#abigail heilman

[janedances]

Six The Musical 2022 debuts

A project I’ve been working on since the beginning of the year! Every. Single. Debut. Of. Six. 2022. And can I just say, what a year it’s been for the queendom! This year saw 9 new casts grace the stage over 3 continents + 6 more swingos. But, overall, March won with the most debuts at 31! THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE REDEBUTS

JANUARY

Marilyn Caserta ARAGON (3/1/22)

Ashlee Waldbauer SEYMOUR (3/1/22)

Shannen Alyce Quan ARAGON (4/1/22)

Karis Oka ARAGON (8/1/22)

Roxanne Couch BOLEYN (8/1/22)

Paisley Billings CLEVES (8/1/22)

Danielle Rose ARAGON (9/1/22)

Esme Rothero SEYMOUR (9/1/22)

Rachel Rawlinson PARR (9/1/22)

Chiara Assetta ARAGON (14/1/22)

Shannen Alyce Quan SEYMOUR (15/1/22)

Karis Oka HOWARD (16/1/22)

Esme Rothero PARR (16/1/22)

Karis Oka PARR (23/1/22)

Chiara Assetta CLEVES (27/1/22)

Shannen Alyce Quan BOLEYN (28/1/22)

Karis Oka SEYMOUR (29/1/22)

Chiara Assetta HOWARD (30/1/22)

Harriet Watson HOWARD (30/1/22)

FEBRUARY

Abbi Hodgson CLEVES (7/2/22)

Shannen Alyce Quan CLEVES (11/2/22)

Chiara Assetta BOLEYN (13/2/22)

Ellie Sharpe PARR (14/2/22)

Esme Rothero ARAGON (26/2/22)

Rachel Rawlinson BOLEYN (27/2/22)

Paisley Billings PARR (27/2/22)

Mallory Maedke ARAGON (27/2/22)

MARCH

Roxanne Couch HOWARD (5/3/22)

Courtney Mack PARR (6/3/22)

Chloe Hart ARAGON (10/3/22)

Casey-Al-Shaqsy SEYMOUR (10/3/22)

Aiesha Pease CLEVES (10/3/22)

Jaina Brock-Patel HOWARD (10/3/22)

Alana Robinson PARR (10/3/22)

Danielle Rose CLEVES (10/3/22)

Chiara Assetta SEYMOUR (11/3/22)

Lauren Irving ARAGON (12/3/22)

Danielle Mendoza BOLEYN (12/3/22)

Shelby Griswold SEYMOUR (12/3/22)

Kennedy Carstens CLEVES (12/3/22)

Abigail Heilman HOWARD (12/3/22)

Jarynn Whitney PARR (12/3/22)

Keri Rene Fuller SEYMOUR (14/3/22)

Joy Woods PARR (14/3/22)

Grace Melville ARAGON (16/3/22)

Leesa Tulley HOWARD (17/3/22)

Harriet Caplan-Dean PARR (17/3/22)

Esme Rothero CLEVES (17/3/22)

Rachel Rawlinson HOWARD (17/3/22)

Shannen Alyce Quan HOWARD (18/3/22)

Grace Melville CLEVES (20/3/22)

Leesa Tulley BOLEYN (22/3/22)

Harriet Caplan-Dean SEYMOUR (22/3/22)

Chiara Assetta PARR (29/3/22)

Khaila Wilcoxon ARAGON (29/3/22)

Storm Lever BOLEYN (29/3/22)

Jasmine Forsberg SEYMOUR (29/3/22)

Didi Romero HOWARD (29/3/22)

Gabriela Carrillo PARR (29/3/22)

APRIL

Kelly Denice Taylor CLEVES (1/4/22)

Cassie Silva CLEVES (3/4/22)

Madeline Fansler ARAGON (4/4/22)

Olivia Donalson CLEVES (5/4/22)

Channing Weir BOLEYN (11/4/22)

Harriet Caplan-Dean ARAGON (14/4/22)

Madeline Fansler SEYMOUR (19/4/22)

