COMPLETE CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR “A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMET”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
COMPLETE CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR
THE WORLD PREMIERE OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
“A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMET”
BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BY
ALEX WYSE & BEN FANKHAUSER
DIRECTED BY
MARSHALL PAILET
PREVIEWS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 17
OPENING NIGHT SET FOR SEPTEMBER 27
AT THE DR2 THEATRE
HEADSHOTS AVAILABLE HERE
New York, NY (July 29, 2021) – Announced today is the complete casting for the world premiere off-Broadway musical A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet. Starring as ‘Regina Comet’ is Bryonha Marie Parham (Prince of Broadway, “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!”), who will be joined by A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet creators Alex Wyse (“Indoor Boys”, Spring Awakening) and Ben Fankhauser (Newsies, Beautiful) to complete the cast.
Featuring book, music, and lyrics by Alex Wyse and Ben Fankhauser, with direction by Marshall Pailet (Baghdaddy, Triassic Parq) and choreography by Drama Desk Award winner Stephanie Klemons (Hamilton, In The Heights), A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet begins previews on Friday, September 17th, at the DR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th Street), with an opening night set for Monday, September 27th. The strictly limited engagement is set to run through Sunday, November 14th, 2021.
Two nobodies dream of writing one hit song for everybody, but their day job composing jingles for commercials isn’t the big break they hoped. That is, until they’re plucked from obscurity by a world-famous pop star named Regina Comet (if destiny had a child, it would be her) and she wants them to create an anthem for her supernova pipes... and her new perfume. They’re so close to the big-time they can smell it, but following your passion doesn’t always lead where you expect. Making a hit song can be a shit-show.
The creative team for A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet also includes Lucille Lortel Award nominee Wilson Chin (Scenic Design), Antonyo Award winner Sarita Fellows (Costume Design), Aja M. Jackson (Lighting Design), Twi McCallum (Sound Design), and Alex Goldie Golden (Music Director).
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet will play the following schedule: Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesdays at 7pm, Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm and 7pm.
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet is produced by Cody Lassen, joined by Kate Cannova, Sue Gilad & Larry Rogowsky, Chaz Naor, Samantha Squeri, David Lipowicz, Brad Blume, Jo-Ann Dean, Jamie deRoy/Luigi Caiola, Wayne Hampton Holland, III, Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, Robert Laurita, Benny Lumpkins Jr., and Raindrop Valley.
Tickets, starting at $55, are now available and can be purchased by visiting www.Telecharge.com or by calling 800-447-7400.
For more information, please visit www.ReginaComet.com
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
BRYONHA MARIE PARHAM (Regina Comet). Broadway: Prince of Broadway; Book of Mormon; After Midnight; The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess; Ragtime. Off-Broadway/NY: Promenade (City Center); Candide (Carnegie Hall); NY Philharmonic’s Showboat and Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman); Ragtime @ Lincoln Center; National Tours: Falsettos. World Premier: DAVE (Arena Stage); Prince of Broadway (Tokyo Orb). Concert: New York Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra (MASS), Kansas City Symphony, 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists. Regional: The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess (ART); Ragtime (Kennedy Center); Civil War (NETworks); HAIR (Sacramento Music Circus); Dreamgirls (Effie White at NSMT), Little Shop of Horrors (Berkshire Theatre Group), and many more! Television: “Spongebob Musical” LIVE; “Madame Secretary”; “Showboat” and “Sweeney Todd” LIVE @ Lincoln Center for PBS (Emmy); 66th/68th Annual Tony Awards; The Today Show. Twitter/Instagram: @BryonhaMarie
ALEX WYSE (Other Man, Book/Music/Lyrics) co-created “Indoor Boys,” which was nominated for an Emmy and acquired by Here TV, and he recently wrapped Summoning Sylvia, his debut feature film as co-writer/director. Also, he co-produced What the Constitution Means to Me. He’s been seen on Broadway in Waitress, Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones, on Tour in Wicked, off-Broadway in Ride the Cyclone, Bare, and Triassic Parq, and on TV in “The Other Two,” “Iron Fist,” “Masters of Sex,” “NCIS: LA,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Modern Family,” “Agent X,” “Bad Judge,” “A to Z,” “Switched at Birth,” and “Bored to Death.”
BEN FANKHAUSER (Man 2, Book/Music/Lyrics). Regina Comet marks Ben’s writing debut! As a performer he is known for playing Davey in Newsies (Original Broadway Cast). Other New York theatre: Mack & Mabel (Encores!), Saturday Night and Bar-mitzvah Boy (York Theatre). First National Tours: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Spring Awakening. Regionally Ben has been seen in The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage), An American In Paris (MTW), Big River (Sacramento Music Circus), I Hate Hamlet (Bucks County Playhouse), and Next To Normal (North Carolina Theatre). Television: “The Deuce,” “Indoor Boys." Find more on Spotify/iTunes/YouTube. Originally from Cleveland, OH. BFA: Ithaca College. @PlzNfankU
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