Beautiful Music Contrasts Eerie, Menacing Choreography in Frankenstein - A New Musical

Art-In-Relation, the brainchild of Long Beach producers Jonas Sills and Ray Buffer, will revisit Frankenstein – A New Musical. In 2014, the duo presented this production in its West Coast premiere in Long Beach. This October 7 through 30, 2016, they present a professional, re-staged version in Hollywood, CA for its Hollywood/Los Angeles premiere.

In his quest to discover the secret of life, Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, creates a human of his own design - a horrifying beast who grows to become articulate, cunning, and thirsting for revenge upon the creator who abandoned him.

A tragic love story and exploration of humanity, Frankenstein, A New Musical breathes new life into the world-renowned story of man and creator pitted against one another in epic battle.

Mary Shelley's horror story is brought to new life itself in this gothic, new musical adaptation. With a haunting and breathtaking score, this innovative take on the classic story is a feast for the eyes and ears. It is a timeless tale of man's quest for knowledge, fear of the unknown, love of family and search for acceptance.

Authors Mark Baron, Jeffrey Jackson, and Gary P. Cohen have sought to create a work that was uniquely faithful to Shelley’s original novel while offering a bold, new experience for modern theatre audiences. The result is a thrilling “mindscape” that brings the timeless myth of Frankenstein to life as never before.

If you had the power to bring the dead to life, would you? Shelley’s cautionary tale underscores that monsters are not born, they are made.

“bringing the classic story thrillingly to life,” -Associated Press

“Riveting!” and “Totally exciting.” -Bloomberg Radio

The cast of the production by Art-In-Relation at the Flight Theater (within the Hollywood Complex) is made up of Jonas Sills as Victor Frankenstein; Ray Buffer as The Creature; Kailey Hewitt as Elizabeth; David Michael Trevino as Alphonse; Mallory Staley as Justine; Justin W. Yu as Henry; Ciara D’Anella as Victor’s Mother; Marc Oka as The Blind Man; Megan Makin as Agatha; Colin Eaton and Bradley Bundlie as Young Victor/William; Zachary Franczak as Captain Robert Walton; Jocelyn Sanchez, Mark Lopez, Jon Peterson, Ashley DeMatteo, Stephanie Dietz as Ensemble.

Understudies, Franczak and Lopez will appear in four performances each as Victor Frankenstein and The Creature, respectively.

Frankenstein - a New Musical is directed by Ray Buffer, assistant directed and stage managed by Eric Bridges, music directed by Jonas Sills, choreographed by Jocelyn Sanchez, with costume design by Lily Mitrev, wig and makeup design by Byron Batista, set design by Eugene McDonald, with house and box-office management by Heidi Ornelas-Sills.

Tickets ($35.00-$42.50) may be purchased online at artinrelation.com or by phone at 323-320-2898.

This production contains adult situations, and may not be suitable for children under 13.

Art-In-Relation (AIR) is the invention of Co-Executive Producers Jonas Sills and Ray Buffer. AIR takes its acronym name as a nod to the Hindu deity, Vāyu who was known to give life through breath. Sills and Buffer hope to breathe new life into musical theatre productions, concert music, choral presentations, plays as well as creating opportunities to experience healing arts. Their goal is to house all of these ideas under one roof.

Jonas Sills grew up in Manhattan Beach, CA and was a sought after performer even as a young child. He continued to perform in operas, musicals and plays while also working as a soloist for concerts and churches. Currently Sills is a teacher with LBUSD teaching music in elementary schools and is the executive/artistic director and conductor of the Los Angeles Musical Theatre Youth Chorus.

Ray Buffer grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida and migrated to California in 1999. Buffer has had a career of working in musical theatre performance and film as well as arts management. He has served as an Equity stage manager and actor for several productions, worked in marketing and development for The Laguna Playhouse, spent a year as general manager for Long Beach Opera, and ran his own company in San Pedro for four seasons. Buffer has directed and produced a vast number of musical theatre productions as well as produced stand-up comedy events, burlesque shows and film festivals.

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