a staged-reading presentation of the new family musical
THE BEE-MAN
music | NEIL RADISCH
lyrics | KIT GOLDSTEIN GRANT
book | KIT GOLDSTEIN GRANT & NEIL RADISCH
creative team
director | CHRISTOPHER MICHAELS
music director | NICK WILDERS
production photographer | BRIAN E. LONG
produced by | INDIEWORKS THEATRE COMPANY
executive producer | CHRISTOPHER MICHAELS
producer | JUDITH MANOCHERIAN
cast
sophia | ALYSON LEIGH ROSENFELD
lester | NATHAN NOLEN EDWARDS
the bee-man | GREGORY VAN ACKER
maureen | ROBIN LOUNSBURY
green grocer | NADAV WEISEL
margie | REBECCA LARKIN
mr. peterson/alfredo | BEN TOSTADO
jennifer/monica | MARY MALANEY
dragon slayer, neighbor, patron | MARK HANKE
stage directions | HEATHER LYN MACKEY
venue
RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS
305 west 38th street, NYC
dates
june 27th | 2022
synopsis
A bee’s a man’s best friend in this loose adaptation of Stockton’s tale. Sophia, a junior sorceress, must find a subject to transform to get her Sorcery Girls merit badge and sets her sights on her eccentric neighbor, the Bee-Man (aptly named as he spends his life in the company of his bees). The only trouble? He’s happy the way he is! Sophia sets out on a mission to change that, and to change him... only to find that maybe she is the one who needs to change.