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BECOMING BRITNEY is a fantastical speculation on how a young rich female pop star winds up in rehab with a bald head.
What led her there?
What will become of her?
And can musicals save her soul?
Spoofing a number of musical theatre genres, her story is a caustic (but loving) PG-13 exploration of the rise…the dip…and the salvation of a foolhardy celebrity phenom.
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We've been accepted to FringeNYC 2008...!!
So the World Premiere will take place in New York City.
This means we'll play 5 to 7 performances sometime between August 8th and August 24th. We don't know the exact dates yet...but check back to our FringeNYC page and we will keep it updated with the latest...
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Lots of ways!
Tell everyone you know...(especially that theatrical producer that lives across the hall) and tell them this is the Next Big Thing. Tourists from all walks of life will want to see our hilarious antics and radical song and dance.
If you are:
- A managing director of a theatre that needs a hot new ticket...
- A stay-at-home mom with lots of excess dough who loves our little Britney...
- A person who has bunches of money and would like to try your hand at producing new musicals...
...drop us a line!
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What's that? How did I come up with this idea about writing a musical about Britney?
Oh, well...that's such a great story. I think I was thinking, "Hey, I run my own business, teach dance classes, try and keep a sorta clean house, and oh I'm having a baby...I should write a musical!"
Honestly, because I was having a baby, I knew my performing life would change and I need to have some sort of creative outlet. I don't need any high falootin' artistic endeavors in order to feel artistically challenged. This was enough. So, now I write music while my one year old sleeps upstairs. And then I sing it for him when he's up and we dance. I don't mean to brag...but we're pretty cute. Of course, he could never see me in this show...that would just be wrong.
I have a very specific skill set in order to play Britney. On my special skills section on my resume I have these listed.
- I can get down with the best of them...sometimes I stop and look at myself in the mirror during class and say "wow, you're amazing, can I be your friend?"
- I can sing out my nose.
- I can chew gum while I sing out my nose.
- I have that "Hey- you just gave birth" kind of body.
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I always wanted to try writing a musical. My endeavors in silly 80's pop and scoring student film shorts were fun, but never captured my spirit the way a good musical can. I suppose if I had more talent something would have stuck. But alas…
I became a performer late…after a lifetime of stage envy. I met Molly when we were cast together in a reading of a new show. We quickly discovered similar evil senses of humor and matching desires to treat the world like a church just waiting to be laughed in. But it was another few years before we put pen to paper.
Molly got pregnant...and she got some bright ideas. Around the same time I decided to finally change gender after a lifetime of hidden turmoil (ha ha ha). These shakeups seemed to be the impetus we both needed.
Oh, that…
Yeah…I was a performer as a man. I have no plans to show up as a woman for auditions and sing "I Feel Pretty" in my baritone voice. So…what's a girl in transition supposed to do? Apparently, she's supposed to write intentionally silly and inappropriate musical theatre.
Neat.
One more thing:
For God's sake Britney, please don't DIE…!!
You'll…ruin…EVERYthing…!!
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| * Molly and Daya are both proud members of Actor's Equity. |
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