SeaWife

The Melville Gallery | New York , NY | June, 2015

Naked Angels

Presents

SeaWife

Book By

Seth Moore

Music, Lyrics, and Book By

The Lobbyists

Director

Liz Carlson

Musical Director

Tommy Crawford

Choreographer

Nick Lehane

Scenic Design

Jason Sherwood

Costume Design

Loren Shaw

Sound Design

David Sanderson


This new original concert-play was an epic collaboration between playwright Seth Moore and musical group The Lobbyists. Together, we took over the Melville Gallery at the South Street Seaport and brought the room back to its roots, filling it with sea shanties and mythical tales of leviathan haunting forlorn sailors at the height of the new American whaling boom. The lighting design weaved the songs and book together. It was a challenging space full of wooden columns as old as the story we were telling, but using a rig of almost entirely moving lights and LED fixtures, we brought the story to life for an unforgettable theatrical experience.

2015 Drama Desk Nominee for Best Lighting Design