FALL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE SUBMISSIONS

ABOUT THE SHOW

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY

A concept album turned dance-theater piece about friendship, sex work, and queer futurity.
An eight-day lab with two work-in-progress presentations.

In addition to its scheduled presentations, this production may be recorded for archival use.

Stanford TAPS seeks to build a diverse cast for this production and encourages members of any race, gender identity, and ability to audition. If any accessibility accommodations are needed please email tapsinformation@stanford.edu for assistance.

WORKSHOP DATES

Rehearsals: Weekday evenings from 6:30pm – 10pm [no rehearsal on Friday 10/21]; Weekends 12pm – 6pm [these windows are flexible]
Presentation #1 on 10/26 at 8pm
Presentation #2 on 10/27 at 8pm

ABOUT THE ARTISTIC TEAM

Khiyon HurseyKhiyon Hursey (Book Writer, Songwriter) is a writer and composer based in Los Angeles and New York. He was a staff writer for Netflix’s romantic musical drama, SOUNDTRACK and is currently co-writing LOVE IN AMERICA, a movie musical to be produced by Issa Rae at Universal. Additionally, he is currently co-penning songs with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Lala Land, Greatest Showman) for a major motion picture. He has television and film projects in development with HBOmax, Kevin Hart and Andre 3000. He is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation’s Irving Burgie Scholarship, Bart Howard Songwriting Scholarship, and the Lucille and Jack Yellen award, a 2016 NAMT Writers Grant, a 2016 – 2017 Dramatists Guild Musical Theater Fellow, 2017 Space on Ryder Farm Residency, 2018 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project residency, 2019 ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop with Stephen Schwartz, 2019 Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, the 2020 Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals and the 2020 Stephen Schwartz Award. His musical, EASTBOUND (Book and Lyrics) was selected for the 2020 National Alliance of Musical Theatre Conference and he has works in development at New York Stage and Film and Ars Nova. Khiyon got his start as the music assistant on the off-Broadway and Broadway productions and the Grammy Award Winning Cast Album of HAMILTON. He’s been a guest lecturer at Columbia, Yale and Berklee College of Music on Musical Theater. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in Songwriting.

ROLES/DESCRIPTIONS

RUSSELL: he/him/his, 29, Black, an architect, an introvert, a lover

GLEN: he/they, 29, any race except white, an artist, an extroverted introvert, a thinker

JAMIE: she/her/hers, 32, Black, Russell’s sister, protective, a bit nosy

JILL: she/her/hers, 31, Black, Glen’s bestie, life of the party, a bit of a den keeper

CHERRY: any race, any pronouns, a sober queer nightlife guide

HOW TO SUBMIT

FOR PERFORMERS

Please submit a self-tape of you performing one or two contemporary monologues (roughly 45 – 60 seconds in length). Monologues may be selected from plays, films, television shows, etc. A plan for callbacks is TBD. Please submit your self-tape to adinw@stanford.edu by Friday, September 2, 2022 (11:59pm PT). Please also include:

  • A bio and/or a resume listing your prior experiences in shows, creative projects, etc.
  • Any potential schedule conflicts
FOR ASSISTANTSHIPS/ADDITIONAL COLLABORATORS

Please submit a bio and/or resume listing your prior experiences in shows, creative projects, etc., and also include any potential schedule conflicts. Please submit your materials to adinw@stanford.edu by Friday, September 2, 2022 (11:59pm PT). Short follow-up interview conversations will take place over zoom with the creative team in mid-to-late September. All of these roles will receive in-depth mentorship from Stanford staff and guest artists.

  • Stage Manager: assist with schedule, rehearsal room logistics, notate minor staging for presentations, and generally support the cast and the creative team to help make this lab as smooth as possible.
  • Assistant Stage Manager: work with the stage manager on everything listed above.
  • Music Assistant: work with the creative team to copy music and assist with sound engineering + production files. (Prior experience with composing and/or sound editing software is desired.) 
  • Writers’ Assistant: work with the team to track, organize, and distribute script revisions.
  • Assistant Director: support the director with pre-lab preparation, organizing and distributing notes to performers, etc.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2
at 11:59PM PT

PRESENTATION DATES

WEDNESDAY + THURSDAY
OCTOBER 26 + 27 at 8PM PT

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE

If any accessibility accommodations with auditions or callbacks are needed please email tapsinformation@stanford.edu for assistance.

SPONSORS

This production is made possible in part by The Pigott Fund for Drama, The May Ellen Ritter Production Fund, and The Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson Fund.