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ALANIS MORISSETTE'S
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
LYRICS BY ALANIS MORISSETTE
MUSIC BY ALANIS MORISSETTE AND GLEN BALLARD
BOOK BY DIABLO CODY
DATES:
SUNDAY, JULY 5, FROM 6:00–9:00 PM AT MVT
MONDAY, JULY 6, FROM 6:30–9:30 PM AT 'IOLANI SCHOOL
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ALANIS MORISSETTE'S
JAGGED
LITTLE PILL
LYRICS BY ALANIS MORISSETTE
MUSIC BY ALANIS MORISSETTE AND GLEN BALLARD
BOOK BY DIABLO CODY
DIRECTED BY MALINDI FICKLE
MUSIC DIRECTED BY MELINA LILLIOS
CHOREOGRAPED BY CHRISTINE YASUNAGA
DATES:
SUNDAY, JULY 5, FROM 6:00–9:00 PM AT MVT
MONDAY, JULY 6, FROM 6:30–9:30 PM AT 'IOLANI SCHOOL
CALLBACKS WILL BE HELD BY INVITATION ON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 AT 6:30 PM AT 'IOLANI SCHOOL
CLICK HERE TO VIEW CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS & VOCAL RANGES
REQUIREMENTS
AUDITION
BE PREPARED TO SING 16–32 BARS OF MUSIC IN THE STYLE OF THE SHOW THAT DEMONSTRATES YOUR RANGE AND POWER. SONGS FROM THE SHOW ARE ALSO WELCOMED. PLEASE BRING SHEET MUSIC.
ACCOMPANIST WILL BE PROVIDED.
PICTURE AND RESUME HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED.
PLEASE BRING SHOES AND CLOTHING YOU CAN MOVE IN IF YOU ARE ASKED TO STAY AND DANCE.
ABOUT
THE SHOW
INSPIRED BY ALANIS MORISSETTE’S ICONIC ALBUM, JAGGED LITTLE PILL IS A BOLD AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED CONTEMPORARY ROCK MUSICAL THAT TAKES A DEEP AND CRITICAL LOOK AT THE LIVES OF THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT HEALY FAMILY. ONCE THE FAMILY’S FACADE BEGINS TO CRACK AND THEIR LESS-THAN-PERFECT REALITY IS REVEALED, THE HEALY’S ARE FORCED TO CONFRONT DIFFICULT TRUTHS ABOUT THEMSELVES, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERTWINING EVENTS THE SHOW TACKLES THEMES OF ADDICTION, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, RACIAL AND LGBTQIA+ IDENTITY. WITH UNFLINCHING HONESTY AND AN EXHILARATING SCORE, THIS GRAMMY AND TONY-AWARD WINNING MUSICAL SHINES A BRIGHT LIGHT ON WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW-UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
DISCLAIMER
WE WELCOME NON-TRADITIONAL AND IDENTITY-CONSCIOUS CASTING. WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL ACTORS TO AUDITION REGARDLESS OF RACE/ETHNICITY, PHYSICAL ABILITY, BODY TYPE, ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. SOME ROLES HAVE SPECIFIC CASTING REQUIREMENTS DUE TO LICENSING RESTRICTIONS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO AN INCLUSIVE, RESPECTFUL AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. WHILE MANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW ARE TEENAGERS, DUE TO THE ADULT THEMES AND SENSITIVE CONTENT, WE WILL BE CASTING AGES 18 AND UP.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS &
VOCAL RANGES
MARY JANE “MJ” HEALY (FEMALE, LATE 30S TO EARLY 50S)
AN AFFLUENT AND INTENSE MOTHER WHO IS FIGHTING TO KEEP HER PERFECT FAMILY PRESENTED PROPERLY
AND HER ADDICTION TO PAIN PILLS COMPLETELY HIDDEN. HER STRAINED RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY WITH HER
ADOPTED DAUGHTER FRANKIE AND HER HUSBAND STEVE ARE A SERIOUS SOURCE OF STRESS.
STRONG ROCK BELT. MEZZO-SOPRANO. VOCAL RANGE: F3-F5
STEVE HEALY (MALE, LATE 30S TO EARLY 50S)
MJ’S WORKAHOLIC HUSBAND. HE AWAYS TRIES TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT STRUGGLES WITH HIS FRACTURED RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE. COMEDIC.
BARITONE. VOCAL RANGE: A3-A5
FRANKIE HEALY - (FEMALE, 18+ TO PLAY 16)
THE HEALY’S PASSIONATE AND GUTSY ADOPTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEENAGER DAUGHTER IS STRUGGLING
WITH HER IDENTITY. GETS TANGLED IN LOVE TRIANGLE WITH HER BEST FRIEND, JO AND THE NEW GUY AT SCHOOL, PHOENIX.
MEZZO-SOPRANO. VOCAL RANGE: F#3-F#5
NICK HEALY (MALE, 18+ TO PLAY 18)
THE HEALY’S SOMEWHAT NAIVE, BIOLOGICAL SON. THE GOLDEN-CHILD WHO HAS IT ALL. STAR ATHLETE,
RECENTLY ACCEPTED TO HARVARD.
TENOR. VOCAL RANGE: EFLAT4-BFLAT5
JO (*AFAB GENDER NON CONFORMING, 18+ TO PLAY 16, ANY ETHNICITY)
FRANKIE’S MAGNETIC AND WITTY BEST FRIEND AND PARTNER. TRYING TO NAVIGATE THEIR GENDER IDENTITY
THROUGH THE OBSTACLES OF A RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING. THE ROLE IS ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH IN THE SCRIPT.
