Photo Flash: First Look at Raul Mendez, Hannia Guillen, Priscilla Lopez and More in BATHING IN MOONLIGHT, Opening Tonight at McCarter Theatre Center

A priest is torn between two loves. Marcela (Hannia Guillen) and her Cuban-American
family are struggling and Father Monroe (Raúl Méndez) offers them warmth and kindness. Generosity blossoms into love as the lines between vocation and passion begin to blur. Artistic Director Emily Mann and playwright Nilo Cruz reunite for the first time since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna in the Tropics with this lyrical and romantic new play. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action at McCarter Theatre Center below!

Bathing in Moonlight's cast is an internationally impressive pool of talent, featuring
Raúl Méndez (Father Monroe), Priscilla Lopez (Martina), Hannia Guillen (Marcela),
Katty Velasquez (Trini), Frankie J. Alvarez (Taviano), and Michael Rudko (Bishop Andrew).

The creative/design team for Bathing in Moonlight includes scenic and lighting designer Edward Pierce, whose Broadway credits include Wicked, Billy Elliot, 9 to 5, and A Streetcar Named Desire (Dir: Emily Mann). Pierce returns to McCarter after designing last season's American premiere of Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll. Tony Award-winning Sound Designer Darron L. West (Peter and the Starcatcher) returns to McCarter for his twelfth production, and veteran Broadway costume designer Jennifer Von Mayrhauser returns for her 25th production at McCarter. Casting is by Laura Stanczyk Casting, CSA.

Tickets for Bathing in Moonlight start as low as $25.00 and are on sale now at www.mccarter.org, by phone at (609) 258-2787, or in person at the McCarter Theatre Box Office, located at 91 University Place in Princeton.

Photo Credit: T. Charles Erickson