Staged to great acclaim last season, this adaptation of George MacDonald’s classic fairy tale follows a young princess cursed to live without gravity. Floating through life unburdened by cares or sorrow, the princess is always just out of reach of everyone around her. If her parents, the King and Queen, don’t help her get back to earth by her 16th birthday, the curse will become permanent. Featuring actors from the A.R.T. Institute Class of 2015, this playful production combines wit and humor, music and movement, to delight both children and their families.
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Discussions
Credits
Creative team
Music & Lyrics
Mike Pettry
Book by
Lila Rose Kaplan
Adapted from
The fairy tale by George MacDonald
Director
Allegra Libonati
Director
Allegra Libonati
A.R.T.: The Pirate Princess, The Light Princess, Hansel and Gretel (Director); The Snow Queen (Director/Adapter); The Donkey Show (Resident Director); The Tempest, Prometheus Bound (Associate Director), Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera, Best of Both Worlds (Assistant Director). OBERON: Once In Hell: Dante’s Inferno in 10 Dinner Courses; Matchmaker, Matchmaker, I’m Willing to Settle: A Musical Guide to Internet Dating. Broadway: HAIR (Assistant Director, Tony Award-winning Revival). Summer Theater of New Canaan: South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, H4 (an original adaptation of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2).
Music Director
Madeline Smith
Choreographers
Jeffrey Kuperman, Rick Kuperman
Scenic Elements Design
Julia Noulin-Merat
Costume Design
Arthur Oliver
Lighting Design
Porsche McGovern
Sound Design
Aaron Mack
Puppet Design
Kathleen Doyle
Production Stage Manager
Liz Haroian
Cast
Queen
Steph Jack
Queen
Steph Jack
Man of Silver/Gravitron
Sean Yves Lessard
Man of Silver/Gravitron
Sean Yves Lessard
Wiseman 1
Ahmad Maksoud
Wiseman 1
Ahmad Maksoud
Wiseman 2
Jason Markoff
Wiseman 2
Jason Markoff
Prince/Gravitron
Alex Molina
Prince/Gravitron
Alex Molina
Princess
Ashley J. ‘Monet’
Princess
Ashley J. ‘Monet’
Man of Stone/Gravitron
Ben Sidell
Man of Stone/Gravitron
Ben Sidell
King/Gravitron
Corey Sullivan
King/Gravitron
Corey Sullivan
Man of Black Diamond/Gravitron
Kevin Wade
Man of Black Diamond/Gravitron
Kevin Wade
Witch
Kristin Wetherington
Witch
Kristin Wetherington
Gravitrons
Dralla Aierken, Kay Smith, Ingrid Werner
Gravitrons
Dralla Aierken, Kay Smith, Ingrid Werner
Band
Piano
Mike Pettry
Violin
Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh
Percussion
Grant Smith
Additional staff
Music Supervisor
Mike Pettry
Assistant Director
Nick O’Leary
Assistant Choreographer
Cheryl Turski
Assistant to the Choreographers
Melanie Comeau
Assistant Stage Manager
Michael George
Dramaturg
Tessa Nelson
Voice Coach
Jeremy Sortore
Costume Design Assistant
Patria Ferragamo
Props Coordinator
John Mangazini
Light Board Programmer
Jeremy Goldberg
Light Board Operator
Derek McCormack
Sound Board Operator
Michael Policare
Deck Audio Tech
Nell Robinson
Stage Crew
Troy Armand
Wardrobe
Leanne Corayer
The Light Princess is performed on the set of the A.R.T. production of O.P.C.
Special Thanks:
Candy Gold; A.R.T. Fairy Tale Theater Students; Pesha Rudnick, Brett Banakis, Bradley King, and Jane Shaw. For the use of Arthur Oliver’s costume designs: Summer Theatre of New Cannan, The Moscow Ballet, and Shakespeare and Company.