See Dark of the Moon stars Lesli Margherita, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Ava Delaney, and more celebrate the new musical's world premiere at Rubicon Theatre Company. Dark of the Moon began performances March 29 and celebrated opening night April 1. The run will continue through April 16. See Broadway alum Margherita mark the new musical's opening above.
Based on the 1945 Broadway play of the same name, Dark of the Moon is directed by Rubicon Co-Founder James O'Neil and features choreography by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies), musical supervision by Brad Haak, musical direction by Brent Crayon, and arrangements by Dillon Kondor.
The cast consists of Ava Delaney as Barbara Allen, Jake David Smith as John, Jennifer Leigh Warren as Conjur Woman, Timothy Warmen as Conjur Man, Olivier winner Lesli Margherita as Raven, Juliette Redden as Arwen, Dylan Goike as Devin, Teri Bibb as Gemma Allen, Joseph Fuqua as Thomas Allen, CJ Cruz as Floyd, Anna Demaria as Ella, Jane Macfie as Patricia Bergen, Phillip Attmore as Uncle Deuce, Heather Youmans as Katie, Trevor Wheetman as Trevor, Sylvie Davidson as Saoirse, Marc Cardiff as Preacher Haggler, Michael Allen Deni as Marvin, and Michael Stone Forrest as Ralph Wharton.
Ensemble members include Ximena Valentina Alvear, Madeline Marquis, Lauralyn McClelland, Mark C. Reis, Spencer Ty, and Anastacia Noelle Jones.
See the opening night photos below.
Ximena Valentina Alvear, Spencer Ty, Anastacia Jones, Lauralyn McClelland, and Anna Demaria celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Jennifer Leigh Warren celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Anna Demaria, Ava Delaney and Spencer Ty celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Dylan Goike, Anna Demaria, and Lesli Margherita celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Michael Deni, Cj Cruz, Jane Macfie, Heather Youmans, and Phillip Attmore celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Timothy Warmen, Ximena Valentina Alvear, and Marc Cardiff celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Juliette Redden and Jake David Smith celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Ava Delaney and Heather Youmans celebrate Dark of the Moon: A New Musical's opening night
Based on Howard Richardson and William Berney's play, the new production is adapted and written by Jonathan Prince with music and lyrics by songwriters Lindy Robbins, Dave Bassett, and Steve Robson.
Dark of the Moon follows John, a witch boy from the Smoky Mountains, who falls in love with Barbara Allen, a beautiful and rebellious mortal who longs for more than she finds in the fictitious Appalachian town of Buck Creek. John makes a deal with the conjur people to give up his immortality if he and Barbara can stay true to each other for a year.
The production also has set design by Mike Billings, lighting and projection design by Andrew Schmedake, sound design by Jonathan Burke, costume design by Pamela Shaw, props and furniture design by Alex Choate, fight choreography by Patrick Vest, and dialect consulting by Joel Goldes.
Phil Gold serves as production stage manager with Stephanie Coltrin as associate producer.
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