ALTO. VOCAL RANGE: E3-G5
PHOENIX (MALE, 18+ TO PLAY 16, ANY ETHNICITY)
INTUITIVE AND SINCERE, NEW TO TOWN, BECOMES FRANKIE’S LOVE INTEREST.
TENOR. VOCAL RANGE: E4-BFLAT5
BELLA (FEMALE, 18+ TO PLAY 18, ANY ETHNICITY)
FREE SPIRITED AND OUTSPOKEN PARTY GIRL WHO BECOMES DEEPLY SHAKEN AFTER SURVIVING A SEXUAL ASSAULT.
HER STORY IS CENTRAL TO THE SHOW’S EMOTIONAL CORE.
MEZZO-SOPRANO. VOCAL RANGE: F#-A5
ANDREW MONTEFIORE (MALE, 18+ TO PLAY 18).
NICK’S BEST FRIEND. CHARISMATIC AND POPULAR. CREDIBLY ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
TENOR. VOCAL RANGE: F#4-A5
ENSEMBLE (ACTORS OF ALL ETHNICITIES, GENDER IDENTITIES, AGES 18+)
SEEKING A STRONG AND DIVERSE GROUP OF ACTORS WHO ARE “EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND ARTISTICALLY BOLD, FLEXIBLE, NIMBLE, DEEPLY LAYERED AND NUANCED”. MUST BE STRONG ACTORS AND SINGERS WHO ARE ABLE TO MOVE WELL WITH A WILLINGNESS TO LEAVE IT ALL ON THE STAGE. COMFORT WITH HARMONIES, EXCELLENT MOVEMENT SKILLS AND DANCE EXPERIENCE A PLUS.
ENSEMBLE WILL PLAY A VARIETY OF FEATURED ROLES INCLUDING A THERAPIST, PHARMACIST, DOCTOR, BARISTA, TEACHER, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, PROTESTORS AND PARENTS.
ALL VOCAL RANGES.
**WE WELCOME NON-TRADITIONAL AND IDENTITY-CONSCIOUS CASTING. WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL ACTORS TO AUDITION REGARDLESS OF RACE/ETHNICITY, PHYSICAL ABILITY, BODY TYPE, ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. SOME ROLES HAVE SPECIFIC CASTING REQUIREMENTS DUE TO LICENSING RESTRICTIONS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO AN INCLUSIVE, RESPECTFUL AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. WHILE MANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW ARE TEENAGERS, DUE TO THE ADULT THEMES AND SENSITIVE CONTENT, WE WILL BE CASTING AGES 18 AND UP.
MEET THE PRODUCTION TEAM
MALINDI FICKLE
DIRECTOR
Malindi is a multi-award winning Director/Producer/Writer and is thrilled to mark her MVT directing debut with the state premiere of "JAGGED LITTLE PILL." Other Hawaii productions include "KISS ME KATE," "NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT," "BEEHIVE," "ALL SHOOK UP," "A CHRISTMAS STORY" at DHT. NYC Stage highlights include: "MARINERS’S HOTEL," "SOMEPLACE STRANGE" & "CHECK OUT" for the Published C:10 series (The Collective NY, Kevin Kane, Artistic Director), "VOICES IN THE STORM" (Culture Project) and Danny O’Brien’s World Premiere of "SAVIOR" at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre. Film: "NOVEMBER CRIMINALS" (Sony), "SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP" (Indican), "BY THE PEOPLE" (PBS). She was invited into The Actor’s Studio NY Playwrights/Directors Workshop and is a proud member of Women In Film.
MELINA LILLIOS
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Melina has been music-directing for theaters in Hawaii for over 35 years. She is a 6-time Po’okela award winner and has been involved with over 40 productions here on the islands..Some of her favorite shows as music-director include "Jesus Christ Superstar," "The Who’s Tommy," "Next to Normal," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Waitress," "The Full Monty," "Ragtime," "Titanic" and "Miss Saigon." In 2017, Melina produced and directed an original theater piece at Paliku Theater called “Rise-Up, a “call-to action” production that gathered over 55 musicians and singers from around the state. Melina has toured the Mainland U.S. as both a pianist and vocalist and has performed with the Honolulu Symphony under the direction of Tony award-winner Jason Robert Brown. Local Honolulu venues where she has performed as a pianist include the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the Moana Hotel, Roy’s Restaurant and the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Melina was also keyboardist and music director for Yvonne Elliman at the 2007 Diamond Head Craterfest.
CHRISTINE YASUNAGA
CHOREOGRAPHER
Christine Yasunaga has danced on Broadway in the original cast of “The Lion King”, “The King & I”, pre-Broadway’s “Flower Drum Song”, Radio City Music Hall’s “Spring Spectacular”, with Bernadette Peters, Ricky Martin, LA Contemporary Dance Company, HBT, NIKE’s Culture Shock LA & NYC and in numerous commercials and industrials. She choreographed many musicals at DHT, “Allegiance” for MVT, “Waikiki’s Rockin’ Reception”, “The Dukes of Surf”, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and was the dance rehearsal director for “The Wrong Missy”. In the fall she will be the Resident Director for the world premiere of “The Epic Tale of Hi’iaka”. Christine is also the owner and instructor of Pilates HI, LLC.