“What attracted me to Catch Me
If You Can was an endless world of
possibility,” explained Ted Wioncek III, Co-Artistic Director of The
Eagle Theatre who will direct the
production. “Frank Abagnale Jr.
fearlessly thrust himself into the
world in this manner. We found
that was the only way to approach
this piece. Frank’s way. To go
headfirst into an incredibly ambitious piece.
“We sought to create a physical
world that would mirror Frank’s
tactic of diversion, and simultane-
ously provide a playing space to
capture the solidarity of loneliness, which we have found is the
central thesis of this piece,” continued Wioncek. “We have designed a set that twists, turns, and
is in essence a three dimensional,
black and white, chess board covered rubrics cube.”
The production features the
same music by Marc Shaiman and
Scott Wittman that was created for
the Broadway show, but the use
of multimedia is a concept added
by The Eagle Theatre. Through
A pair of set renderings for Catch Me If You Can
New Jersey Stage
December 2014
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