Capital Region
theater, most recently* Gloria* at Albany Civic Theatre named one of the
years best by *The Daily Gazette*. Movement Coordinator Stephanie
Weber-Remmert is an active member of Creative Action Playback Theatre and
performs in their monthly Friday night show. Maria Riccio-Bryce is a
veteran of dozens of area productions and created the original musical *Hearts
of Fire.*

Featured in the cast are Max Adelman as Lord Aster, Liam Antonopolous as
Smee, Alyssa Bergman as Ted, Claudia Cellucci as Alf Nora Collins as
Molly, Will Curley as Black Stache, Dominic DiCaprio as Peter, Will Curley
as Black Stache, Fiona Hoye as Mrs. Bumbrake, Connor Rock as Slank, John
Ruquet as Prentiss & Sarah Wilson as Grempkin.

Behind the scenes Dr. Krysta Dennis is the Producer, Patrick White is
Director, Maria Riccio-Bryce is Musical Director, Stephanie Weber-Remmert
is Movement Coordinator, Obadiah Savage is Technical Director, Denise
Massman is Set Designer, Michael Palumbo is Lighting Designer, Karin Mason
is Costume Designer, Heather Frederick is Stage Manager, Hunter Frederick
is Assistant Director and Michael Lounello is the Theater Technology
Manager.

ABOUT SIENA CREATIVE ARTS: The Siena Creative Arts Department seeks to
engage students with works of the creative imagination, and develop within
them an aesthetic appreciation of the arts. Creative Arts programs in
Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts encourage the unlocking and development of
students’ own creative potential and skill.

ABOUT PATRICK WHITE: Patrick White is a Capital Region
actor/director/teacher whose directing credits include: ACT-"The Pope & The
Witch," "Suddenly, Last Summer," "Grand Concourse" (10 Best-The Daily
Gazette), "Appropriate," "Gloria" (10 Best-The Daily Gazette),  CCT-"Clever
Little Lies," "Living On Love," "The Importance of Being Earnest,"
GPH-"True West," HMT-"The Foreigner," NSCP-"The Glass Menagerie" (TANYS
Award), SCP-Rapture, Blister, Burn" (10 Best-The Daily Gazette), "An
Inspector Calls" with a cast of all actors of color. SLCA-"John Ball's In
The Heat Of The Night" (10 Best-Berkshire On Stage, TANYS Award), "MEN ON
BOATS" (10 Best-Berkshire On Stage). He writes a column on theater for The
Collaborative, teaches a Saturday morning acting class for all levels and
attends plays religiously, over 250 last year.
info at actingclasswithpatrickwhite.com

ABOUT DR. KRYSTA DENNIS: Krysta is producer of Creative Arts at Siena, and
works as a theatre-maker and director in the US and internationally. Krysta
holds a dual PhD from the University of Kent in the UK and the Sorbonne in
Paris, and trained as a performer at L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq. She is the
author of three plays, *Votes for Women,* *The Burden of the Ballot, *and
*Dutch, *which have been produced at Siena College, Arts Letters & Numbers,
the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the Arkell Museum, Historic
Cherry Hill, Ten Broeck Mansion, and the New York State Museum. She has
received several Humanities NY Grants for her work. Krysta enjoys
experimenting with theatre technology including video mapping, augmented
reality and virtual reality. In summer of 2018, Krysta headed up a group of
student playwrights working with the Center for Undergraduate Research and
Creative Activity and the Underground Railroad History Project on an
original play entitled *Yours for the Oppressed, *which will be produced in
the spring at the Harriet and Stephen Myers Residence. Recent directing
credits include: *Marjorie Prime *(Theatre Voices), *Aleda *(chamber opera
premiere, Musicians of Ma'alwyck), *Arcadia *(Siena College),* The Little
Foxes *(Ten Broeck Mansion and Northeast Theatre Ensemble), *Blithe
Spirit *(Theatre
Voices), *Design for Living *(Village of Colonie Summer Theatre in the Park
and Siena College), and *Through the Grapevine, A Performed Wine
Tasting* (Lumley
Theatre and Canterbury Festival).  Krysta also works with AT&T and the
Siena College Research Institute training Siena students in forum theatre
techniques to be used in middle and high schools as part of an
anti-cyberbullying initiative. She has published with Contemporary Theatre
Review, Interdisciplinary Network, Routledge, and the Pirandello Society of
America. www.krystadennis.com

Photos and poster design by Kristina Dettori.

107-1.jpg: Will Curley, Nora Collins, Dominic DiCaprio, Liam Antonopoulos

107-2.jpg: Sarah Wilson, Claudia Cellucci, Connor Rock, Will Curley, Liam
Antonopoulos, Max Adelman, John Ruquet, Alyssa Bergman

107-4.jpg: Alyssa Bergman, Sarah Wilson, Liam Antonopoulos, Will Curley,
Connor Rock, Fiona Hoye, Claudia Cellucci, Dominic Dicaprio

107-7.jpg: Fiona Hoye, Max Adelman, Nora Collins, Alyssa Bergman, John
Ruquet, Dominic Dicaprio, Connor Rock

Workshop_2.jpg: L-R bottom row: Dominic Dicaprio, Nora Collins, Alyssa
Bergman, middle row L-R:  Will Curley, Liam Antonopoulos, John Ruquet,
Sarah Wilson, top row L-R: Connor Rock, Max Adelman, Claudia Cellucci,
Fiona Hoye

Boiler_4.jpg: front row L-R: Will Curley, Nora Collins, Alyssa Bergman,
back row L-R: Max Adelman, Claudia Cellucci, Sarah Wilson, Connor Rock,
Fiona Hoye, Dominic Dicaprio, Liam Antonopoulos, John Ruquet

Boiler_5.jpg: front row L-R: Claudia Cellucci, Nora Collins, John Ruquet,
Liam Antonopoulos, Sarah Wilson, back row L-R: Fiona Hoye, Alyssa Bergman,
Will Curley, Dominic Dicaprio, Max Adelman, Connor Rock.

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-- 
Dr. Krysta Dennis
Producer, Creative Arts
Foy 303A, Siena College
p: (518) 783-4264  m: (518) 669-2636
a: 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211
e: kdennis at siena.edu
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