Prospect Theater Company To Present the Off-Broadway Premiere of Carner and Gregor's UNLOCK'D, Beginning 6/16

Prospect Theater Company, one of America's leading producers of new musical theater, will present the Off-Broadway premiere of UNLOCK'D, winner of a Richard Rodgers Award and a "Best of Fest" winner at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Performances begin June 16, 2013 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street project. UNLOCK'D is presented by special arrangement with Judy Loseff Lavin.

The announcement was made today by Cara Reichel and Melissa Huber, the Producing Artistic Director and Managing Director of Prospect Theater Company.

UNLOCK'D is an original musical comedy featuring book and lyrics by Sam Carner and music by Derek Gregor. Clarissa is tired of living in the shadow of her flirtatious sister Belinda, the most adored woman in 18th Century England. Wits sharpened and scissors in hand, Clarissa sets out to cut Belinda - and her glorious locks of hair - down to size... and to find a man of her own! Through an innovative score featuring electric guitar alongside harpsichord and strings, four star-crossed lovers and the mischievous spirits that surround them are each unwittingly "unlocked" to their true feelings and identities.

Carner and Gregor have developed UNLOCK'D through workshops at Theatre Works (Palo Alto) and at the Ravinia Festival, as well as a 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival production which won "Best of Fest." Their new musical Island Song has been developed at Princeton University and Western Carolina University, and recently premiered in concert at Le Poisson Rouge. Island Song will also have workshops over the coming months at the Bloomington Playwrights Project and the Balagan Theatre in Seattle. Carner and Gregor also presented the concert Sing, But Don't Tell at NYMF 2009 and Buzzed, a 2010 concert with 12 cast members from the Broadway cast of Hair. Three of their songs have been nominated for MAC Awards ("Sing, But Don't Tell", "After Hours" and "Make It Here"). Their short children's piece Love, Splat is slated for production in TheatreWorks/USA's The Teacher from the Black Lagoon.

UNLOCK'D will be directed and choreographed by Marlo Hunter, who was recently awarded the first Alec Baldwin Directing Fellowship and serves as Director of Script Development for WET Productions. She is the founder of Eating Their Words, pairing playwrights and chefs for an unprecedented artistic collaboration. Through ETW she commissioned and directed new plays by Neil LaBute, Douglas Carter Beane, Theresa Rebeck, Annie Baker, Amy Herzog, Beau Willimon and Sarah Treem, among others. She recently returned to Broadway as Associate Choreographer on The Roundabout's Picnic. Additional NY credits as choreographer include Prospect Theater Company's The Rockae and The Taxi Cabaret. She will direct the upcoming workshop of Carner and Gregor's Island Song at the Balagan Theatre in Seattle.

Brad Haak (Mary Poppins, Lestat) is the music supervisor. Scenic design is by Wilson Chin (Next Fall). Costume design is by Amy Clark (Chaplin The Musical). Lighting design is by Cory Pattak (Cole Porter's NYMPH ERRANT, With Glee). Sound design is by Kurt Fischer (Rent, Everyday Rapture). Jason Najjoum (Working, Myths and Hymns) is the casting director.

For more information including ticketing and schedule details, please visit www.ProspectTheater.org.

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