‘DARLING’ SUMMER LAB, AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED

April 7, 2015

RSO’S “Darling” is getting a developmental reading via WalkFlyRun productions this summer, and auditions have been announced.

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The Reading

With book, music & lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver, conceived byBrett Ryback, and directed by Robert Longbottom, with choreography by Greg Graham and musical direction by Rodney Bush, DARLING is set in 1900s Boston and follows 16-year-old Darling as she encounters a boy named Peter, who offers the opportunity to run away with him. She takes it and finds herself swept into a seedy underground of jazz, sex, lost rentboys, and a mysterious white powder called Dust.

DARLING just appeared in a January reading at Pearl Studios and was featured on the “Bound for Broadway” episode of NBC’s The Apprentice in 2010, and in 2012, was given a private workshop and developmental production as a collaboration between Retrop Production and RareWorks Theatre Company, in association with Sh-K-Boom Records, at Emerson College. In 2013, Darling received The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company New Musical Award.

Auditions

EPA
Thursday, April 16; 9:30AM – 5:30PM
AEA Audition Center

ECC/Singers
Friday, April 17; Female Singers 10AM, Male Singers 1PM
Pearl Studios 500, 12th Floor

ECC/Dancers
Wednesday, April 15; Male Dancers 10AM, Female Dancers 1PM
Chelsea Studios, 6th Floor

Read the full Broadway World article HERE.

Behind The Scenes With RSO’s Darling

January 25, 2015

Go behind the scenes of the January 21st private reading of Darling starring Peter Pan Live!’s Jason Gotay!

Set in 1900s Boston, Darling, according to press notes, “follows sixteen year old Darling as she encounters a boy named Peter, who offers the opportunity to run away with him. She takes it and finds herself swept into a seedy underground of jazz, sex, lost rentboys, and a mysterious white powder called Dust.”

Darling was featured on the “Bound for Broadway” episode of NBC’s “The Apprentice” in 2010; in 2012, it was given a private workshop and developmental production as a collaboration between Retrop Production and RareWorks Theatre Company, in association with Sh-K-Boom Records, at Emerson College. In 2013, Darling received The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company New Musical Award. Darling was conceived by Brett Ryback.

Read more on Playbill! 

‘DARLING’ Heads to Canada

October 20, 2014

RSO’s Darling to be presented by Springboard Productions.

The first Canadian production of Darling will be performed at Renegade Productions Performance Studio with direction and choreography by Dawn Ewans and music direction by Steven Greenfield.

Darling follows upper crust teenager Ursula Morgan in 1929 Boston as society boils in the weeks before the Stock Market Crash. Neglected by her excessive, self-absorbed parents, Ursula encounters Peter, a charming rent-boy of uncertain age, on the run from Captain Rose of the police. When she is offered the opportunity to run away with him, she takes it and finds herself swept into the seedy underground of jazz, speakeasies, and a mysterious powder called ‘dust.’ Along the way, they also meet the featherboys of the Warehouse speakeasy, Stella the jealous barkeep, and the girls of Lily’s burlesque. Darling is fresh, emotional, and daring new musical theatre at its finest.

Check out the full press release on Playbill HERE. Tickets can be purchased HERE.