Leesa Tulley SEYMOUR (19/4/22)

Erin Palmer Ramirez PARR (22/4/22)

Harriet Caplan-Dean HOWARD (27/4/22)

Erin Palmer Ramirez BOLEYN (27/4/22)

MAY

Channing Weir CLEVES (3/5/22)

Leesa Tulley PARR (11/5/22)

Cassie Silva BOLEYN (13/5/22)

Madeline Fansler PARR (14/5/22)

Kelsee Kimmel SEYMOUR (18/5/22)

Harriet Caplan-Dean CLEVES (20/5/22)

Kelly Denice Taylor ARAGON (21/5/22)

Kelly Denice Taylor SEYMOUR (24/5/22)

Gabbi Mack ARAGON (26/5/22)

Casey Esbin BOLEYN (26/5/22)

Ellie Wyman SEYMOUR (26/5/22)

Sasha Renae Brown CLEVES (26/5/22)

Nicole Lamb HOWARD (26/5/22)

Aja Simone Baitey PARR (26/5/22)

Grace Melville BOLEYN (27/5/22)

JUNE

Kelsee Kimmel ARAGON (1/6/22)

Cassie Silva HOWARD (2/6/22)

Channing Weir HOWARD (3/6/22)

Kelsee Kimmel PARR (7/6/22)

Harriet Caplan-Dean BOLEYN (9/6/22)

Erin Palmer Ramirez HOWARD (11/6/22)

Willow Dougherty SEYMOUR (16/6/22)

Kayla McSorley BOLEYN (22/6/22)

Roxanne Couch ARAGON (22/6/22)

JULY

Willow Dougherty ARAGON (6/7/22)

Cristina D’Agostino PARR (12/7/22)

Kayla McSorely PARR (20/7/22)

Willow Dougherty HOWARD (31/7/22)

AUGUST

Bre Jackson ARAGON (9/8/22)

Brennyn Lark PARR (9/8/22)

Danielle Rose SEYMOUR (12/8/22)

Ayla Ciccone-Burton CLEVES (12/8/22)

Kayla McSorely CLEVES (19/8/22)

SEPTEMBER

Jessie Bodner BOLEYN (3/9/22)

Jasmine Hackett SEYMOUR (3/9/22)

Janice Rjissel CLEVES (3/9/22)

Lucia Valentino HOWARD (3/9/22)

Elena Breschi PARR (3/9/22)

Grace Melville PARR (7/9/22)

Holli’ Conway CLEVES (12/9/22)

Holli’ Conway HOWARD (17/9/22)

Gerianne Perez ARAGON (20/9/22)

Zan Berube BOLEYN (20/9/22)

Amina Faye SEYMOUR (20/9/22)

Terica Marie CLEVES (20/9/22)

Aline Mayagoitia HOWARD (20/9/22)

Sydney Parra PARR (20/9/22)

Ayla Ciccone-Burton PARR (24/9/22)

Ayla Ciccone-Burton BOLEYN (26/9/22)

OCTOBER

Princess Victomé BOLEYN (3/10/22)

Danielle Rose PARR (8/10/22)

Rhianne Louise-McCaulsky ARAGON (18/10/22)

Baylie Carson BOLEYN (18/10/22)

Koko Basigara HOWARD (18/10/22)

Princess Victomé ARAGON (22/10/22)

Monique Ashe-Palmer CLEVES (26/10/22)

Leah Vassell SEYMOUR (27/10/22)

Jana Larell Glover ARAGON (27/10/22)

Cecilia Snow ARAGON (28/10/22)

NOVEMBER

Aryn Bohannon SEYMOUR (1/11/22)

Leah Vassell PARR (2/11/22)

Cecilia Snow SEYMOUR (3/11/22)

Aryn Bohannon HOWARD (3/11/22)

Princess Victomé CLEVES (5/11/22)

Monique Ashe-Palmer ARAGON (9/11/22)

Taylor Pearlstein BOLEYN (13/11/22)

Jana Larell Glover PARR (16/11/22)

Aryn Bohannon BOLEYN (19/11/22)

