Wagner College Theatre Presents TITANIC

Wagner College Theatre presents the Tony Award-Winning Musical Titanic with performances from February 23 - March 5, 2017 in the Main Hall Theatre.

Winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score, Maury Yeston's (Nine) and Peter Stone's (1776) musical about the heart-stopping and riveting ride through the final moments of Titanic's fateful journey. features a cast, crew and orchestra of more than 70 artists.

Wagner College Theatre's Titanic is directed by Drew Scott Harris (WCT's The Most Happy Fella, Carousel, Beauty and the Beast), musical staging by Carissa Bellando (WCT '04), with music direction by Dr. Lauri Young (WCT's Anything Goes, A Chorus Line, The Most Happy Fella)

Wagner College Theatre first presented Titanic (2002) on the Mainstage, directed by Drew Scott Harris, with music direction by Dr. Lauri Young.

Wagner College Theatre's production features Daniel Marconi (Thomas Andrews), Gregory Ippolito (Bruce Ismay), Ryan Garbee (Captain E.J. Smith), Matthew Drinkwater (Frederick Barrett), Joseph Cowdrey (Frederick Fleet), Dean Marino (Henry Etches), Garrett Toole (Wallace Hartley), Zachary Norris (Harold Bride), Nicholas Barakos (William Murdoch), Zack Blanchette (Herbert Pittman), Madeline Kendall (Bellhop/Jack Thayer), Bill Wetherbee (Charles Lightoller), Clint Maddox Thompson (Robert Hitchens), Travis Harley (Bell/Boxhall), Santa Claire Hirsch (Ida Straus), Nick Manna (Isidor Straus), Matt Healey (Benjamin Guggenheim), Rachael Houser (Madame Aubert), Liam Abate (John Thayer), Carolyn Savoia (Marion Thayer), Jonah Hale (John J. Astor), Addi Berry (Madeline Astor), Kellen Gaughan (The Major), Miranda Abbott (Lady Countess Bothes), Michael Motkowski (MR. Rogers), Abigail Braizer (Mrs. Rogers), Ryan Moroney (George Widener), Julia Adams (Eleanor Widener), Kaitlin Quann (Charlotte Drake Cardoza), Jasmine Canziani (Edith Corse Evans), John Drinkwater (CharLes Clark), Dana Kluczyk (Caroline Neville), Natalie Schaffer (Alice Beane), Stephen Kallas (Edgar Beane), Albert Nelthropp (Jim Farrell), Gabrielle Baker (Kate McGowan), Lauren Dennis (Kate Mullins), Maggie Eley (Kate Murphey), Emma Pittman and Kolten Bell (The DaMicos).

The creative team includes Phill Hickox (scenic design), Polly Kendrick (costume design), Joanna Catalano (hair/wig/makeup design), Vicki Neal (lighting design), and Richard Kroth (sound design). Anabel Caba is production stage manager. Mara Gannon is dialect coach.

In the final hour of April 14, 1912 the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and 'the unsinkable ship' slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. 1517 men, women and children lost their lives.

Following a delayed preview period and gossip in the newspapers and television, Titanic the Musical opened on Broadway, March 29, 1997, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and played 804 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with a cast that featured Michael Cerveris, John Cunningham, David Garrison, Victoria Clark, Brian D'Arcy James, and WCT Professor Theresa McCarthy.

Staten Island was the destination for 2 passengers on the ship of dreams, 2nd Class passenger Mary Charlotte Davies was headed to Tottenville and William Mellors, another 2nd class passenger was hired by the Richmond County Country Club.

Performances of Titanic are Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm; Located in Main Hall, the Wagner College Theatre box office can be contacted at (718) 390-3259 or boxoffice@wagner.edu. Wagner College Theatre Box Office hours are Monday through Friday 12:00Noon-4:00pm. Single tickets are on sale with price ranges for children, senior and adult tickets. Wagner College students attend free with current ID.

Next on the Mainstage: WCT's Dance Head Rusty Curcio directs Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's Tony Award-Winning musical La Cage aux Folles (April 20-30, 2017).

At Wagner College Theatre's Stage One continues with The Dance Project (February 28-March 5, 2017) and Aaron Posner's take on Chekhov's The Seagull called Stupid F@%king Bird, directed by Mickey Tennenbaum (April 25-30, 2017).