WORLD PREMIERE
Book by Lila Rose Kaplan
Music & Lyrics by Mike Pettry
Directed by Allegra Libonati
Featuring Actors from the A.R.T. Institute Class of 2016
From the creators of the A.R.T.’s hit The Light Princess comes a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. When a giant sea monster destroys their ship, seafaring twins Violet and Victor are separated. Lost in a world of rowdy pirates and lovesick royals, the siblings must be crafty and brave to reunite. Adapted from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this family musical is appropriate for all ages.
Read more
Setting Sail: An Interview with Director Allegra Libonati
Click here to read the show’s program.
Click here to read more about the show in our winter Guide.
Click here to view a downloadable PDF of the Sensory Sensitive Social Story.
Notable dates
Age Appropriateness
Ages 5 and up.
Sensory Friendly
Dec. 28, 2PM
Credits
Creative team
Music and Lyrics
Mike Pettry
Book
Lila Rose Kaplan
Scenic Elements Design
Julia Noulin-Merat
Costume Design
Neil Fortin
Lighting Design
Chris Hudacs
Sound Design
Dewey Dellay
Puppet Design
Michael Kane
Puppet Design
Michael Kane
A.R.T.: Futurity: A Musical by The Lisps (Japhy), As You Like It (Duke Senior), The Snow Queen (Grandfather), The Donkey Show (DJ). A.R.T. Institute: Nutcracker Turbo (and Other Love Stories). Theater: Montana Repertory, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Colorado Shakespeare. Michael received a B.F.A. at the University of Montana and is a graduate of the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
Music Director
Brian Ge
Music Director
Brian Ge
A.R.T.: Endlings, The Black Clown (Rehearsal Accompanist), Jagged Little Pill (Music Intern), Burn All Night (Assistant Music Director), Violet (Assistant Music Director/
Stage Manager
Erin Kearney
Choreographer
Cheryl Turski
Choreographer
Cheryl Turski
Cheryl Turski is a 2007 graduate of the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training. While there she performed in Zoya's Apartment, The Front Page, and The Killing Game. Cheryl has also worked with the Chicago companies Serendipity Theatre Company and Chicago Dance Crash as an actor, and TP&R Casting as a casting director. She is currently teaching voice and speech at the Boston Conservatory.
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).
Cast
Feisty
Janice Amaya
Feisty
Janice Amaya
Janice Amaya (they/them) is an actor, theatermaker, and organizer based in New York City. There they have been working for years with organizations such as the New Sanctuary Coalition, Performance Space New York, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, and Pipeline Theatre Company, to name a few. They are also a founding member of The Hummm, a theater collective whose aim is to democratize the experimental. Currently they are touring and leading virtual engagements with CARTOGRAPHY, a show that combines simple storytelling with interactive video technology to recount experiences of modern-day migration from a youth perspective and empowers viewers of all ages to share their experiences of searching for home. They are extremely excited to be back at the American Repertory Theater, where they trained at the Institute for Advanced Theater Training (Class of 2016).
Band
Piano/Conductor
Brian Ge
Piano/Conductor
Brian Ge
A.R.T.: Endlings, The Black Clown (Rehearsal Accompanist), Jagged Little Pill (Music Intern), Burn All Night (Assistant Music Director), Violet (Assistant Music Director/
Keyboard/Acoustic Guitar/Mandolin
Mike Pettry
Violin
Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh
Additional staff
Music Supervisor/Orchestrator
Mike Pettry
Production Manager
Katherine HM Clanton
Fight Choreographer
Ted Hewlett
Fight Choreographer
Ted Hewlett
A.R.T.: Life of Pi, Charlotte’s Web, The Pirate Princess. Broadway: Shōgun, Marquis Theater. Off-Broadway: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, New World Stages. Regional: Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Syracuse Stage, SITI Company, Lyric Stage. Film: Hook, Army of Darkness. Faculty: Emerson College; Shakespeare & Company.
Assistant Director
Sammi Cannold
Assistant Director
Sammi Cannold
A.R.T. (Director): Endlings, Violet. Sammi Cannold is one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment and has worked on and off Broadway as well as for CBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, Apple TV, and Cirque du Soleil. Credits: Sunset Boulevard, Kennedy Center; Evita, New York City Center; Carmen, Rose Hall, Lincoln Center; Endlings, New York Theatre Workshop; How to Dance in Ohio, Syracuse Stage; Ragtime on Ellis Island. Additional: A.R.T. Artistic Fellow, member of Cirque du Soleil’s Creative Cognoscenti, Sundance Institute Fellow. Education/Training: BA, Stanford University; MA, Harvard University. @sammi.cannold, sammicannold.com
Assistant Stage Manager
Emily R. Millman
Dramaturg
James Montaño
Voice Coach
Matthew Hultgren
Props Master
Jonathan Maganzini
Assistant Costume Designer
Raissa Bretana
Music Assistant
Isaac Alter
Light Board Programmer
Jeremy Goldenberg
Light Board Operator
Margaret Lorincz
Audio Mixer
Harry Chaikin
Deck Audio Tech
Ken Thurber
Stage Crew
Aaron Cohen
Wardrobe