Los Angeles — Finally there’s a way to become octo-mom Nadya Suleman without having to give birth or getting mixed up in a Charlie Kaufman movie. “Octomom the Musical” scheduled auditions for Tuesday at Bang Comedy Studio. The casting session runs from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 457 N. Fairfax Ave.
The “fast-paced musical pastiche ripped from the headlines” is an “epic for our strange times,” according to its website. The 10-week run will begin June 19, with performances every Friday and Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
Producers released a description of what it takes to play Suleman:
[OCTO AND VARIOUS]Female, Mid 20’s – mid 30’s. Funny, whimsical, but not too charactery. She should be able to command authority, play broad range of facial expressions plus physical comedy. Sketch and improv experience a plus. Likable, energetic and at the same time able to be emotionally expressive and believable. Can handle musical theatre and pop styles a plus. Actress who can move. Can’t make Tuesday’s audition? Don’t worry, octo-hopefuls. According to the show’s creator, Chris Voltaire, more try-outs will be held next week.
We are truly doomed as a species.
That concept’s just insane.
Who does the silhouette of the mom remind me of the CBS TV station logo? Also if it were really octo-mom shouldn’t there be an octopus in the belly or something. Also the $ for the S is a nice “were-in-it-for-the-money” tie in.
On the Plus side, theater is now on public TV. Now I want to see TV ads for The Boy With No Name playing at my local community stage theater.
No, I’m not ready. I wish this leach and her ill begotten brood would just disappear.
The whole thing (the real story and the musical) is revolting.
I would, however, be happy to hear of her getting a hysterectomy. They should have done that while they had her opened up.
i ‘ve heard through the grape vine, that the hightlight of the show is the insemination scene, with the cast belting out monty python’s “every sperm is sacred”
Hannah Montana is playing the lead? Well, we know which musical Alphie is going to be watching.
Eight, count ’em Alphie, eight new kiddies to add to our population. All in one shot too. And I bet you wish it was your little swimmers that did it too.
I, for one, am glad to see this play being produced.
I would be very, very concerned if we started treating Octomom and her like as “business as usual”.
Holding up the Octomom for all to see helps society to right itself.
Like with Colbert and Steward, sometimes the best medicine is holding up the mirror of absurdity and letting us all take a long look.
I just hope ‘Octomom’ isn’t making any money off of this.
#8, hopper,
Why shouldn’t she be making money off this? They are using her to enrich themselves.
Next up? The revival of “The Pirates of Penzance.” Starring REAL pirates!
(I’m pretty sure Penzance is a Somalian fishing village built on a radioactive waste dump.)
#11, Alphie, Evangelical, Sociopathic, Right Wing Nut, Loon, Limbaugh Sycophant, and Quaalude Queen,
She is a Muslim in case you didn’t know.
Fusion: I believe she is a beta test to repopulate heaven with virgins. With dozens needed for each martyr, they are running dangerously low. The next beta version will be trying to weed out male embryos.
By the way, Octomom breakfast special at Denny’s: 14 eggs, no sausage