As rehearsals begin for Off-Broadway's upcoming Messy White Gays, a casting change is afoot! Scream Queens and The Sex Lives of College Girls star Derek Chadwick has stepped in for previously announced star Zane Phillips, and will play Addison. The Drew Droege play begins at The Duke on 42nd Street October 6 ahead of a November 2 opening night. Mike Donahue is at the helm.
Also newly joining the company are understudies Drew Reilly and Matt Steele.
Step into the rehearsal studio with newly released behind-the-scenes photos in the gallery below.
In Messy White Gays, boyfriends Brecken and Caden have just murdered their throuple mate and stashed his corpse in a Jonathan Adler credenza, and the gays have just arrived for brunch. The Off-Broadway staging will also star Droege, James Cusati-Moyer (Slave Play), Aaron Jackson (Dicks: The Musical), and Pete Zias (Total Trash Live!). Casting is by Ryan Bernard Tymensky of RBT Casting.
Aaron Jackson and James Cusati Moyer
James Cusati Moyer
Mike Donahue, Drew Reilly, Derek Chadwick, Aaron Jackson, Pete Zias, Matt Steele, James Cusati Moyer, and Drew Droege
Drew Reilly, Derek Chadwick, Aaron Jackson, Pete Zias, Matt Steele, James Cusati Moyer, and Drew Droege
Derek Chadwick
Derek Chadwick and Drew Droege
Company of Messy White Gays
Alexander Dodge
The play was previously developed with a public reading at Soho Playhouse and a developmental staging at Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, both in 2024. The upcoming Off-Broadway bow will be its first official staging.
The production will also feature set design by Alexander Dodge, costume design by James + AC, lighting design by Jen Schriever, sound design by Sinan Refik Zafar, props by Brendan McCann, puppetry by Sam Hill, and special effects by Jeremy Chernick. General management is provided by Sing Out, Louise! Productions, with production management by Libby J’Vera and Michal V. Mendelson as production stage manager.
The Fabulous Invalid (Jamie DuMont and Rob Russo), Tom D'Angora, and Michael D'Angora are producing with co-producers Willette and Manny Klausner, DT3 Productions, Stephanie Courtney and Scott Kolanach, Rebecca Gold, Zac Petkanas and B. Levi Bohanan, Red Spear Productions, Russo Famiglia, Angelina Santarelli, Marco Santarelli, Nelini Stamp, Emma Taylor, Andrew Tobias, and Wolk Transfer Company.
Visit MessyWhiteGays.com.