Jana Larell Glover CLEVES (25/11/22)

Taylor Pearlstein HOWARD (29/11/22)

Cecilia Snow CLEVES (30/11/22)

DECEMBER

Taylor Pearlstein PARR (1/12/22)

Rae Davenport ARAGON (4/12/22)

Gianna Grosso BOLEYN (4/12/22)

Kathryn Kilger SEYMOUR (4/12/22)

Reca Oakley CLEVES (4/12/22)

Hailee Kaleem Wright ARAGON (5/12/22)

Leandra Gaston Ellis BOLEYN (5/12/22)

Bella Coppola SEYMOUR (5/12/22)

Nasia Thomas CLEVES (5/12/22)

Zoe Jensen HOWARD (5/12/22)

Taylor Iman Jones PARR (5/12/22)

Leesa Tulley ARAGON (7/12/22)

Holli’ Conway ARAGON (16/12/22)

Aubrey Matalon HOWARD (16/12/22)

Leah Vassell CLEVES (18/12/22)

Bethany McDonald SEYMOUR (18/12/22)

Kristina Leopold SEYMOUR (23/12/22)

Monique Ashe Palmer BOLEYN (27/12/22)

Cast members involved with SIX this year but not debuted as of 2022: Sunayna Smith, Hannah Taylor, Emily Rose Lyons, Chelsea Wargo, Meg Dixon Brasil, Sarah McFarlane, Jillian Worthing, Haley Izurieta, Alyssa Giannetti, Lois Ellise, Jasmine Smith

[abbyheilman]

name: abigail "abby" heilamn

age: 33

gender: cis female ( she / her )

sexuality: bisexual

work:  Nurse and Stripper

relation: single

affiliation with:  none.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

death tw, addiction tw, violence tw

Abigail Heilman was born with a different name. The one that was meant for a boy as it was what her parents had been told throughout the pregnancy until their daughter was born to an overjoyed mother and disappointed father. The biggest joke would be on the man who did his best to raise her like the son he'd lost a few yeas earlier. The little boy had been a victim of being at the wrong place at the wrong time and got a bullet to the chest that was a result of gang violence. Despite her mother dressing her up and pulling her close, she remained a daddy's girl and was soon wrapped around her father's finger as there wasn't anything he could say no to when it came to his daughter. He kept her close in fear of losing her but despite the light she brought to his life, it barely shined much light on all the darkness and hatred that lingered there for the gangs in town.

As a retired military man, he understood violence and defending one's property better than most but he hated the way it was done in the middle of town and how bodies kept showing up every other day. By the time that Abby turned fifteen, she had finally understood loss first hand rather than through her father's eyes. She watched her mother fight a battle that had taken so much from her and her father, knowing that the elder man had little will to live outside of his pill bottles and alcohol. Despite doing her best to help him, she often found herself with her best friend rather than at home. In many ways, it felt like she had lost both parents had once given that the man seated on the couch was far from the father that she once knew.

Her father lived like that for many years, helping her out with checks rather than any fatherly advise of affections. All his money went to his daughter or to the bottles that littered the floor. Throughout the hard years, her best friend, and now boyfriend, had stayed by her side and gotten her through most of it. Apart from the tension with him being apart of the local gang, he was the most important person in her life and the one she didn't feel like she could ever live without. But another wave of loss hit her when he admitted that he had cheated on her and she broke it off. Anger and sadness clung to her chest and was used to propel her forward in medical school, graduating at the top of her class. Her father's money had long since run dry and with no one applauding her on graduation, her anger was all she truly had left.

Just as she settled in her apartment and in work, life knocked her down once more with the loss of her father. Whatever money she had stored away went to his funeral arrangements and selling the house barely covered the debt that he had left over. Deep in over her head, she didn't feel like she had any other choice but to find another job. It started as a bartender until a friend mentioned a strip club and the money that could be made. After months of getting warnings through the mail, she decided to go ahead and become a stripper for the time being as she plans on quitting as soon as she can get herself out of debt.

