New York City Children's Theater (NYCCT) has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming world premiere of The Pocket Park Kids, directed by Tony nominee Anika Larsen (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and co-written by Larsen and Orlando Bishop (Dinner for Two). Performances will run February 22-March 15 at Theatre Row.
The cast will include Christian Caro (The Voices In Your Head) as Ashe, Jade Byfield as Rio, Noma Mirny as Frankie, Yanniv Frank (Sesame Street the Musical) as Honey the Parakeet, Richard Perez Jr. as Kai, and Rosa Armendariz as Willow. Swings Sammy Rivas (Fowl Play) and Chlo毛 Wendler will round out the company.
The Pocket Park Kids tells the story of a group of neighborhood kids coming together to save a neglected city park. The work is inspired by the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainability, and encourages audiences to embrace environmental stewardship and community action.
The production will feature scenic design by Eli Golding, costume design by Antonio Consuegra (On Your Feet!), sound design by Glenn Potter Takata (5G Maitreya), lighting design by Ian Garrett, puppet design by Evolve Puppets (Tanya Khordoc & Barry Weil), and prop design by Nicole Denise White. Sloane Fisher will serve as production stage manager, with Jen Garvey-Blackwell (Interviewing the Audience) as consulting producer.
鈥淥ver the past couple of years, I鈥檝e become a passionate advocate for sustainable practices in theatre and beyond," Larsen said in a statement. "The UN Global Goals for sustainability provide an elegant framework for understanding the world鈥檚 problems and how all of us have the power to help solve them, so I was excited to incorporate them into a play for New York City Children鈥檚 Theater. It鈥檚 been thrilling to see the talented creative team of The Pocket Park Kids embrace the challenge of making this production joyfully sustainable with every choice we make.鈥�
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