IN CORPO

A NEW MUSICAL

By Ben Beckley and Nate Weida. Directed by Jess Chayes. Produced in association with The Assembly.

Theatre Row, NYC. 6/22 - 7/7 2023

In the last corporation on the planet, everything is great and everybody’s happy. But when an outsider arrives and starts asking questions, the office's fragile equilibrium starts to rupture. Driven by a thrilling original electro-folk-funk score, IN CORPO is a zany, audacious new musical about human connection, the seductions of technology, and what to do when the system lets you down.

IN CORPO draws freely from Franz Kafka’s The Castle, Herman Melville’s "Bartleby the Scrivener" and the artists' own experiences negotiating hellish bureaucracies and corporate “day jobs.” The common thread: a deep interest in the individual’s relationship to forces that curtail autonomy and limit self-expression, as well as the ways employees adapt to and against these forces.

All photos: Bjorn Bolinger

“A colorful, funny, intelligent, and insightful lampoon of where we’re headed and why we shouldn’t go there. ”

— DC Theater Arts

“IN CORPO has an impressive set enhanced by lights and multi-levels, original music, creative choreography, and a talented cast...Is IN CORPO a mere fantasy or a warning about our future? See it and make your own decision.”

— Laurie Lawson

IN CORPO

A NEW MUSICAL

By Ben Beckley and Nate Weida. Music by Nate Weida.

Directed by Jess Chayes

Choreography by lisa nevada. Music Direction by Ben Caplan

CREATIVE TEAM

Scenic Design by Nic Benacerraf

Lighting Design by Mary Ellen Stebbins.

Sound Design by Asa Wember.

Costume Design by Kate Fry

Orchestrations by Ben Caplan, and Nate Weida,

Dramaturgy by Stephen Aubrey

PRODUCTION TEAM

Production Stage Manager: Celina Revollar.

Assistant Stage Manager: Kate Budney.

Rehearsal Stage Manager: Gerrit Blake.

Associate Scenic Designer: Sasha Schwartz.

Associate Lighting Designer: Nick Pollock.

Assistant Director: Sarah Shapiro

Assistant Scenic Designer: Beatrice Antonie Martino.

Assistant Lighting Designer: Jack McGuire.

Assistant Costume Designer: WIlliam Toruella de León

Additional Orchestrations: Dante Green.

Mixer & Foley: Jack McGuire

Board Operator: Andrew Wang

Production Manager: Alley Scott.

Assistant Production Manager: Alec Silver

Assistant Production Manager: Allie Posner.

Technical Director: Eric Emerick

Master Electrician: Andrew Wang.

Lighting Programmers: Ethan Saiewitz & Lilly Taylor

Makeup Designer: Lily Greenberg.

Wardrobe Supervisor: Emma Isabel

Produced by Emily Caffery, Meredith Lucio, Alley Scott & Alec Silver

“The kind of innovative musical that reassures us of the continuing vitality of the musical theater genre.”

— BlogCritics

“The crackerjack cast...brings it all to life under Jess Chayes’s giddy, emotionally sharp direction, playing out on Nic Benacerraf’s innovative set amid Mary Ellen Stebbin’s brilliantly pumped-up lighting effects... Smart, soulful and truly original, IN CORPO reminded me that there’s plenty of creativity in the musical theater world.”

— BlogCritics

“Amusing retro-futuristic costumes (by Kate Fry) and moves (choreography by lisa nevada)...eye-catching multi-level scenic design (by Nic Benacerraf) and lighting (by Mary Ellen Stebbins)...enhanced by an apropos sound design (by Asa Wember). ”

— DC Theater Arts