WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA To Have Regional Premiere at Ancram Center
Running July 11–20 in the Hudson Valley.
Ancram Center for the Arts will present the regional premiere of WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA, running July 11–20 in the Hudson Valley. Written by Jeff Augustin with music by The Bengsons, the play will be directed by stage and screen veteran Christopher Windom (RESPECT, Choir Boy).
Told through alternating monologues and live music, the play follows the emotional journeys of Jean, a Haitian immigrant who becomes a baggage handler in Miami, and his estranged son Jonah, a gay man who travels cross-country to retrieve his father’s remains and return them to Haiti. Through their parallel stories, WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA explores identity, distance, and the ties that connect us—however imperfectly.
The cast features Tai Bennett (Power Book II: Ghost, All American) as Jean, and Kristofer Wilson (Shakespeare & Company, founding member of Lucien Theatre Company) as Jonah. Onstage musicians Kaia Dedek and Andy Stack accompany the production, performing original music by Abigail and Shaun Bengson (Hundred Days, The Lucky Ones).
Playwright Jeff Augustin’s work has been staged by Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, and Berkeley Rep. The Bengsons are Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Drama League nominees and recipients of Jonathan Larson and Richard Rodgers Awards.
|
Oklahoma! The Glimmerglass Festival (7/10-8/17) |
|
OFC Creations Theatre Presents: Miss Saigon OFC Creations Theatre Center (5/06-5/23) |
|
BOOP! The Musical Proctors Theatre (10/13-10/18) |
|
PIPPIN, A Bridge Street Theatre Emerging Artists Production Bridge Street Theatre (7/09-7/19) |
|
The Phantom of the Opera Proctors Theatre (6/23-7/04) |
|
Dogfight Theatre444 (8/21-8/29) |
|
Elvis My: Way Brandon Bennett sings Elvis Presley Geva Theatre (7/09-7/19) |
|
SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company Lehman Center for the Performing Arts (12/10-12/10) |
|
The Last American Newspaper Capital Repertory Theatre (9/25-10/18) |
|
Just in Time Proctors Theatre (6/01-6/06) |