peace, love, and diabetes: October 2015

Wow! So many things going on in Chelsey Land!:-)

Finished an exciting production of Company the Musical by Stephen Sondheim at HART. I played April. What an amazing cast of friends! Literally one of the best experiences of my life!

The Cast of Company

I love HART, and we are SO excited to be getting married there just shy of a month on November 9th. Also looking forward to next year's productions with them.

Hart's Season Brochure! Chelsey on the far right in Elemenopea.

We still have season auditions to participate in for numerous companies, but already have some gigs booked for the coming year before hip (hip-hooray) surgery in March. First up will be Oleanna at ACT's 35 below, co produced by myself and my friend Kier, and directed by my long time buddy Chris Allison. I've been wanting to star in this play for years, just because of it's difficulty and the amazing themes surround it that are incredibly close to home right now. (Google: waking life saga.)

Photo Credit: Tempus Fugit Design

My next project after Oleanna will be back at my favorite theatre, HART in the Studio! My cousin and I are finally getting to collaborate on a project! SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!

"MISCAST CABARET will feature Dwight Chiles, Chelsey Lee Gaddy, Kirby Gibson and Jay Jay Ponton performing roles they would never "book" because of race, sex, family relation, voice type etc. MISCAST will be an exciting night to reexamine the characters we think we know and to break the mold of how a performer 'should' look or how a character 'should' be played. Expect surprise solos, duets, quartets from the best Classics, Sondheim showstoppers and everything in between. Nothing is off the table tonight!"