Bastard Jones

Book/lyrics by Marc Acito
Music/lyrics by Amy Engelhardt

A rock musical comedy adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic Brit Lit satire from 1749, THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING

In a rollicking adventure of deception, misunderstanding and… bedhopping, charming but low-born Tom Jones makes the mistake of wooing Sophia Shepherd, daughter of the pompous Reverend Shepherd. Shepherd conspires to have Tom...

Book/lyrics by Marc Acito
Music/lyrics by Amy Engelhardt

A rock musical comedy adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic Brit Lit satire from 1749, THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING

In a rollicking adventure of deception, misunderstanding and… bedhopping, charming but low-born Tom Jones makes the mistake of wooing Sophia Shepherd, daughter of the pompous Reverend Shepherd. Shepherd conspires to have Tom banished from the only home he’s known.

Although determined to make good to earn Sophia's love, Tom's knack for trouble leads to conscription in the army, halfnaked havoc at a country inn and a stint as the boytoy of the duplicitous Lady Bellaston.

Secrets, lies and still more bed-hopping eventually lead Tom to the brink of the scaffold before order and happiness prevail.

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Bastard Jones

This cast should look like America. That means a roster of races and ethnicities, ages and abilities/disabilities. No role is written for any specific one of those. Accommodations should be made for staging. Everyone doubles/triples except the actors playing Tom Jones and Sophia Shepherd.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization IARE Music/FISNO NYC, Year 2015
  • Type Workshop, Organization Millikin University New Musicals (NAMT), Year 2013

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization the cell theatre, NYC, Year 2017

Awards

  • Alec Baldwin Fellowship
    The Singers Forum NYC
    Runner Up
    2012
  • Clive Barnes Award for Young Performers (Elena Wang - Sophia Shepherd)
    Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation
    Runner Up
    2017
  • Chita Rivera Award (Evan Ruggiero for BASTARD JONES)
    NYC Dance Alliance Foundation
    Runner Up
    2017
  • Clive Barnes Award for Young Performers (Evan Ruggiero - Tom Jones)
    Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation
    Winner
    2017
  • Best Actor in a Musical (Evan Ruggiero - Tom Jones)
    Drama Desk
    Runner Up
    2017
  • Writers Residency Grant
    NAMT
    Selection
    2013
  • Best Score of a New Musical
    IMEA
    Finalist
    2016
  • Best New Musical
    Off Broadway Alliance
    Runner Up
    2017
  • Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals
    Finalist
    2012