Photo Flash: First Look at The New Colony's PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS, Opening Tonight

The New Colony launches its 2017 Season with the fantasy adventure PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS by Sean Kelly, directed by Krissy Vanderwarker, playing now through February 12, 2017 at The New Colony's resident home, The Den Theatre's Upstairs Main Stage, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. The press opening is tonight, January 16, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS features David Cerda, Matt Farabee, Jack McCabe, Morgan McNaught, Carlos Olmedo, Christine Mayland Perkins and Michael Peters.

The library is closed. The curtains are drawn. A Bunsen burner flicks on in the dark. The librarians sip their glowing elixir and the room spins with color and light. One more time. One last fight at the barrier between reality... and the anyverse.

"We added Psychonaut Librarians to our season because we love Sean's ability to tackle issues our audiences are wrestling with in their normal lives, but through the lens of fantastical imagination," comments Co-Artistic Director Andrew Hobgood. "When deciding on the director to partner with Sean on this project - Krissy quickly became the obvious choice. She is one of the most proven directors of new works on the Chicago storefront scene and has tackled some of the most bizarre and imaginative new plays to hit Chicago in the last decade."

The production team for PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS includes: Yeaji Kim (scenic and projections design), Catherine Tantillo (costume design), Alexander Ridgers (lighting design), Matthew Muñiz (sound design and original score), Breanne Ward and Evan Troost (puppet design), Sam Krey (violence design), Monica Thomas (choreography), Carl Ulaszek (props design, production manager, technical director), Michael Cotey (associate director), Monica M. Brown (stage manager) and Kira Gaudynski (asst. stage manager).

Tickets are currently available at www.thenewcolony.org.

Photo Credit: Evan Hanover

(front, right) David Cerda with (back, l to r) Morgan McNaught, Carlos Olmedo, Christine Mayland Perkins and Michael Peters

Matt Farabee and Christine Mayland Perkins

Jack McCabe, Christine Mayland Perkins and Matt Farabee

Christine Mayland Perkins, Michael Peters and Carlos Olmedo

David Cerda and Christine Mayland Perkins

Morgan McNaught, Carlos Olmedo and Michael Peters

Christine Mayland Perkins and Matt Farabee