DISTANCE FROM THE DREAM
Songs to Face a Vanishing America
November 2025
Songs to Face a Vanishing America
Tisch New Theatre proudly presents DISTANCE FROM THE DREAM: Songs to Face a Vanishing America for its Fall 2025 production.
How do you respond when the America you thought you knew becomes unrecognizable?
DISTANCE FROM THE DREAM: Songs to Face a Vanishing America weaves together the most urgent and provocative songs of the musical theatre canon to reflect on a nation in turmoil. Featuring pieces from Tony Award-winning shows like RENT, Spring Awakening, Cabaret, Falsettos, Hadestown, American Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and more, DISTANCE FROM THE DREAM explores rebellion and resilience from the perspective of young artists and activists. From high energy group numbers to powerhouse solo numbers navigating stories of found family, defiance, survival, and the fight for identity, the show asks: what does it mean to dream of an America that feels increasingly out of reach?
MEDIA
REHEARSAL PHOTOS: Elle Engel
CAST
(in alphabetical order)
AMEER ALI
MIRIAM ASLAM
STEVENSON (STEVIE) BOWDEN
LEE BOWSER
TODD CROSLIS
ILA DAVID
CAMELIA ELÍAS SIERRA
CHLOE KARAMITSOS
ELLIS KIM
MASON NAMAN
JUDAH WIDZER
TARUN YANAMANDRA
BAND
Piano, ANI CHONG | Guitar, PRIANKA RAMALINGAM | Drums, ANASTASIA THEODOROPOULOS, | Bass, DARREN DU | Violin, OLIVIA KLATTE | Viola, DAVID MANSFIELD | Cello, NICOLE FENG
PRODUCTION TEAM
Produced by SOPHIA ASHBAHIAN and HANNAH STOBER in association with TISCH NEW THEATRE
Director/Choreographer LIAM REDFORD | Music Director/Orchestrator ANI CHONG | Scenic Designer ABIGAIL MASELLI | Costume Designer RACHEL KOLKO | Lighting Designer JERRY JIA | Sound Designer THEODORE EARNSHAW | Projection/Makeup Designer SAM CHARNEY | Dramaturg BRYCE GASTELUM
Technical Director SAM CHARNEY | Production Manager ELISE NIVA | Production Stage Manager LAURA SCHIVELEY | Stage Manager TAMMY LAM | Marketing Director HANNAH STOBER | Company Manager & Producing Associate MATTHEW FEINSTEIN | Assistant Producer SEOIN (KACY) KIM
Associate Directors ALEX CARSON and CLARK WORDEN | Assistant Choreographer DARBY GREENE | Assistant Music Director KENNEDY (KENN) CHEW | Assistant Dramaturg LUCAS LIU | Assistant Scenic Designers SRIVIDHYA CHANDRAMOULEESWARAN and ALEXANDER KELLY | Assistant Costume Designer ISABEL ASHER | Assistant Lighting Designer SKY EDWARD | Electrician/Light Board Operator JUDE CABRAL | Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Board Operator BRISHTI SARKAR
Associate Director of Digital Marketing MADI KAPLAN | Associate Director of Partnerships and Experiential Marketing NGHI NGUYEN | Press Agent OSHMI GHOSH | Video Content Director JASMINE ESQUIVEL | Marketing Assistant LILLIE KELLAM | Graphic Designers ANIYA MARIE MARDORF and ASHLEY MU | Director of Fundraising VICTORIA SMITH | Director of Events SUSANNA HUBACKER | Director of Community Development INGRID PRICOP | Development Assistant ANA JULIA BAKER | DEIA Chair SAM CHARNEY | DEIA Assistant JORDAN HINES | Assistant Production Managers ABE SPECTOR and MAYA VELAZQUEZ | Deck Manager MEERA KOCHAR MCCABE
Photographers MARIANA ARBOLEDA, ELLE ENGEL, ADISON KEITH, SUPRIYA RAJ, TEJAS SAHNI, and JAKE THEADORE | Videographers ELLE ENGEL, JANA FERRY, SUPRIYA RAJ, and TEJAS SAHNI
Scenic & Stage Management Advisor SEOIN (KACY) KIM | Costume Advisor MAXWELL GUTIERREZ | Production Management Advisor JERRY JIA
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