"The Mikado"

Directed by Drew Scott Harris

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Chip Scott

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“The Mikado” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"The Mikado" - Act I Courtyard
"The Mikado" - Act I Courtyard
"The Mikado" - Act II Garden
"The Mikado" - Act II Garden
"The Mikado"
"The Mikado"
"The Mikado"
"The Mikado"
Paint elevation of false proscenium
Paint elevation of false proscenium

"Dylan"

Directed by Elizabeth Carlson

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Chip Scott

Costumes by Lara de Bruijn

“Dylan” by Sidney Michaels

Produced by City Tech Theatreworks, Do Not Go Gentle Productions and The NEST

Voorhees Theatre

"Dylan" - Meg's bathroom
"Dylan" - Meg's bathroom
"Dylan" - Idlewild Airport
"Dylan" - Idlewild Airport
"Dylan" - Meg's bathroom
"Dylan" - Meg's bathroom
"Dylan" - child's bedroom
"Dylan" - child's bedroom
"Dylan" - Boathouse Wales full set turntable
"Dylan" - Boathouse Wales full set turntable
"Dylan" - The Whitehorse Tavern, NYC
"Dylan" - The Whitehorse Tavern, NYC
"Dylan" - Texas Hotel Room
"Dylan" - Texas Hotel Room
"Dylan" - Washington DC Home
"Dylan" - Washington DC Home
"Dylan" - 92nd Street Y
"Dylan" - 92nd Street Y
"Dylan" - The Whitehorse Tavern
"Dylan" - The Whitehorse Tavern

"Forged in Fire"

Directed by Kevin R. Free

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Chip Scott

Performed by Okello Kelo Sam, founder of Hope North Uganda

Written by Okello Kelo Sam, Laura Edmondson, Robert Ajwang

Additional music and performance by J. Alphonse Nicholson

Produced by City Tech Theatreworks, Cause Effect Agency, Chris Talbott, Jen Chapin, Norma Lee Chartoff and Charles Scott

Voorhees Theatre

"Forged in Fire" - Tour Guide
"Forged in Fire" - Tour Guide
"Forged in Fire"
"Forged in Fire"
"Forged in Fire"
"Forged in Fire"

1/2” scale - preliminary model
"Forged in Fire" - The Commander
"Forged in Fire" - The Commander
"Forged in Fire" - Okello Kelo Sam
"Forged in Fire" - Okello Kelo Sam
"Forged in Fire" - Okello Kelo Sam
"Forged in Fire" - Okello Kelo Sam

"The Mystery of Irma Vep"

Directed by Tony Caselli

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Chip Scott

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

Fight Direction by B.H. Barry

“The Mystery of Irma Vep” by Charles Ludlam

Urban Stages, NYC

Produced by MadCaP Productions, LLC

"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Mandacrest, Act I
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Mandacrest, Act I
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Egypt Act II
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Egypt Act II
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Egypt Act II
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Egypt Act II
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Mandacrest, Act III
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Mandacrest, Act III
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Mandacrest Act III
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Mandacrest Act III
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Act III
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Act III
“The Mystery of Irma Vep” - set detail
“The Mystery of Irma Vep” - set detail

"Anything Goes"

Direction and Choreography by Jay Berkow and Craig North

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by John Paul Geurts

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“Anything Goes” Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard LIndsay, and Russell Crouse

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Anything Goes" - Foredeck with scrim
"Anything Goes" - Foredeck with scrim

Director’s request: “Please include a mermaid in every scene”
"Anything Goes"
"Anything Goes"

1/2” scale - color model
"Anything Goes" - postcard scrim in
"Anything Goes" - postcard scrim in
"Anything Goes"
"Anything Goes"
"Anything Goes" - Evelyn's stateroom
"Anything Goes" - Evelyn's stateroom
"Anything Goes" - two cabins on the A deck
"Anything Goes" - two cabins on the A deck
"Anything Goes"
"Anything Goes"

"Man of La Mancha"

Directed by Randall Alderson

Choreography by Craig North

Scenery and Lighting by Norma Lee Chartoff and Chip Scott

Costumes by Lisa Locurto

“Man of La Mancha” by Dale Wasserman

Music by Mitch Leigh

Lyrics by Joe Darion

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Man of La Mancha"
"Man of La Mancha"
“Man of La Mancha” - staircase in
“Man of La Mancha” - staircase in

“Man of La Mancha”
“Man of La Mancha”

1/2” scale - color model

“Man of La Mancha”
“Man of La Mancha”

“Man of La Mancha”
“Man of La Mancha”

“Man of La Mancha”
“Man of La Mancha”

“Man of La Mancha” - flying staircase detail
“Man of La Mancha” - flying staircase detail

"Man of La Mancha"
"Man of La Mancha"

"Look Homeward, Angel"

Directed by Patricia Doherty

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by John A. Robinson

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“Look Homeward Angel” by Ketti Frings, based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Look Homeward Angel" - Dixieland Boarding House
"Look Homeward Angel" - Dixieland Boarding House
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"

Turntable on a turntable - 1/2” scale - color model
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"

