Photo Flash: 'The Slug Bearers' Opening Night Party

The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre (original home of the musicals Avenue Q and [title of show]) celebrated the opening of its newest musical, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower), featuring libretto and drawings by acclaimed cartoonist Ben Katchor and music composed by musician Mark Mulcahy, on Tuesday, February 12 at Osso Bucco on Unversity Place.

Bob McGrath directs the ensemble cast featuring Stephen Lee Anderson, Tom Riis Farrell, Jody Flader, Peter Friedman, Matt Pearson, Bobby Steggert and Will Swenson.

Ben Katchor's drawings form the animated background for The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower), set in and around Manhattan and on a tropical factory-island of exploited workers.

For more information The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower), visit www.vineyardtheatre.org

Photos by Michael Portantiere