ZOETIC STAGE AND THE ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
PRESENT THE SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE OF FRANKENSTEIN
A fresh adaptation of one of the great horror stories of all time arrives just in time for Halloween
Thursday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. –Preview
Friday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Opening Night
Through Sunday, October 31 --- Tickets: $50, $55*
CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER
Kicks off the 2021-2022 season for Zoetic Stage and
the Arsht Center’s 2021-2022 Theater Up Close series
Zoetic Stage and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@ArshtCenter) are proud to present the South Florida premiere of FRANKENSTEIN, Nick Dear’s theatrical adaptation of one of the great horror stories of all time. Playing from October 14 through Halloween in the Arsht Center’s intimate Carnival Studio Theater, FRANKENSTEIN kicks off Zoetic Stage’s 2021-2022 season and the tenth anniversary season of the Arsht Center’s 2021-2022 Theater Up Close series.
Tickets to FRANKENSTEIN are $50 and $55*. Tickets may be purchased at the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online atarshtcenter.org.
“We are thrilled to bring live theater back to Zoetic Stage and the Arsht Center with such an extraordinary play, featuring incredible actors and creatives at the top of their game. My hope is to bring the community together safely as we revisit this classic tale whose universal themes of humanity and divinity still resonate today,” said Artistic Director Stuart Meltzer.
One of the great horror stories of all time, Mary Shelley’s classic tale of gods and monsters still fascinates two hundred years after its 1818 publication! First presented at the National Theatre in London, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Nick Dear’s adaptation is highly theatrical and surprisingly relevant. Employing striking images and beautifully poetic language, this play explores the very nature of good and evil, brought to life with thrilling and heartbreaking results.
From the Creature’s first moments on stage, as he writhes out of an organic pod, the audience is swept into a breathtaking whirlwind of emotional storytelling through imagery and movement.
With daring and stylized staging, comes a humane, insightful retelling of the original story, focusing on the plight of the Creature and his desperate journey to fit into a world that won’t accept him. This will be a theatrical event like none other!
FRANKENSTEIN features a local cast led by Daniel Capote (Victor Frankenstein) and Gabriell Salgado (The Creature). Daniel Capote is an award-winning, Miami-born, Cuban American actor. This is his third collaboration with Zoetic Stage after playing the roles of Jonathan Harker in Dracula and Mick in The Caretaker. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and was recently seen in The Acting Companyʼs online reading of Anna in the Tropics. Gabriell Salgado is a Miami native who is officially making his professional debut with Zoetic Stage in FRANKENSTEIN. He is a graduate of New World School of the Arts and was recently seen in Seven Deadly Sins produced by Miami New Drama.
The supporting cast of FRANKENSTEIN includes Lindsey Corey, Henry Gainza, Jeni Hacker, Imran Hylton, Ross Kaplan, Matthew W. Korinko, Alessandro J. Lopez, Nate Promkul, Donesha Rose, Barry Tarallo and Seth Trucks.
FRANKENSTEIN is directed by Zoetic Stage Artistic Director Stuart Meltzer. He is the recipient of numerous Carbonell Awards for Best Director. He is also a Carbonell Award winner for Best New Work for his play The Goldberg Variations. Altogether, he has been honored with eighteen Carbonell nominations. Fuácata! or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe, a one-woman show he co-wrote with Elena Maria Garcia just finished a successful run at Actors’ Playhouse.
His directing credits include American Son, The Wolves, Sweeney Todd, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Dracula, Fun Home, Dancing Lessons, Wrongful Death and Other Circus Acts, Topdog/Underdog, The Caretaker, Sunday in the Park with George, After, Passion, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Stripped, Betrayal, Trust, Detroit, The Great God Pan, Assassins and Fear Up Harsh. He is the recipient of five Silver Palm Awards for his work as the Resident Director of Zoetic Stage. He received his MFA in Directing from the Actors’ Studio in 2002.
The play’s creative team features scenic and properties design by Natalie Taveras and Jodi Dellaventura, lighting design by Rebecca
Montero, costume design by Marina Pareja, makeup by Kelly Flores, sound design by Matt Corey and choral direction by Anthony Cabrera.
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HOME
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the townsfolk of Gander (including Claude the mayor, Oz the police constable, Beulah the teacher, Bonnie the SPCA worker and others) describe life in Newfoundland and how they learn of the terrorist attacks taking place in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania ("Welcome to the Rock").
The attacks result in US airspace being closed, forcing 38 international aircraft to be diverted and land unexpectedly at the Gander airport, doubling the population of the small Newfoundland town, which is unequipped for the influx of stranded travelers ("38 Planes"). The Gander townspeople spring to action and prepare to house, feed, clothe, and comfort the nearly 7,000 passengers (along with 19 animals in cargo) ("Blankets and Bedding"). Meanwhile, the pilots, flight attendants and passengers are initially not permitted to leave the planes, forcing them to deal with confusing and conflicting information about what has happened and why they were suddenly grounded ("28 Hours / Wherever We Are").
