Photo Flash: First Look at [PORTO] Premiering Off-Broadway

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the Off-Broadway premiere of [PORTO], currently in performances at WP Theater (2162 Broadway). Check out the photos below! The production, which is presented by WP and The Bushwick Starr in association with New Georges, officially opens on Tuesday, February 6 and is running through Sunday February 25.

A woman walks into a bar. Her name is Porto. She's a regular. She likes this bar: serious food, serious wine, serious bartender--a staple in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood (perhaps Bushwick?). Her friends, her wine, and her artisanal snacks are there; her doubts about being a Modern Woman are put on snooze. A handsome stranger walks in and orders something special. Disruption ensues: an upside-down romantic comedy unfolds inside and outside her head. Desires of all kinds are awakened with a ferocious thump. A nice smile is a nice smile, but can we enjoy the sausage once we know how it's made? [PORTO] reunites Benson and Evans, whose last collaboration, the Obie Award-winning A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes, was a smash success at WP Theater in 2015.

[PORTO] stars Noel Joseph Allain (Luft Gangster, Queerspawn), Kate Benson, Ugo Chukwu (Ripcord, JOB), Jorge Cordova (Moment of Zen, Hillary), Leah Karpel (The Harvest, Pocatello) and Julia Sirna-Frest (Welcome to the Gun Show, A Tunnel Year). It features set design by Kristen Robinson (Company - Barrington, Esais' Table) costumes by Obie Award winner Ásta Bennie Hostetter (The Wolves, Smokefall, John), lighting by Amith Chandrashaker (Twelfth Night - The Public, Her Requiem), and sound design by Kate Marvin (Somebody's Daughter, Happy Days).

[PORTO] features set design by Kristen Robinson (Company - Barrington, Esais' Table) costumes by Obie Award winner Ásta Bennie Hostetter (The Wolves, Smokefall, John), lighting by Amith Chandrashaker (Twelfth Night - The Public, Her Requiem), and sound design by Kate Marvin (Somebody's Daughter, Happy Days). WP Lab alum Rachel Karpf(Stuffed, Queens) and John Del Gaudio (the food was terrible, Comfort Dogs: Live from the Pink House) are the line producers for this production

Photo Credit: Maria Baranova