Seeking Producers for "That Jones Boy! Or, the Adventures of a Bastard," a Musical Comedy of Manners adapted from Henry Fielding's classic novel, "Tom Jones."

Producers typically receive a total of $123,552 to $155,918 for a first class (Broadway) production, but are themselves responsible for raising the money. We estimate that the total budget will come to around $37,000,000.

The first step will be to do a STAGED READING in mid-October for an invited audience of theater professionals and a select number of the ticket-buying public to gauge the reaction of typical audience members. Actors' Equity allows a total of 29 hours spread over two weeks, including the presentation.

The approximate budget for the reading will be in the neighborhood of $100,000, from which the 39 actor-singer-dancers, musical director/pianist and stage manager will be paid $1K each. The rent for a rehearsal studio, plus the cost of printing scripts and sheet music, and promotional materials are covered by the balance.

Yes, there is another musical version knocking around out there, but ours has entirely new and completely original songs!

For the current draft of the script and music samples: carver.robertd@gmail.com