Prospect Theater Sets Cast of VOTE FOR ME: A MUSICAL DEBATE

Prospect Theater Company, under the leadership of Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director and Melissa Huber, Managing Director, in partnership with producer Alexander Baron, continues its 2016 IGNITE Series at The TimesCenter (242 W 41st Street), with a one-night concert of Vote For Me: A Musical Debate, by Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen, authors of the recent Off-Broadway hit, Straight.

Vote For Me is an irreverent, 90-minute one-act musical that pits two fictional Presidential candidates against each other, singing their way through the three-ring circus of American politics and hot-button issues, with the outcome of the debate -- and finale of the show -- determined by audience vote. The concert will take place on Saturday, June 25 at 8pm, directed by Amy Rogers with music direction by Alexander Rovang.

The debate will be moderated by Drama Desk Award Winner Kenita R. Miller (Prospect's Working, Broadway's Xanadu) playing news reporter Robyn Fiedler; and will feature two Prospect alumni, Jason Collins (Prospect's Once Upon A Time in New Jersey, Who's Your Baghdaddy?) as Republican candidate, Senator Buddy Rounsaville; and Amy Jo Jackson (Prospect's Nymph Errant) as Democratic candidate, Governor Janet Tilghman. The company also includes Prospect newcomers Brennan Caldwell, Hakim Rashad McMillan, and Sarah Ziegler. Vote For Me premiered at the 2010 New York Musical Theater Festival, played a sold out run Off-Broadway at Roy Arias Stages in the summer of 2014, and opened to rave reviews in London in summer 2015 with the London Theatre Workshop. Launched in 2015, Prospect's IGNITE Series is an ongoing concert initiative at The TimesCenter, featuring today's new voices shaping tomorrow's musical theater. Reflecting Prospect's dedication to fostering and producing work by emerging artists, IGNITE Series programming will include premieres of original material by award-winning songwriters; cutting-edge creations straight from Prospect's annual Musical Theater Lab; and concert presentations of new musicals.

Single tickets are $20, $30 and $40, and may be obtained through online purchase at www.ProspectTheater.org or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, beginning at 7pm on the night of the concert.

The TimesCenter (www.TheTimesCenter.com) is located at 242 West 41st Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, in the heart of NYC's Times Square District. The venue features a 378-seat auditorium with state-of-the-art lighting, sound, and video capability, and a Steinway Concert Grand Piano.