Photo Flash: Meet the Cast & Creative Team of A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME at York Theatre Company

What's cookin'? Meet the Cast and Creative Team of the New York premiere production of the saucy new musical A Taste of Things to Come with book, music and lyrics by Debra Barsha (Radiant Baby) and Hollye Levin (Funny Business). Making her directorial debut is Lorin Latarro(Waitress), who will do double-duty as choreographer; music direction is by Gillian Berkowitz (Unexpected Joy). The four-member, all-female cast will feature Janet Dacal (Wonderland), Paige Faure (Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella), Allison Guinn (On the Town), and Autumn Hurlbert(Legally Blonde, York's Tomorrow Morning). The four-member, all-female cast will feature Janet Dacal (Wonderland), Paige Faure (Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella), Allison Guinn (On the Town), and Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde, York's Tomorrow Morning). See pictures below!

Performances are set to begin Wednesday, November 9, 2016 for a limited engagement through Sunday, December 11, 2016 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

Opening Night is Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

A Taste of Things to Come. It's the 1950s. The beginning of rock n' roll. The racial barrier has begun to crack. The Korean War is over, husbands are returning home and the Cold War has begun. Ronald Reagan is a model for Lifebuoy Soap and Rock Hudson is on the cover of LIFE Magazine as "The World's Most Eligible Bachelor." And women are getting antsy. Smack dab in the middle of America, in Winnetka, IL, four friends gather for a weekly Betty Crocker cooking contest, imagining how the prizes might change their lives. Usually, it's LIFE Magazine that's read cover to cover in between mixing, sifting, and chopping. However, a different kind of reading material arrives, and shocked (but inspired) by the Kinsey Report, their lives take an interesting set of turns. In an age that believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, they will discover that the way to a woman's heart is through her best friends. The first mainstage production of the season, A Taste of Things to Come will inaugurate the newly renovated York Theatre space (new seats, new carpeting, new look). It is presented in association with Staci Levine and What's Cookin' LLC.

The creative team includes Steven C. Kemp (set), Dana Burkart (costumes), Nathan Scheuer (lighting), Daniel J. Gerhard (sound), Josh Yocom (props), and Justin West (projections). Casting is by Joy Dewing. The Production Stage Manager is Veronica Aglow with Assistant Stage Manager Hollace Jeffords. A Taste of Things to Come was conceived by Hollye Levin and has Orchestrations and Dance Arrangements by Debra Barsha with Lena Gabrielle and Vocal Arrangements by Debra Barsha. It was originally produced at Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA: Alexander Fraser, Robyn Goodman, Stephen Kocis, Josh Fiedler, Producers. A recording will be available on BMG.

Photos courtesy of The York Theatre Company

The Company

Gillian Berkowitz, Debra Barsha, Allison Guinn, Janet Dacal, Lorin Latarro, Paige Faure, Autumn Hurlbert, Hollye Levin

Allison Guinn, Janet Dacal, Lorin Latarro, Paige Faure, Autumn Hurlbert

Gillian Berkowitz, Debra Barsha, Lorin Latarro, Hollye Levin

Debra Barsha and Hollye Levin (book/music/lyrics)

Gillian Berkowitz (music director)

Lorin Latarro (director/choreographer)

Allison Guinn, Janet Dacal, Paige Faure, Autumn Hurlbert

Autumn Hurlbert

Allison Guinn

Paige Faure

Janet Dacal