Check Out Adelaide Evans’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Adelaide Evans.

Hi Adelaide, so excited to have you on the platform. So, before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
When I first moved out to LA, I trained to be a security guard to get onto the Universal Studios backlot to network. I’d just earned my degree in TV Production, Writing & Producing, but I wasn’t having any luck applying through online portals. I knew I needed to meet people if I wanted to work in the entertainment industry, and I did! I met the showrunner of The Voice and was offered the Key PA position in their contestant department.

Working on The Voice was very special. I’ve always been a singer, so getting to work with other artists from all over the country was an experience I didn’t take for granted. I learned a lot from sitting in on vocal lessons with the coaches.

I started private voice lessons when I was in first grade; I grew up writing songs, taking dance lessons, competing in choir and performing in musicals. Broadway was always the dream, but after working with an abusive theater director, I decided to pursue TV writing instead. I wanted to learn how to make television.

After working on set for a couple of years, I decided to learn more about TV development, so I observed how shows are pitched and produced through ITV America. I’m now working with the best of the best at Mythical, and seeing how they operate has been very inspiring!

I missed musical theater, so I started frequenting karaoke bars after performing stand up! I quickly discovered karaoke was an easy way for me to make friends out here in LA; everyone would stop me to chat on my way back to my seat, “You must be a professional singer!” I was getting compliments left and right, “Your voice is so beautiful! You sound like a Disney princess!” Eventually, I was invited to a free musical improv jam, and then suddenly, I was booking shows!

The dream was always to be Elphaba in Wicked, so for my birthday last year, I corralled all of the talented friends I’d made to perform a drunk version of the show with me in my living room. It was the best night of my life. So, I decided to produce Drunk Sweeney Todd Jr. at Skiptown Playhouse, and we sold out!

I knew my shows had the potential to really grow and that my next step was getting talent attached. I booked a musical improv show where I performed alongside Alex Lewis; he LOVED what I was building and wanted to be a part of it. We got our friends from DropOut, Smosh, Buzzfeed, and Starkid attached and sold out Drunk Little Shop of Horrors at The Virgil. The fans are loving the crossover, and it felt surreal to suddenly be performing alongside all of the internet’s favorite musical comedians!

As an artist, it’s immensely satisfying to see something you’ve poured so much into take off. All of my friends have been passionate about working on these shows together; every day has felt like my birthday since putting on Drunk Wicked in my living room. I’m so glad I found the other grown-up theater kids so we can throw all of these drunk musical theater parties!

We just wrapped High Little Shop on 4/20 at The Bourbon Room in Hollywood. Come for the show, stay for the karaoke afterparty with your fav comedians!

All of the shows I’ve produced at this point feel like home videos; I love them and you can check them out on my YouTube channel, Drunk Lady Productions 🙂

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
My long-term goal has been to work in a writer’s room for a scripted show, and that’s taken a lot of perseverance. When I worked 14–16 hour days on set, I had no work-life balance, job security, or money lol. After being degraded by supervisors I’d hoped would be mentors, I’ve had to remind myself that I am qualified to write, produce, and act. Developing and producing my own show has been a real testament to that. I started creating my own opportunities, and when I started passing along those opportunities to other people, that’s when I saw the most growth. I am driven by good friends and passion projects, and am motivated by costume opportunities.

Creating Drunk Lady Productions has allowed me to develop my skills hands-on across the board: casting has been very exciting, I’m my own production coordinator, I work with two other friends now on graphic design, I’m editing, and doing social media. I’m grateful to have producing challenges. It’s fun to promote the show and to look for sponsors! I’m writing scripts, directing crew and talent, and then performing. Letting go and delegating has been a challenge that my friends have made easy – we’re all incredibly talented and I’m continually impressed by what we’re all capable of creating together! I’m learning what it takes to grow a channel, but I’m just really happy the birthday party I hoped everyone would come to last year has become a growing quarterly event.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I’m a Showrunner’s Assistant by day and a Showrunner by night! My neighbors know me as “The Voice” because I’m constantly singing; they’re all very supportive! Friends have said they’ve thought it must be fun being me because I’m always singing and dancing, and they’re right. I love sitting at the piano and writing my own songs; I’ll belt out my feelings and turn them into anthems.

I’m writing and producing drunk cabaret parodies of all of my favorite musicals, where I get to sing to karaoke tracks with a bunch of extremely talented improvisers. I shot and edited Drunk Wicked, and now I have a team of people helping me out! We have art days where we all get together and craft our props and set dec for the show. I’m so excited to capture all of the mems, and it’s so special to share them with everyone online and to have people tuning in from all over the world. I’m extremely proud of what I’ve already created and can’t wait for all that is to follow as I continue to grow.

Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
If I can get 5K members on my YouTube channel, I think… if I girl mathed correctly, I could become a millionaire in a five years. So in ten, maybe I’ll be able to afford a house, a family, and DoorDash. If that doesn’t work out, I’ll move to Greece, sleep with three men, have a daughter, and run my own villa while performing at the local karaoke bar (if you got that reference, Drunk Mamma Mia is on the list;) I know I’m going to keep casting myself and all of my friends in our dream roles because I simply must; there are so many shows I want to put on! I want to produce my own original musicals, record more songs, and shoot my scripts, so stay tuned!

Contact Info:

• Website: drunkladymusicals.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/drunkladyy
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Drunk-Lady-Productions/61557635537256/?mibextid=JRoKGi
• Youtube: youtube.com/@DrunkLadyy
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@drunkladyy

 
Image Credits
Laura Paragano