DON'T STAY SAFE | prospect-theater

Premiered: 12/30/20

Prospect Theater Company's
VISION Series presents

DON'T STAY SAFE

Book and lyrics by CHERYL L. DAVIS
Music by DOUGLAS J. COHEN

Directed by CHRISTINA FRANKLIN

Featuring IRIS BEAUMIER, LATOYA EDWARDS, NYGEL D. ROBINSON

Music Director JOHN BRONSTON

Cinematography by LESLEY STEELE

Spring 2020, NYC: How can Franki keep both Taylor, her estranged girlfriend, and Eddie, her younger brother, safe?

The final offering in Prospect's 2020 VISION Series line-up reflects on critical events of the past year. This companion piece to Davis & Cohen’s full-length musical Bridges engages with the ongoing struggle for racial equality and civil rights, examining the risks of protest... and the risks of staying safe.

Film Editor JESSIE STEAD

Post Production Services provided by ALIVE, INC.

Production & Projection Design LIANNE ARNOLD

Lighting Design ADAM HONORÉ

Sound Design & Audio Engineering KEVIN HEARD

Production & Project Management JOSH CAPE

Line Producer DEV BONDARIN

Pictured L to R: Nygel D. Robinson, Iris Beaumier, Latoya Edwards. Images by Lesley Steele.

Musical theater performer, director, and Founding Artistic Director of The New American Theatre Company NY -- DeMone Seraphin -- hosts a post-screening discussion with members of the DON'T STAY SAFE creative team and cast.

Prospect’s VISION Series is a music-theater-on-film initiative made possible with leadership project support from Leonard Majzlin, and by Somerled Arts

Filmed at the West End Theatre, 283 West 86th St, NYC,
in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew.

Health and Safety Supervisor: Zoe Grabinski, M.D.