1/2 scale color model - turning to marbleyard
"Look Homeward Angel" - Gant's Marble Yard
"Look Homeward Angel" - Gant's Marble Yard
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"
"Look Homeward Angel"

"Dark of the Moon"

Directed by Drew Scott Harris

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Clifton Taylor

Costumes by Marcia K. McDonald

“Dark of the Moon” by Howard Richardson and William Berney

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Dark of the Moon" - in the Smoky Mountains
"Dark of the Moon" - in the Smoky Mountains
"Dark of the Moon" - General Store
"Dark of the Moon" - General Store
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon" - Church in Buck Creek
"Dark of the Moon" - Church in Buck Creek
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"
"Dark of the Moon"

"The Gravesend Inn", A Haunted Hotel

Themed Attraction - a high tech haunted house running in NYC for over 20 years

Production Design and Backstory by Norma Lee Chartoff

To View Backstories, Click below:

Newspaper Clippings

Our Haunting Characters

Brief History of “The Gravesend Inn”

Experience / Complete Backstory

Designed and built in conjunction with Theatrework’s - NYC College of Technology - Department of Entertainment Technology’s Faculty, Staff, and students

Voorhees Theatre

"O'Skully's Wharf" - audioanimatronic pirate
"O'Skully's Wharf" - audioanimatronic pirate
"The Gravesend Inn", A Haunted Hotel - promo
"The Gravesend Inn"
"The Gravesend Inn"
"The Gravesend Inn" - Entrance Buildings
"The Gravesend Inn" - Entrance Buildings

1/2” scale - color model
"The Gravesend Inn" - Suite 13
"The Gravesend Inn" - Suite 13
"The Gravesend Inn"
"The Gravesend Inn"
"The Gravesend Inn" - A bellhop
"The Gravesend Inn" - A bellhop

"Once Upon a Mattress"

Directed by Drew Scott Harris

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Clifton Taylor

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“Once Upon A Mattress” by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller

Music by Mary Rodgers

Lyrics by Marshall Barer

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"

Director’s request: “Please make the set one big f’-ing mattress”
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"
"Once Upon A Mattress"

"Stagedoor"

Directed by Craig North

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Chip Scott

Costumes by Kevin Brainerd

“Stagedoor” by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Stagedoor" - The Footlights Club
"Stagedoor" - The Footlights Club
"Stagedoor"
"Stagedoor"
"Stagedoor"
"Stagedoor"
stagedoor-actors-three-web.jpg
"Stagedoor"
"Stagedoor"
stagedoor-piano-pose.jpg
"Stagedoor"
"Stagedoor"

"Cabaret"

Direction and Choreography by Craig North

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Clifton Taylor

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“Cabaret” book by Joe Masteroff

Music by John Kander

Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Cabaret" - The Kit Kat Club
"Cabaret" - The Kit Kat Club
"Cabaret"
"Cabaret"

1/2” scale - color model
"Cabaret"
"Cabaret"
"Cabaret"
"Cabaret"
"Cabaret" - Herr Schultz's Fruit Shop
"Cabaret" - Herr Schultz's Fruit Shop
"Cabaret" - Fraulein Schneider's Parlor
"Cabaret" - Fraulein Schneider's Parlor
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"Cabaret"
"Cabaret"
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"Evita"

Direction and Choreography by Randall Alderson and Mark Jacobsen

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Christopher J. Landy

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“Evita” by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita" - Balcony of Casa Rosada
"Evita" - Balcony of Casa Rosada
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"
"Evita"

"On The Town"

Direction and Choreography by Craig North

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Christopher J. Landy

Costumes by Gail Baldoni

“On the Town” by Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Music by Leonard Bernstein

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"On The Town" - Times Square
"On The Town" - Times Square

"On The Town"
"On The Town"
"On The Town" - The Museum of Natural History
"On The Town" - The Museum of Natural History
"On The Town" - The Brooklyn Navy Yard
"On The Town" - The Brooklyn Navy Yard
"On the Town" - Coney Island
"On the Town" - Coney Island
"On the Town"
"On the Town"
"On the Town"
"On the Town"
"On the Town" - Slam Bang Club
"On the Town" - Slam Bang Club
"On the Town" - Hildy's Apartment
"On the Town" - Hildy's Apartment
Paint Elevation - bridge from Navy Yard
Paint Elevation - bridge from Navy Yard

"The Music Man"

Direction and Choreography by Craig North

Scenery by Norma Lee Chartoff

Lighting by Marty Contente

Costumes by Lisa Locurto

“The Music Man” by Meredith Wilson

Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Wilson and Franklin Lacey

Produced by Wagner College Theatre

"The Music Man"
"The Music Man"
"The Music Man"
"The Music Man"

1/2” scale - color model (view complete model video in “models and painting”

"The Music Man" - River City Iowa Town Center
"The Music Man" - River City Iowa Town Center
"The Music Man"
"The Music Man"
"The Music Man" - Madison Public Library
"The Music Man" - Madison Public Library
"The Music Man"
"The Music Man"
"The Music Man" - The Footbridge
"The Music Man" - The Footbridge
"The Music Man" - Madison Park
"The Music Man" - Madison Park
"The Music Man" - Paroo Porch
"The Music Man" - Paroo Porch
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