EMOJILAND musical will tour summer 2022

From today’s Briefing: Visceral Entertainment has announced that it will launch a national tour this summer for Emojiland, the 2020 Off-Broadway musical. A virtual and inclusive casting call for the tour is underway, with submissions for all roles open to all performers regardless race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, or experience level. Interested performers can find details and submission instructions at emojiland.comthrough March 27.

This wasn't great art, but it was a ton of fun and the cast was superb (if overqualified) Off-Bway right before Covid.

It’s Non-Union.

Makes me sad for the performers. i'm gonna guess "everybody's talking about jamie" isn't going out as well?

How terrible. Feel really bad for the cast and crew.

The producers have just made a statement (at last) to confirm the tour is cancelled and they will be doing a one night only performance of the show and filming for later release.




What a mess. I feel for the cast and crew in this one that got tangled up in an ill conceived attempt at a tour.

Updated On: 6/1/22 at 02:28 PM

The authors of the show were previously married and got divorced before the off-Bway production...she played the lead, he used to play the other lead but left the show before it ran at New 42. But he's the only one giving a statement here? Weird!

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "iirc this did not sell Off-Bway, so I don't know why they thought it would sell to the masses across the country."

Apparently the production received SVOG money and they had to spend it or give it back to the government. So, they planned on spending it on the tour. I guess filming this allows them to still spend that money.

This seemed very rushed from the start. I’ve never seen a national tour - non-equity or equity - hold auditions so close to the start date of the show. Seems like the whole thing was poorly planned. My heart goes out to the cast and crew.