CHARMING THE MUSICAL TO PREMIERE AT THE ACTORS COMPANY
CHARMING
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Contact Steve Fife at [email protected] or 310-795-0509
CHARMING, World Premiere Musical, at the Actors Company for the Hollywood Fringe!
CHARMING, A New Musical Mash-up of the Fairy Tale World and Reality TV by Steve Fife and Sean Hennessy, will receive its World Premiere at the Other Space of The Actors Company at Formosa near Melrose as part of the 2016 Hollywood Fringe.
Prince Charming is in a pickle. Just as he was about to leave for a dragon-hunt with his “best dude” Prince Guy, he is informed by his dad (King Darling) that the Kingdom of Charm is bankrupt. If Charming doesn’t find a way out, the creditors will repossess everything.
Morgana the Witch appears and informs Prince Charming that she’s the producer of a reality TV show called The Royal Rose – in which each season is devoted to a Prince’s choosing his royal mate from among a bevy of beauties. Charming agrees to be this season’s royal bachelor, as long as he doesn’t actually have to go through with the wedding. Morgana assures him he doesn’t, but there’s more to it than she tells him.
Morgana has sworn revenge on Prince Charming for stealing her step-daughter, Rapunzel. As a part of her plot, she has rounded up damsels with a grudge against Charming to be his dating pool. Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Tiana, Cinderella, Snow White – all have been left at the altar by Charming. The Damsels vow that whoever he chooses now will humiliate him on nationwide TV. Will Prince Charming fall for the trap? Will Morgana and the Damsels get their revenge? And what are Prince Hamlet, Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf doing in this story?
Come to the Other Space of The Actors Company in June to find out the answers to these and so many other questions, while also getting 21 original songs and more belly laughs than any other show in town. The show will perform six times:
June 4th (Saturday) at 5:30 pm
June 11th (Saturday) at 7 pm
June 12th (Sunday) at 11:30 am
June 18th (Saturday) at 2:30 pm
June 25th (Saturday) at 7 pm
June 26th (Sunday) at 10:30 am.
The Actors Company is located at:
916 N. Formosa, West Hollywood (near the CAZT sign), 90046.
Tickets to this family-friendly musical are $10 ($12 for the 7 pm shows) and can be purchased at www.hollywoodfringe.org/3597.
Steve Fife (Book and Lyrics) has been called “one of the best playwrights in Los Angeles” by Backstage West, while Entertainment Today wrote, “He gives hope that there is a place for serious writers.” He has had three plays published by Samuel French. A new play he co-wrote, The American Wife, will premiere in London this fall.
Sean Schafer Hennessy (composer), a protégé of Wynton Marsalis, has received several awards, including the National Alliance for Excellence. He has composed and performed jazz works for orchestra, big bands, jazz combos and solo performances in the Chicago and Los Angeles areas, and he has scored several independent films. Shawna Trpcic (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for many Hollywood movies, including 2012’s A Cabin in the Woods by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard.
Check out our website www.charmingthemusical.com and videos from our workshop at the Met Theatre www.youtube.com/charmingthemusical. For information or press questions, contact Steve Fife at [email protected] and 310-795-0509.
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Book and Lyrics by Steve Fife Music by Sean Schafer Hennessy Music Direction by James Domine Director Steve Fife
Assistant Director Cecilia Rose Choreographer Eugene J. Hutchins Costume Designer Shawna Trpcic
The cast includes:
Erik Conor Dugan (as Prince Charming)
Jolie Adamson Nicole Foti Robert Bright LeRoy Mobley Tracy Ann Chapel Judd Yort Kaitlyn Fajilan Wil Bowers Elyse Hamilton RJ Castaneda Julie Rothman Sarah Alami Amber France Julia Buis Ross Neuenfeldt Yanna Fabian