Headcanons: 

Her roommate left in the night after not paying bills for a month and moved in with her boyfriend but left her hamster in the apartment with Abby. The thing got loose and ended up in her apartment walls. She had to break down half a wall to set it free and has kept it. She now calls it outlaw.

Even though she loves the money that comes with stripping, she hates it and it makes her skin crawl. Stripper hasn't done anything to help her be more social or tolerant of the opposite sex.

She eats like a toddler: always something revolving around chicken nuggets, fries, or some sort of version that can be found on a kids meal. At work, she drinks black coffee but waits until it's almost cold so she can down it as soon as possible because she's purely drinking it to remain awake. On her off days, any caffeine is full of sugar and everything sweet.

She has a heart on her hip from when she was sixteen. She used to love it but now loathes it because most of the men at the strip club call her sweet heart because of it.

[abbyheilman]

"A threat might be a bit much. I do tend to believe everyone is a murderer unless proven otherwise. Perhaps a few bodies hidden in the crawl space or someone chained to the basement pipes." That was due to her addiction to crime shows and working as a nurse in this town for too long. While she was rarely around for the act of violence, she was often the one stitching up the aftermath. "It's beautiful." She agreed, nodding her head though the question had been asked for an entirely different reason. The other blonde was smart and she hardly felt the need to clarify why it had been asked as they'd both avoided it. "Boring? Not quite. Many other things, though. A little more colourful." Dramatic, mean, a downer. Though not the biggest fan of the pet names, she flashed her a smile. "Abigail Heilman but people tend to call me Abby." And she preferred it.

"Well, love, when you've been around as long as I have, you tend to think everyone is a threat, unfortunately. Rather a bleak outlook, but better safe than sorry these days, correct?" Darcy asked, sipping at her tea with a smirk. She looked the girl up and down, a rather biting tongue and Darcy could freely admire that in a woman. "The owner? Darling, no, I wish. The Mayfair is a beautiful place, is it not? I'm simply touched that you would think me the owner, but sadly, no. It's a wonderful establishment that I'm honored to patron, though. And a lovely menu." She smiled, taking a bite out of the sponge cake she had. "I don't quite think so - and those who claim they are are usually the most unhinged, so, I'm inclined to agree." Chuckling softly, Darcy shrugged. "I'm many things, but boring has never been one of them. I doubt you've been called that as well, have you?" Examining the blonde up and down, her dark eyes were playful and yet curious. "Darcy Vanderbilt, darling. And you are?"

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Breakaway 3.0 chaos is in full swing apparently

16 Mar 2022, @/iamlaurenkay

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do you know when john kristiansen started making the cruise costumes? abigail and artemis both had double X's on their howard costumes but nicole lamb has the single. so weird

Hey! I have a big public spreadsheet where I go into all of who made each costume, which you can find here!

Short version is that a combo of Norwegian Creative Studios + UK costume makers (depending on the production) had made everything through Bliss 3.0. John Kristiansen, seemingly with some additional pieces from NCS, has made the Breakaway 3.0 and Bliss 4.0 costumes so far. That means that Abigail Heilman and Nicole Lamb's were John Kristiansen, while Artemis Chrisoulakis' was NCS. So not a change based on the studio, just a change within the studio.

[sixthemusicalextras]

Abigail Heilman Instagram Takeover (long post)

@/sixthemusical on Instagram, 17 May 2022

Abigail answered a lot more questions than these, but these are the ones I wanted to keep for reference:

Q: What is your favourite part of your K Howard costume? Abigail: I love this question! And it's a hard one, 'cause there's a lot of things that I love about the K Howard costume... but if I had to choose, I think I would say the choker because it's just so iconic and it really brings the whole thing together.

Q: Do you choose what queen you audition for? Abigail: In my experience, no, I don't- I didn't audition for a specific queen; I submitted generally to the show and the casting kinda put me in which queen they would see me as. So they put me first for Boleyn, Seymour, Howard, and then I ended up as Howard.

