DavisMusical
Theatre
Company
Davis
Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 7:30pm
or
Monday, September 9, 2024 at 7:30pm
Callbacks: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 7:30pm
Directed by Brian McCann
Choreographed by Lisa Dillon
Musical direction by Kaitlyn McEowen
Opens Friday, November 8, 2024
My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion. Acclaimed Professor and confirmed bachelor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his linguistic colleague Colonel Pickering that in six months he can pass off “gutter snipe” Eliza Doolittle as a duchess at an embassy ball. Through arduous training, day and night, Eliza learns how to speak English “properly,” and transforms into a lady respected and adored by all classes. Along the way she bewitches young Freddy Einsford-Hill into falling in love with her, and convinces a supposed linguistics expert that she is royalty. Through her transformation process, Eliza forges a deep connection with Colonel Pickering and most especially with Professor Higgins. However, she finds herself in a difficult position, now too refined to go back to her old life and not with any means or desire to live life as a lady of leisure – especially by herself. When Higgins completely fails to acknowledge Eliza’s role in her own transformation, she leaves his home. It is only then that Higgins realizes that he cares deeply for Eliza. The play ends with Eliza’s return to Higgins’ home, and the ending is left ambiguous, yet it is beloved for being both one of the cleverest and one of the most romantic plays of all time.
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Eliza Doolittle | The cockney flower-girl who Professor Higgins tries to civilize. She is warm, high spirited and self-reliant. (Must have cockney accent as well as standard British).Vocal range: A3 - G5 |
| Henry Higgins | The conceited professor of linguistics who attempts to transform a cockney flower-girl, Eliza, into a well-bread lady. He is eccentric, vital, energetic, and not in touch with his emotions. Vocal range: B flat 2 - E4 |
| Alfred P. Doolittle | Eliza's fun-loving father who loves to indulge in alcohol. He is good-natured and has lots of friends. Vocal range: G3 - E4 |
| Col. Hugh Pickering | The amiable linguist friend of Professor Higgins. Vocal range:C3 - D4 |
| Freddy Eynsford-Hill | The handsome upper-class young man who falls in love with Eliza. (sings “On The Street Where You Live”). Vocal range: C3 - F4 |
| Mrs. Higgins | Professor Higgins self-assured, wealthy, classy, and elegant mother. |
| Mrs. Pearce | Professor Higgins housekeeper who acts as a surrogate mother to Eliza. Vocal range: E4 - G4 |
| Zoltan Karpathy | A Hungarian student of languages. *This actor has to do some ballroom dancing. |
| Butler | Higgins' household employee |
| Harry | Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle. (Must sing, part of the quartet) |
| Jamie | Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle. (Must sing, part of the quartet) |
| Mrs. Eynsford-Hill | Freddy's high-society mother. Very stuffy |
| Ensemble | Singer and dancers for the Ensemble who will play various Ascot racetrack devotees, Embassy Ball patrons, Servants, cockneys, opera goers, street buskers |