The Alchemist

Theatre
Name: New World Stages/ Stage V
Address: 340 W 50th Street, New York, NY 10019
Production Information
First performance date: November 7, 2021
Opening date: November 7, 2021
Closing date: December 15, 2021
External Links: Official Website


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Production Description
LONDON. 1606. It’s plague time again. When a wealthy gentleman flees to the country, his trusted servant opens his house to a pair of con artists and sets up a den of criminal capitalism. Claiming alchemical powers, the quick-witted trio fleece an onslaught of greedy sheep with their virtuosic ability to improvise amidst increasingly frantic comings and goings. It’s comic gold with dupes, double-dupes, duels, disguises, and a lucky flea named “Lewis”.
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Red Bull Theater Producer
Jesse Berger Founding Artistic Director
Jim Bredeson Managing Director
  
Ben Jonson Playwright
Jeffrey Hatcher1 Adaptation
  
Jesse Berger Director
Nathan Winkelstein Associate Director
Cloteal Horne Assistant Director
  
Alexis Distler Set Designer
Tilly Grimes Costume Designer
Cha See Lighting Designer
Greg Pliska Sound Designer
Tommy Kurzman Hair/Make-Up
Neslihan Arslan Associate Scenic Designer
Caity Mulkearns Assistant Costume Designer
Steven Zhang Associate Lighting Designer
Germán Martínez Associate Sound Designer
  
Sherri Kotimsky General Manager
David Gersten & Associates Press Representative
  
Rebecca McBee Production Stage Manager
Kayla Santos Assistant Stage Manager
  
Wayne Yeager Production Manager
Lauren Page Russell Prop Master
  
Stuart Howard Casting
Tanya Pollard2 Consultant
Rick Sordelet3 Action Consultant
Deborah Hecht4 Vocal and Dialect Coach
1Credited as Playwright / Adaptor.
2Credited as Scholar & Dramaturgical Consultant.
3Credited as Action and Movement.
4Credited as Vocal, Dialect and Text Coach.

Cast
Actor Role
Nathan Christopher Drugger
Stephen DeRosa Ananais
Carson Elrod Dapper
Manoel Felciano Face
Teresa Avia Lim Pliant
Jacob Ming-Trent Mammon
Louis Mustillo Surly
Reg Rogers Subtle
Jennifer Sánchez Dol Common
Allen Tedder Kastril
Awards
Award Person / Company Function
1 NOMINATED 2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play Jacob Ming-Trent Actor
2 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Adaptation Red Bull Theater Producer
3 NOMINATED 2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play Tilly Grimes Costume Designer
Notes
The production was scheduled to close on December 19, 2021, but due to COVID-19, it closed four days early.