Q: How many times a week do you perform on the Breakaway? Abigail: We perform [...] three shows a week. [...] We do- usually a two-show day on Monday and then one show on Tuesday.

Q: What song did you audition with? Abigail: Great question! Um, so, my very very first audition, I auditioned with - what did I sing - Love On Top by Beyonce, and If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys. That was my very first self-tape for the show.

Q: What is your favourite song (in the show)? Abigail: (That's a) toughie. This is a tough one. I think it's I Don't Need Your Love. [...] or Six. Or All You Wanna Do.

Q: How did you get into the musical theatre business? A: I started doing Musical Theater when I was in the eighth grade. My first musical was Into The Woods, and I was HOOKED. Um, and I went to college for musical theater - I went to Cal State Fullerton in California. [...] I graduated May 2021 and then I auditioned for Six on the Bliss in June 2021. That was my first audition with Six... um, so I met a couple of the gals that were on the Bliss... and then, um, I re-auditioned for Six November 2021 for the Breakaway, and here I am!

Q: Do you know any of the new Bliss or old Breakaway queens? Abigail: Yes! So actually, here's a story that Madeline (Fansler) and I met at the Bliss auditions in June 2021, and so that's when we first met, we audition for the Bliss. Madeline: Love at first sight. Abigail: Love at first sight, of course. [...] We also met some of the Bliss queens, so I know Brianna Mooney who is Howard on the Bliss... we met Erin Ramirez, who's on the US Tour - she's an alternate - we met  her in the Bliss auditions. We met Sasha (Renae Brown), who is now gonna be Cleves on the Bliss next, and we also met Jarynn (Sampson) and Melinda (Porto) - who else did we meet? We knew Marilyn (Caserta), we knew Ashlee (Waldbauer), we pretty much knew all of them from Bliss auditions. Madeline: also in the auditions, like, we're all in the same space - so we, like, interacted with everyone. Abigail: [...] Jarynn was the first person that I ever met for Six ever, and that was crazy.

Q: Where are you all from? Abigail: I love this question! I am from California, Los Angeles. Jarynn, where are you from? Jarynn: I am from Indiana! Abigail: Lauren (Irving), were are you from? Lauren: Well, I'm from a place called Suwanee, Georgia! And also Norcross, Georgia and also Jefferson, Georgia. Metro Atlanta, Georgia, Gerogia peach! Abigail: She's literally the mayor of Georgia. [...] Dani(elle Mendoza), where are you from? Danielle: I'm representing the Bay Area, California! [horn noises] Sunnyvale, California! Abigail: Clare (Wyatt), where are you from? Clare: I'm actually from Canada, EEEEEHHHHHH

Q: If you were not K Howard, who would you be? Abigail: If could be any queen besides K Howard, I think I'd wanna be Parr, just because I LOVE that song.

Q: Shelby! What's your favourtie song to sing other than your solo? Shelby: Okay, so if it's like, in the show and nobody's gonna hear, it's I Don't Need Your Love. But if it's like, other stuff, then probably No Way. TBH.

[redladydeath]

Breakaway 3.0 has been officially announced!

Aragon - Lauren Irving Boleyn - Danielle Mendoza Seymour - Shelby Griswold Cleves - Kennedy Carstens Howard - Abigail Heilman Parr - Jarynn Sampson Boleyn / Cleves / Howard - Channing Weir Aragon / Seymour / Parr - Madeline Fansler Rehearsal Seymour / Cleves / Parr - Princess Victome Rehearsal Aragon / Boleyn / Howard - Sunayna Smith

[weknowthend]

Six the Musical Weekly Recap!!

Firstly, the casts for both the UK Tour 2022-2023 and Breakaway 3.0 were released.

