Photo Flash: NYMF Presents Liars & Believers' LE CABARET GRIMM, Opening Tonight, 7/23

Haley Selmon, ASHLEY LANYON, DAVIE M. KAIN, JENNA SCHOEN, Brandon Timmons, Bart Mather, MERYN BECKETT and ALESSANDRA VAGANEK will star in JASON SLAVICK and CASSANDRA MARSH's LE CABARET GRIMM in the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, beginning tonight, July 23, 2012. Check out photos of the cast and creative team in rehearsal below!

LE CABARET GRIMM is a punk cabaret fairy tale {sans fairies} adapted from Tales of The Brothers Grimm. It tells the story of a young girl thrust into the dark wood who travels the world to save her enchanted prince. LE CABARET GRIMM is darkly comic adult fairy tale of love, loss, unfairness and wishes. It is where Weimar cabaret meets tattoos and piercings, with a score ranging from torch song to ska, and masks, puppets and dance.

With book, lyrics and direction by JASON SLAVICK and music and music direction by CASSANDRA MARSH, LE CABARET GRIMM features choreography by MICHELLE CHASSE (Principal Dancer with Portland Ballet and Ballet New England), mask design by ERIC BORNSTEIN (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Kennedy Library/Museum, Boston Lyric Opera) and puppet design by ALEXANDRA CARPORALE and TYLER BROWN.

Lighting design is by AARON SHERKOW (Huntington Theater Company, American Opera Projects). Costume design is by KENDRA BELL (Song of Songs and 28 Seeds for Liars & Believers). MARC EWART (Song of Songs for Liars & Believers) is the production stage manager. ERICA PRANCE is the assistant stage manager. REBECCA LEIFER is the assistant to the director.

LE CABARET GRIMM will be presented at The 45th St. Theatre Mainstage (354 West 45th Street). Performances will be held tonight, July 23 at 8pm; Tuesday, July 24 at 1pm; Wednesday, July 25 at 9pm; Friday, July 27 at 11pm; and Saturday, July 28 at 7pm and 10pm.

Liars & Believers is a Boston-based experimental theatre company dedicated to creating original, innovative theatre. They are committed to supporting the great artistic talent of Boston through interdisciplinary exchanges. Using their unique collaborative process, they develop their shows with diverse ensembles of performers using live music, dance, puppetry, masks and other artistic disciplines to tell meaningful stories in exciting ways.

The Liars & Believers company is comprised of JASON SLAVICK, RACHEL HOCK, JEFF KUBIATOWICZ, KATE SMOLIK and MARK EWART. The Board of Directors includes JONATHAN GARLICK, AHRON HERRING and JASON SLAVICK.

Now in its ninth year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and their creators to ensure the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.

For tickets, scheduling and further information about LE CABARET GRIMM, visit www.LeCabaretGrimm.com, www.nymf.org/LeCabaretGrimm or find the show on Facebook or Twitter @liarsbelieve.