Once allowed off the planes and transferred to various emergency shelters in and around Gander ("Darkness and Trees"), the passengers and crew watch replays of the attacks on the news and learn the true reason why they were grounded ("Lead Us Out of the Night"). The frightened and lonely passengers desperately try to contact their families and pray for their loved ones, while the townsfolk work through the night to help them in any and every way they can ("Phoning Home / Costume Party"). The travelers are initially taken aback by their hosts' uncommon hospitality, but they slowly let their guards down and begin to bond with the quirky townsfolk and each other. The "islanders" in Gander and the surrounding towns open up their homes to the "plane people", regardless of their guests' race, nationality or sexual orientation. Two women, Beulah (from Gander) and Hannah (from New York), bond over the fact that both of their sons are firefighters, but Hannah's son is missing ("I Am Here"). Hannah asks Beulah to take her to a Catholic church, and a number of characters make their way to other houses of worship around town ("Prayer").
To alleviate rising fear and mounting tensions ("On The Edge"), the passengers are invited to be initiated as honorary Newfoundlanders at the local bar ("Heave Away / Screech In"). The gravity of the attacks nevertheless continues to set in as US airspace is eventually reopened. One trailblazing pilot, Beverley Bass, comments on how her once optimistic view of the world has suddenly changed ("Me and the Sky"). While one pair of passengers starts to develop a romance despite the terrible thing that brought them together ("Stop the World"), another pair sees their long-term relationship fall apart under the stress of the event.
As the passengers and crew fly away to their homes, they joyously exchange stories of the immense kindness and generosity that was shown to them by the Newfoundland strangers in their time of need ("Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere"), but not before a Muslim traveler, faced with increasing prejudice from his fellow passengers, undergoes a humiliating strip search prior to boarding. The townsfolk in Gander return to normal life, but comment on how empty their town now seems and how different the world now feels. The passengers and airline staff who return to the United States are faced with the horror of the attacks' aftermath—including Hannah, who learns that her firefighter son lost his life during the rescue efforts ("Something's Missing").
Ten years later, the crew and passengers (the "come from away") of the once stranded planes reunite in Gander, this time by choice, to celebrate the lifelong friendships and strong connections they formed in spite of the terrorist attacks ("Finale"). As Claude the mayor professes, "Tonight we honour what was lost, but we also commemorate what we found."
THE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
TICKETS TO ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AT NOON.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is pleased to announce 30 new shows for its upcoming 15th Anniversary season
plus a special deal to mark the Center’s season opening.
From 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. on September 30, all ticket fees will be waived.
PERFORMANCES JUST ANNOUNCED INCLUDE:
Pour Your Art Out: Pumpkin Decorating (October 16, 2021)
Pour Your Art Out: Make Your Own Ofrenda (October 30, 2021)
City Theatre: War Words (November 10, 2021)
José Luis de La Paz: INTROSPECTIVE Flamenco Guitar Concert (November 20, 2021)
Pictures at an Exhibition: Frost Symphony Orchestra and Gerard Schwarz (December 4, 2021)
Fly with MISO (February 6, 2022)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (February 25, 2022)
MISO Presents an Evening with Maria João Pires (March 13, 2022)
America’s Wonders: A 3D Cinematic and Musical Journey (March 20, 2022)
Malevo (March 24, 2022)
Flamenco Festival Miami XIII: Miguel Poveda in Concert (April 10, 2022)
Flamenco Festival Miami XIII: Stars of Flamenco (April 21, 2022)
Flamenco Festival Miami XIII: Compañía Manuel Liñán (April 23, 2022)
In The Heights (May 20-21, 2022)
City Theatre: Summer Shorts 25: Program A: All New Shorts (June 2 – July 2, 2022)
City Theatre: Summer Shorts 25: Program B: Best of the Fest (June 3 – July 2, 2022)
City Theatre: Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (June 22 – July 10, 2022)
Blue Man Group (June 29 – July 3, 2022)
IN ADDITION TO THESE NEW SHOWS, TICKETS FOR THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PERFORMANCES
WILL GO ON SALE FOR THE FIRST TIME:
City Theatre: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (December 2-19, 2021)
Miami City Ballet: Nutcracker (December 16-26, 2021)
Dianne Reeves: Christmastime is Here (December 17, 2021)
New World Symphony: Beethoven 5 (January 15, 2022)
The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (January 21, 2022)
Florida Grand Opera: A Streetcar Named Desire (January 22-25, 2022)
The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami: Mozart and Dvořák (January 28, 2022)
Miami City Ballet: Swan Lake (February 11-13, 2022)
Florida Grand Opera: Rigoletto (February 12-15, 2022)
New World Symphony: Denéve and Debussy (March 5, 2022)
Miami City Ballet: Jewels (April 1-2, 2022)
Miami City Ballet: Prodigal Son (May 6-8, 2022)
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