Fans of nerdery, specifically Felicia Day’s day hit and award-winning web series “The Guild”, have cause to rejoice. A musical staged reading of the series will take to the stage in Los Angeles at Dynasty Typewriter and via livestream this month. Its cast not only features the series’ creator/star herself Felicia Day, but other fan-favorite performers.
“The Guild” Hit Web Series Finds New Life on Stage
“The Guild” is a comedy web series about a group of online gamers that ran from 2007 to 2012. Originally fan-funded before Kickstarter, “The Guild’s” 70 episodes have amassed over 300 million views since its premiere. Created by Day, the show offered an authentic inside look of the world of online gaming, online and offline.
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“The Guild’s” musical incarnation, based on the web series, features a book by Allison Frasca, music by Mark Schenfisch, and lyrics by Sam Balzac. The writers brought the idea of a “The Guild” musical to Day about six years ago, who has since been developing it with producer Tom Lenk. Day, the self-appointed and rightful ‘Grand Duchess’ of Geekdom will reprise her role as Codex in the musical.
Fan-Favorites from Several Fandoms Round Out “The Guild’s” Cast
“The Guild The Musical” follows a group of online gamers as they embark on the ultimate quest – meeting in real life! Along with Day, who’s known for her roles in The CW’s “Supernatural” and Netflix’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000”, the cast will please any geek attending the reading in-person or tuning into the livestream.
Furthermore, the voice of “Futurama‘s” Hermes Conrad Phil Marr plays Vork. Also hailing from the world of animation Rama Vallury “X-Men ’97” lends his talents to the production as Zaboo. The MCU makes an appearance in Anjali Bhimani, perhaps better known as Ms. Marvel’s Auntie Ruby, joins the reading as Avinashi. Kirsten Vangsness, who’s played Penelope Garcia for a whopping 343 episodes on “Criminal Minds” will play Clara.
Finally, Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez, two of the scene-stealers in Team Starkid’s viral parody musical “A Very Potter Musical”, round out the cast as Tink and Bladezz respectively.
Richter, who played Ron Weasley, and Lopez, whose take on Draco Malfoy was one for the ages, made their mark on both musical theater and the Harry Potter fandom with their uproarious yet universally relatable duet “Granger Danger” in the inaugural Starkid musical. The pair recently completed a stint at the sought-after Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the Tin Can Brother’s production of “The Solve It Squad!” Needless to say, the cast is as impressive as they are well-versed in geek culture.
How to Watch “The Guild” Musical Staged Reading
For those is Los Angeles, the reading of “The Guild The Musical” will take place at Dynasty Typewriter on Sunday, February 23rd at 4 PM PST. For those not in Southern California, livestream tickets are available. Both in-person and livestream tickets are available HERE.
No matter what one’s fandom is, with a creative team as strong this, “The Guild The Musical” is nearly guaranteed to be a geeky delight.
