Directed by Melissa Cogswell
Produced by Jake Scaltreto

April 16th - 24th, 2010
Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown

Featuring:

• Nick Miller as Caden
• Audrey Lynn Sylvia as Mary
• David Marino as Dr. Paulson
• Leda Überbacher as Ariel
• Kevin Kordis as Governor Robin
• Andrew McKnight as Gilmore
• Ryan Amaryl as Freddy
• Mikey DiLoreto as Steven

View Full Staff

• Stage Manager - Amy Lehrmitt
• Set Designer - Nathan Kruback
• Technical Director - Leigh Downes
• Light Designer - Dan Beedy
• Light Board Operator - Justus Perry
• Costume Designer - Lindsay Gonzales
• Makeup Designer - Kelly Noonan
• Property Manager - Sarah Kimball
• House Manager - Coriana Hunt Swartz
• Composer - Tyson Ratering

Synopsis

Living on a remote moon, Dr. Paulson seeks a better life for his daughter, Mary. To that end, he tasks his android servant, Ariel, with sabotaging a passing ship containing a potential suitor for Mary, Freddy—who later reveals that he is gay. Ariel, who desires freedom above all, performs Paulson's bidding in the hopes that he will release her. Events are complicated by Mary's secret relationship with Caden, an alien also living on the moon. Caden, meanwhile, wants only to remove Paulson from the moon which he feels is rightfully his. Drawing inspiration from The Tempest, On This Moon blends the conventions of a Shakespearean comedy with a contemporary tale of greed and betrayal, love and acceptance, posing the question: what does it really mean to be human?