it's working in the south end

2009-11-02T12:30:00.000-08:00

The Time Is Now!

Mark Your Calendars:

DECEMBER 17th. 7:30
The Cambridge YMCA Theater
820 Mass Ave

Our 4th Official Cast reading is on a stage baby!

The first full read through of the show, the music, and the feeling.
Start to finish.
It's Working.
Still.

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR AUDITION INFORMATION

The List Keeps Growing...

2009-07-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

IT'S WORKING:

A New Musical

Created by Tommy O'Malley and Sonia Carrion

BOOK by Tommy O'Malley
MUSIC by Sonia Carrion, Cherstin Brie-Polson, Paul Dougherty
ARRANGEMENTS by Paul Dougherty

Just take a quick look at the names below.
Without them we would not be in our 17th month of creation....

RETURNING ACTORS:

Luke Baurelein (Stewart)
Matthew Christian (Elton)
Peter Gordon (Jimmy, et al.)
Melinda Mogel (Cyndi)
Juan Carlos Pinedo (Tito)
Cherstin Polson (Simone)
Meghan Sly (Various Customers)

NEW ACTORS:

Lindsay Allan (Various Customers)
Laksman Frank (Trent)
Mary Caitlin Gilson (Heidi)
Tommy Mountain (Miles)

And special thanks to all of the actors that have read with us in past readings:

John Costa
David DaCosta
Xenia Dunford
John Gould
Phil Fremont-Smith
Christian Hegg
Collin Kiley
Nella Mupier
Penelope Morel
Joseph Pratalongo
Stacey Polishook
Elise Roth
Jamie Swartz

And our amazing band, the members of which are also characters in the show:

DRUMS: Michael Wood
GUITAR: Ben Jared
BASS: Paul Dougherty
SAX: Mike Cardone
VIOLIN: Nina Roma Agvanian
PERCUSSION: Marcelo Arevalo
PIANO: Juri-Panda Jones

Thank You To Band Members that have played in the past:

Alfredo Lopez
Greg Arney
Jeremy-Quick Jazz

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PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THE BLOG FOR THE NEXT READING!
NEXT EXPECTED SHOW DATE AT THE END OF OCTOBER

.....AND.....
WE ARE GOING TO BE ON A STAGE!

moving forward

2009-06-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

This is Tommy.

The last reading was two weeks ago. With what we've been doing since, it feels like months. Greg, our new band leader, is a gift from the Source.

Check back here in a week or so for some new video footage.

And if you're Rosie O'Donnell, please come to our next reading. We'll schedule it around your availability. For real.

Dreams are just the reality that hasn't happened yet.

Sneak Peak:

2009-05-13T09:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a little something that we recorded at the last reading in
The Mills Gallery at the BCA...

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 3rd OFFICIAL CAST READING!

Date: JUNE 18th
Location: The Lily Pad- Cambridge
1353 Cambridge Street
Time: 8:00 pm

See Ya There!

2009-04-30T10:21:00.000-07:00

IT'S WORKING - still, maybe, slowly, nicely, working...

The 3rd official cast reading
is coming soon!
Check the blog for details and location...

And thank you to all of our actors,
friends, and family who have helped us along the way!
Can't wait to see everyone again...

Check out some of the pics from the last reading at the Mills Gallery...

what ifs

2009-02-27T10:04:00.000-08:00

sonia and i are thinking about the phrase
what if

that is
what's the first thing that pops into your mind
when you think of
what if

check out the discussion i started on my blog

tommy

IT'S TIME...

2009-02-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

SCRIPT, SONGS, ACTORS, AUDIENCE, and ART.

It is time for our 2nd official reading.
We have a cast......An AMAZING cast.
People that are gonna blow you away.
And open your eyes just a little wider next Tuesday night.

So... our first reading last December gave us a whole lotta fuel. And this reading next week is gonna sky rocket us to the stage. Three weeks of auditions, lots of emails and adds, and we have 12 people who are singing our songs, reading our script, and doing it for the love of art. It is kind of an amazing feeling. And we want you there... to see it with us.

DATE: TUESDAY, Feb. 24th, 2009

TIME: 7:15

LOCATION:
The Mills Gallery in the BCA (539 Tremont St, The South End)

See ya there!

Feb 17th, 3rd Open Call Auditions

2009-02-17T09:16:00.000-08:00

AUDITIONS TODAY !!!!!!!!!!

