2024

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Witness for the Prosecution”

Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock and a young man’s fight to escape the hangman’s noose. Generally regarded as one of Christie’s most accomplished plays, this suspenseful thriller keeps audiences guessing until the very end.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Dining Room”

The play is a comedy of manners, set in a single dining room where 18 scenes from different households overlap and intertwine. The stories are about White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) families. It tells the story of the dying and relatively short-lived culture of upper-middle class Americans, and the transition into a much more efficient society with less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on progress.

2023

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Disaster!”

Set in the wildest decade ever, DISASTER! delivers earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and unforgettable 70s hits like “Knock On Wood,” “Hooked On A Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman” and “Hot Stuff.”

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Legally Blonde Jr.”

Legally Blonde JR. follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. When Elle's boyfriend, Warner, dumps her and heads to Harvard, claiming she's not "serious" enough, Elle takes matters into her own hands, charming her way into law school.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Prom”

The Prom is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin and Beguelin, based on an original concept by Jack Viertel. The musical follows four Broadway actors lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana, to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Crucible”

The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. Miller was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.

2022

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Ghosts All Around You”

“Did you know that Charles Dickens visited Roosevelt Island the year before he wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL? What do you get when you bring together Charles Dickens, the New York City Lunatic Asylum, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Nellie Bly, a single mother and her children grappling with today’s challenges, and a modern day Scrooge? You get The Ghosts All Around You, a brand new musical by Jonathan Fadner and starring a diverse and multi-generational cast of Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance actors."

*23 Elephants Theatre Company & Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Clowns”

The first reading of the musical that "peeks behind the curtains into the human condition, the extremes of joy and despair, illuminated by the dazzling world of the circus.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Disney's Descendants: The Musical”

Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost – home of the most infamous villains who ever lived – the teenaged children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the island… until now. When the four troublemakers are sent to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney heroes, they have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good?

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Curtains”

A send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, Curtains follows the fallout when Jessica Cranshaw, the supremely untalented star of Robbin' Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call. It is up to Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan, to save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself.

*NYU, New Studio on Broadway: “The Comedy of Errors”

Set in the Greek city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins who were accidentally separated at birth. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and false accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession.

2021

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

Set in Swindon and London, the story concerns a 15-year-old amateur detective named Christopher John Francis Boone who is a mathematical genius. The titular curious incident is the mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor's dog, Wellington, found speared by a sharp garden fork.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Ghosts All Around You”

“Did you know that Charles Dickens visited Roosevelt Island the year before he wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL? What do you get when you bring together Charles Dickens, the New York City Lunatic Asylum, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Nellie Bly, a single mother and her children grappling with today’s challenges, and a modern day Scrooge? You get The Ghosts All Around You, a brand new musical by Jonathan Fadner and starring a diverse and multi-generational cast of Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance actors."

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Richard II”

The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, commonly called Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1595.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Chicago, Highschool Edition”

Adapted in collaboration with iTheatrics, Kander & Ebb's legendary and award-winning musical about fame, fortune and acquittal is now widely available to be performed by high schools around the world.

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “Into the Woods Jr.”

Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical.  Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters — Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch — in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.

2020

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The Ghosts All Around Us”

“Did you know that Charles Dickens visited Roosevelt Island the year before he wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL? What do you get when you bring together Charles Dickens, the New York City Lunatic Asylum, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Nellie Bly, a single mother and her children grappling with today’s challenges, and a modern day Scrooge? You get The Ghosts All Around Us, a brand new musical by Jonathan Fadner and starring a diverse and multi-generational cast of Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance actors."

*Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance: “The 39 Steps”

The play's concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film The 39 Steps. It concerns an everyman civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organization of spies called "The 39 Steps" from stealing British military secrets. After being mistakenly accused of the murder of a counter-espionage agent, Hannay goes on the run to Scotland and becomes tangled up with an attractive woman while hoping to stop the spy ring and clear his name.

*NAAP Rediscover Series: “Cinderella”

Through this special concert presentation NAAP brings a new and unique voice to interpret a timeless classic. Originally nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s adaptation shares the enduring enchantment of a favorite fairy tale told with their hallmark charm and elegance.

*NYU, New Studio on Broadway: “Romeo & Juliet”

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

2019

**Vital Theatre Company: “Angelina Ballerina”

In Angelina Ballerina The Musical, Angelina and her friends, Alice, Gracie, AZ, Viki and even their teacher, Ms. Mimi, are all aflutter because a special guest is coming to visit Camembert Academy! Angelina and her friends will perform all types of dance, including hip-hop, modern dance, the Irish jig and of course, ballet and they are excited to show off their skills to their famous visitor.

**Off-Broadway, Vital Theatre Company: “Pinkalicious”

Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this predicament.

2018

***NAAP Rediscover Series & Prospect Theater Company: “Into the Woods”

Through this special Rediscover Series concert presentation, directed by Steven Eng and music directed by Kristen Lee Rosenfeld, NAAP brings a new and unique voice to interpret a modern classic. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning book and score interweaves favorite storybook characters, creating a timeless yet relevant piece on the power.

***The Resident Acting Company: “The Belle’s Stratagem”

Letitia Hardy, promised to the charming Doricourt, plans to enchant him with her wit and charm, only to discover that she's fallen madly in love with him, and he seems quite unmoved by her. Desiring to marry a man who adores her equally, Letitia Hardy plans a bold deception–to have love as she likes it.

*Common Man Musicals & MSTDA: “The Monkey King”

“The Monkey King: A Kung-fusical” (written by Jonathan & Kimbirdlee Fadner) is a theatrical retelling of an ancient Chinese legend infused with a clever storyline and heart-pumping music. The legend has entertained all ages for centuries with a cast of mythical creatures that can transform and transcend earthly realms and triumph amidst epic battles.