The Vanity is a stylized, darkly humorous, period melodrama, which plays like a marriage of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sunset Boulevard and Valley of the Dolls full of high drama and dirty secrets. It's 1947 and Julian Gray, a beautiful but sheltered young Plantation heir decides to start a new life in Hollywood. He finds himself the object of all sorts of hungry attention and the great director Hilton Wheeler casts him as the lead in a major motion picture. In spite of a promising future as a ...
The Vanity is a stylized, darkly humorous, period melodrama, which plays like a marriage of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sunset Boulevard and Valley of the Dolls full of high drama and dirty secrets. It's 1947 and Julian Gray, a beautiful but sheltered young Plantation heir decides to start a new life in Hollywood. He finds himself the object of all sorts of hungry attention and the great director Hilton Wheeler casts him as the lead in a major motion picture. In spite of a promising future as a movie star, Julian falls in love with Stella, a makeup girl on the set of his first film. All hell breaks loose, when Julian inherits a mysterious Victorian vanity table from a distant, unknown relative and the vanity is possessed by a powerful demon. Julian is offered the chance to maintain his infamous good looks indefinitely, as long as he agrees to forsake love in favor of hedonistic pleasure. Mr. Gray is faced with an impossible choice, and is tempted in all directions by an array of technicolor characters.
Cast:
Rosalie Burke*
Patch David*
Remy Germinario*
Brandon Haagenson*
Kate Hoover
Ilene Kristen*
Erik Ransom*
Roger Yeh
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Production Team:
Peter Covino: Executive Producer/Composer
Veronique Ory: General Manager
Rachel Klein: Director/Co-Choreographer
Luke Williams: Music Director
Adam Chisnall: Assistant Director
Danielle Marie Fusco: Co-Choreographer
Erik Ransom: Dramaturge
Kateryna Turkalo: Production Stage Manager
Virginia Chang: Assistant Stage Manager
Katherine Janeska Guanche: Assistant Stage Manager
Ashton Michael Corey: Sound Engineer
Joseph Croghan: Scenic/Props Designer
Christina Watanabe: Lighting Designer
Rachel Klein: Costume Designer
