It’s an imaginative musical romance that charms audiences with its original score and delightful wit. It won the 2017 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical and was nominated for two Lortel Awards: Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Projection Design. BRENDAN MILBURN composed the music with lyricist VALERIE VIGODA. The stylish, tongue-in-cheek script is by Tony Award®-winner JOE DIPIETRO (CVRep’s Nice Work If You Can Get It). It’s a wildly inventive adventure: Kat, portrayed by SARAH MILES, is a sleep-deprived single mom who makes her living composing music for video games. Via a crossed connection on her cell phone, Kat is contacted across space and time by the famous early 20th century polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, portrayed by MATT MILLS, while he is stranded with his crew in an Antarctic icefloe. Inspired by her music, he shares his epic journey with her and, together, they overcome their respective, and, in ways, timeless odds. ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME is being directed by CRAIG WELLS (CVRep The Fantastiks: A Love Story Reimagined, Hand to God), and STEPHEN HULSEY (CVRep Guys & Dolls, Jesus Christ Superstar, Dear Evan Hansen, The Light In The Piazza, and others) is music director.