TIME:

6:30- 8:00 pm

Location:

The Boston Ballet Center
19 Clarendon St, 02116
The South End

Phone #: 617.695.6950
(Please ask the front desk to be directed to the audition room)

TRAIN: Orange Line (Back Bay)
BUS: 43 Line - Stop at Tremont and Clarendon

PREPARE:

16-32 Bars of Contemporary Musical- A Cappella
Short monologue, poem, improv, or whatever you think shows us who YOU ARE!

DESCRIPTION:

We are casting performers for the development of a new musical set in Boston. It explores life in the restaurant industry, and the different types of people that have to come together to make a restaurant run day to day.

Book by Tommy O’Malley and music by Sonia Carrion.

PROJECT DETAILS:

We will be having ongoing auditions, with the first being Tuesday Feb 3rd.
We are looking for people who want to be a part of a show from the ground up.
We are looking for characters to work with and write for.
We are currently casting for the “development phase” of the musical.
Over the next few months we will be setting up readings with investors.
And we want to work with people who inspire us…

PAY:

N/A -----with future pay to be discussed!

ROLES:

LEADS

Male 30-45------Head Chef/ has a god complex – baritone (CASTING TODAY!!)

Male 40-55------Boozebag/ funny but creepy old gay guy – baritone (CASTING TODAY!!)

Male 25-35------Manager/ scion of prominent Boston family/ drug addict - tenor

Male 22-37-----Waiter/ musician/ wiiiiicked big slut – baritone to tenor

Male 30-50------Dishwasher/ Colombian landowner – tenor (CASTING TODAY!!)

Female 30-50---Busser/ artist/ Colombian/ devoted wife – vocal part flexible

Female 20-28---Waitress/ opera singer – soprano

Female 55-70---Investor/ former model – mezzo-soprano, deep voice, belter

CUSTOMERS

Female 30-50---Rest Guest/ large and in charge woman – contralto or mezzo

Female 20-28---Rest Guest/ high pitched/ sorority type – vocal part flexible

(We will be posting more customer roles in the next coming months)
(Please check back!!)

Thank you and GOOD LUCK!!

our cast is way bigger than your cast. don't get upset. it's just a fact.

2009-02-10T18:10:00.000-08:00

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thanks to everyone who auditioned over the last two weeks!
here is the cast list for the reading we're holding on tuesday, february 24.
if you have questions or can't attend the reading, please let us know as soon as possible. our email is 2020party@gmail.com.

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the following people have speaking and singing roles.
this is totally an ensemble piece.

Luke Bauerline
Christian Hegg
Melinda Mogel
Penelope Morel
Nella Mupier
Cherstin Polson
Megan Sly

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in addition, we've cast several people as customers. these roles will not have speaking parts at the february 24 reading, although they will in the future. the actors ultimately cast as customers will play several different roles throughout the show.

we'd like the following people to attend the february 24 reading and participate in several group songs.

Stacey Polishook
Joseph Pratolongo
Corrine Proctor
Elise Roth

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rehearsals (tentatively scheduled for):
wed: Feb 18th
sun: Feb 22nd

reading:
tuesday feb 24th

we will contact all of you individually to discuss the rehearsal time and the location of the reading. this is a very stress free commitment. it's a private reading for people we know. there's nothing you need to memorize or anything like that. just bring yourself and your energy that inspired us!
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thanks again for coming out for this.
we were really humbled to meet so many talented people.

thanks for sharing your gifts and helping us to realize a dream.

we're pumped to be working with you.

peace and good things ~

tommy and sonia

that guy and that girl who live in southie and are writing a wicked boston musical

2009-02-08T21:38:00.000-08:00

we're sonia carrion and tommy o'malley
really this is just tommy typing
but i'm speaking on behalf of both of us

we're writing a musical together
neither of us has ever written a musical before

sonia's a musician
and the stuff she's writing for the musical
it's blowing my mind
i'm writing the book, the scenes
it's a fun fun fun collaboration

so the musical
it's set in a restaurant
and it's got a big old cast
which is awesome
and daunting
and feckin sweet to bring to life

it's everything i dreamed about when i was a kid
i can't wait to show you all
what we've got

thanks for checking in
come back every once in a while to see what's happening

always good things,
tommy