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Perseverance pays off for the ‘Hamilton’ actor

Perseverance pays off for the ‘Hamilton’ actor

 


Wichitans can see a touring production of the sensational Broadway musical Hamilton at Century II from Tuesday, June 6 to Wednesday, June 14.

Based on Ron Chernows’ biography of founding father Alexander Hamilton, the score blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and familiar Broadway sounds through Hamilton’s life story.

The musical received 11 Tony Awards in 2016, including Best Musical, won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Since its debut, the show has let audiences do the talking inside and outside the walls of theaters around the world.

Like previous revolutionary theatrical works such as Rent or A Chorus Line he revolutionized the way people experience stories and theater itself.

Actor Tyler Fauntleroy (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton) says being a part of this cultural phenomenon has been an opportunity many actors dream of himself.

I made a joke when I first got here that being on this show is like being traded to the Lakers, he says, or you’re joining The Avengers. To be part of an incredible moment in musical theater history and pop culture history is incredible.

He first dreamed of being part of the musical when he was a student at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was aware of playwright Lin-Manuel Mirandas’ work through a variety of outlets and had seen Mirandas acclaimed In the Heights on Broadway around 2010.

I was a Lin fan for a while, says Fauntleroy.

He was a junior in college when the album came out and it didn’t change anything in his life.

I remember sitting in my college dorm that night listening to it and admiring the music, in awe of the people who were singing it, whether it was Blacks and Browns of color telling that story. It was music I recognized, genres I grew up with, references to music I love. From my first listen, he says, I was immediately a fan.

That night, listening to songs like Wait for It, he said to himself, I don’t know how, I don’t know when, I don’t know when in my life, but I have to be part of it.

It turned out that her dream would pay off, but it would require perseverance.

The road to Hamilton was paved with many false starts, says the actor, who appeared in

stage productions by August Wilsons Fences and Shakespeares Tempest, as well as screen work on Succession, The Oath and FBI.

His Hamilton odyssey began in 2015.

At the end of that year, he responded to a call for applications for video auditions. He was to deliver a short musical number and a rap verse.

He chose When Youre Home from In the Heights and a verse from Nas The World Is Yours. He sent the video and then, like many actors, waited, unsure if he heard anything.

The following spring, he received a note requesting a second video as well as a performance of Dear Theodosia and a verse of Washington on Your Side.

SO?

No more waiting.

In early 2017, he was preparing for a showcase in New York with his acting class at VCU. This included getting the attention of casting directors, managers, and agents through a website with headlines and resumes.

Some of the class were then invited to audition for Hamilton in person.

I was in the middle of a class and I got the email and it took everything inside of me not to get fired up because I couldn’t believe I actually got the chance to audition in nobody, recalls Fauntleroy.

He traveled to New York, had a solid audition, then returned to Virginia where he waited for more news. He moved to New York after graduation, then experienced a series of callback auditions where actors read for different roles and continue to demonstrate their tenacity.

Fauntleroy found himself doing just that, reading various parts, being asked to audition for touring companies, replacing Broadway.

In early 2020, he auditioned for every major role except George Washington and King George III.

The role for which I had been most in demand was that of Laurens/Philip, a role played by the same actor in all of the Hamilton productions.

He auditioned for this role one last time.

I was looking forward to hearing from them because this time I felt like maybe it was time. To be honest, every other time it was like that, but this time it really felt like it was, he says.

And then the pandemic arrived.

With Broadway and other performance venues closing, he was forced to wait another two years. Then, at the end of 2022, a call came in asking if he was still interested.

The casting team had been impressed with his work and a casting hole was opening up. The role of Laurens/Philip was his if he wanted it.

It was the last thing I expected to hear, he recalls. I immediately started crying.

He adds, I heard an actor say, Sometimes you have to love this job and it doesn’t love you back. Perseverance, he says, is the name of the game.

What got him through the trials and tribulations of his lengthy audition process?

My faith is what grounds me. My belief that my steps are orderly and that ultimately there is a plan for my good and no matter where the chips fall, I trust whoever places them there. That’s what I cling to. I would drive myself crazy if I didn’t have the basics of faith and my trust in God.

Landing the role may have taught him perseverance Fauntleroy notes that there’s another experience that comes with performing the show and connecting with the audience about a powerful work that left an indelible mark on the American scene and American letters.

We were in Virginia for four weeks, first in Norfolk and then in Richmond. I’m from Hampton, which is about 30 minutes from Norfolk and in Richmond we were basically on my college campus at VCU, he said. There he was able to connect with people he calls the village that made him who he is. Some of these people had never really had the opportunity to see theatre, ever. It was therefore marvelous to celebrate this moment with them, but also for them to discover to what extent the theater is a marvelous and beautiful thing that challenges us and makes us reflect.

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