Prospect Theater Co & Greymatters will present benefit concert of THE FLOOD
8/22/2018 4:05pm
THE FLOOD, an original musical inspired by the historic 1993 Mississippi River Floods, will receive a one night only concert presentation at The TimesCenter (242 W 41st St) on Sat Sept 8 at 8:00 PM. Produced by Prospect Theater Company, the reading kicks off their 2018-2019 season and this IGNITE series concert is presented in partnership with Greymatters Productions. Co-created by founding company artists Peter Mills (co-writer: book, music and lyrics) and Cara Reichel (co-writer: book, music and lyrics; direction) with musical direction by Katya Stanislavskaya, this special event commemorates the 25th anniversary of the devastating 1993 flood of the Mississippi River, and will benefit the continued recovery of hurricane-affected communities in Puerto Rico through a related UNIDOS campaign. The cast to be announced shortly, will be joined by a chorus of more than 30 singers from Monroe County and Valmeyer, Illinois - the community which survived the Great Flood of 1993 and whose stories inspired the musical. "The Flood" was initially developed by Prospect in spring, 2001, and presented in a workshop production on the Lower East Side. Subsequently, Prospect presented an off-Broadway run in 2006.Tickets can be purchased at www.ProspectTheater.org or by calling 212/352-3101. Press contact: Scott Klein/Keith Sherman & Associates (212/764-7900)...