Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat

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By Nikko Benson
&

Benjamin Halstead

This EDM musical is about history’s most overlooked inventor and his struggle to realize his vision of the future. The show's modern style and score reflect Tesla's obsession with that future, translating electric innovation to electronic music. Tesla pushes the limits of what his audience can handle, creating alternating current loop-pedal beat drops, wireless dance-floor frequencies, and mad-science dubstep breakdowns.

 
 
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Adirondack Theatre Festival

Produced by the Adirondack Theatre Festival
Starring Isaac Powell, Austin Reed Alleman, Kalyn West, Jon-Michael Reese, Neil Starkenberg, Mickey Angel Canada, Jared Loftin, Will Branner,  Beth Anderson, Brook Wood, Beth Stafford Laird and Latoya Edwards.
Directed by Marshall Pailet
Musical Direction by Madeline Smith
Choreography by Maxx Taylor Reed
Lighting by Jake DeGroot
Set by Jason Sherwood
Costumes by Sera Bourgeau
Photos by Todd Bissonette Photography, Jill Vermeulen, & Jake DeGroot

Development

In Development - Alchemation Productions Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon
Developmental Production – 2017 Adirondack Theatre Festival
Developmental Reading – 2017 Village Theater Festival of New Musicals
Eugene O’Neill NMTC Finalist – 2017
Developmental Production – 2017 Pace University New Musicals
Concert at Joe’s Pub – 2016 Directed by Shakina Nayfack
Developmental Workshop – 2016 Playwrights Horizons
Johnny Mercer Musical Colony Fellowship Goodspeed Opera House
Johnny Mercer Songwriting Project – 2015 Northwestern University
Developmental Reading – 2015 Musical Theatre Factory