The UK Tour 2022-23 cast consists of:

Chlöe Hart as Catherine of Aragon

Jennifer Caldwell as Anne Boleyn

Casey Al-Shaqsy as Jane Seymour

Aiesha Pease as Anna of Cleves

Jaina Brock-Patel as Katherine Howard

Alana Robinson as Catherine Parr

Grace Melville as Alt. Aragon/Cleves

Leesha Tulley as Alt. Boleyn/Howard

Natalie Pilkington as Alt. Seymour/Parr

Harriet Caplan-Dean as Super Swing

The Breakaway 3.0 cast consists of:

Lauren Irving as Catherine of Aragon

Danielle Mendoza as Anne Boleyn

Shelby Grisworld as Jane Seymour

Kennedy Carstens as Anna of Cleves

Abigail Heilman as Katherine Howard

Jarynn Whitney as Catherine Parr

Swings TBA

West End Alternates Dates:

2/1- Paisley!Aragon

2/2- Paisley!Aragon, Danielle!Boleyn

2/3m- Rachel!Aragon, Danielle!Boleyn

2/3e- Paisley!Aragon, Danielle!Boleyn, Rachel!Seymour, Esme!Parr

2/5m- Danielle!Boleyn

2/5e- Danielle!Boleyn

2/6m- Paisley!Cleves

2/6e- Rachel!Seymour, Danielle!Howard

UK Tour Alternate Dates:

2/2e- Harriet!Boleyn

2/3- Harriet!Boleyn

2/4m- Harriet!Boleyn

2/4e- Cassy!Aragon

2/5m- Natalie!Parr

Broadway Alternate Dates:

1/31- Nicole!Aragon, Mallory!Seymour

2/1- Keirsten!Seymour

2/3- Courtney!Howard

2/5m- Mallory!Seymour

2/5e- Mallory!Seymour

2/6m- Keirsten!Seymour

2/6e- Keirsten!Seymour

Australia Alternate Dates:

2/3- Chiara!Aragon

2/4m- Karis!Aragon

2/5m- Chiara!Cleves

2/6m- Shannen!Boleyn

Breakaway 2.0:

2/7- Abbi!Cleves DEBUT!!!

Upcoming Alt Dates/News:

West End:

2/8- Rachel!Parr

2/10e- Danielle!Boleyn

2/13m- Roxanne!Seymour

2/13e- Roxanne!Seymour, Danielle!Howard

UK Tour:

2/9- Harriet!Seymour

2/11m- Harriet!Howard

Broadway: Andrea's out on vacation

2/10- Nicole!Boleyn

2/11- Nicole!Boleyn

2/12m- Nicole!Boleyn

2/12e- Nicole!Boleyn

2/13m- Courtney!Boleyn

2/13e- Courtney!Boleyn

2/14- Courtney!Boleyn

2/15- Courtney!Boleyn

Breakaway 2.0:

2/14- Ellie!Parr (DEBUT!!!)

Okay, this was kinda long but lmk if this is something y'all enjoyed or not! But yes, that is the Six Recap for the past week and a look at this upcoming week.

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More Breakaway 3.0 content feat. Lauren Irving as Aragon!

posted 16 Mar 2022, @/iamlaurenkay

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Happy Boleyn + show debut to Channing Weir!

12 Apr 2022, @/ericgelb

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Photos of the Breakaway 3.0 cast, featuring Abigail Hellman as Howard

12 Mar 2022, @/abigail_heilman

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Madeline Fansler’s Aragon debut!

4 Apr 2022, @/madfans

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More photos from Channing Weir’s Boleyn/show debut!

11 Apr 2022, @/channingweir

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Lauren Kay Irving as Catherine of Aragon

Danielle Mendoza as Anne Boleyn

Shelby Griswold as Jane Seymour

Kennedy Monica Carstens as Anna of Cleves

Abigail Heilman as Katherine Howard

Jarynn Whitney as Catherine Parr

Madeline Fansler as onboard swing A/S/P

Channing Weir as onboard swing B/C/H

Sunayna “Sunny” Smith as rehearsal swing A/B/H

Princess Sasha Victomé as rehearsal swing S/C/P

Clare Wyatt, formerly from Bliss 3.0, will also be returning as Joan.

Liz Muller, also from Bliss 3.0, serves as associate music supervisor.

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28 Mar 2022, @/abigail_heilman

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@/eloiselord on Instagram, 2 July 2022