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(Showcase Production) The scenic challenge for this production was to create a minimal set with limited budget. To accomplish this, I worked very closely with a fantastic artistic team that included a Tony-award winning costume designer, Paloma Young, and Ruthe Ponturo, a very successful Broadway producer. After 34 years of wedded bliss, reality hits Mrs. Ruthe Ponturo hard in the form of a classic mid-life cliché - her devoted husband suddenly announces that he wants a divorce. Could he be lusting after a younger woman? Does he now want to hang out at single's bars?

Flambé Dreams tells the story of a young man from Preston, Idaho who comes to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming a great Maitre d' like his father who was killed in a freak flaming bananas foster accident. This show posed a unique technical challenge – the entire premise of the show is that the lead character’s passion is creating flaming desserts, and due to open flame restriction on NYC stages, real flaming desserts were not an option.