MARCH 1 - 24, 2012The nationwide craze for all things undead reaches a fever pitch right here at home this March with The Alley Theater’s first-ever InHuman:A Festival of The New American Undead Theater. The Alley received submissions from all over the country and has narrowed it down to the 10 spine-tingling best – including some highlights from top local playwrights!
A double billing of epic undead proportions will open The Alley’s brand-new ¾ thrust theater. We’re proud to feature local playwright Brian Walker’s Mama Didn’t Raise No Zombie! and Zombie! The Musical, an outrageous musical that is a worthy addition to the long, rich history of the zombie genre.
Eight all-new short plays will appear in The Alley’s brand-new black box theater, grouped into two sets and alternating performance nights. From fully-staged readings to one-minute bursts of spookiness, there will be something for everyone.
MAMA DIDN’T RAISE NO ZOMBIE! – Two and ½ weeks into the zombie outbreak, the Watkins family is getting by behind the electric fence on their family farm. All except Paul, who has turned zombie and is chained up until a cure arrives. As pressures build, both out and inside the fence, family matriarch Rebecca has to decide what to do to keep her family together. written by Brian Walker, directed by George Bailey.
ZOMBIE! THE MUSICAL – Trent and Violet are just normal rebellious teenagers, until Violet is turned into a Zombie. Now His insane Army Uncle is tracking him down along with a ruthless reporter and Ozzy Osbourne. A Rock-Horror Tragic-Comedy with heavy metal/hard rock score and a love story that takes you on a blood spattered - rock odyssey. book by Anthony R Miller, Music by Brendan West, directed by Courtney Hardin and Jillian Rose.
ENTRANCED – Drew is lonely. He just moans and lurches about all the time. He’s a shell of his former self. But the fact that he’s now a zombie doesn’t stop his friends from trying to get him up and about. So what’s a guy to do? Hit the singles scene, of course! by Ron Burch, directed by Kenn Parks.
KEEP HOPE ALIVE - Five strangers on the run hole up in a room. But the real danger may not be from the zombie hordes outside. This staged reading of an original from The Alley’s own Gregory T. Fugate explores the darker side of humanity put to the test. What would you do to survive? A staged reading, written by Gregory T. Fugate, directed by Dana Hope.
NECROMAS: A STORY OF TERROR AND PARROTS – It’s a zombie uprising of a different sort. Sarah and Leslie’s husbands are victims of a diabolical plot to turn humankind into zombies. Festive, yuletide zombies. Can they get to the bottom of it and save their men? written by Matt Muerer and Ben Unwin, directed by Ben Unwin.
THE ONE-MINUTE ZOMBIE FUCK PLAY – One man is on the run, out of time, and has only one word to express his predicament. by Martin French, directed by Dana Hope.
BITE ME – Mr. important businessman has had no time for his wife lately. She loves him and she’s stumbled upon a plan to keep them together forever. It involves a vampire – and his name is not Edward. by Nina Mansfield, directed by Kathryn Furrow.
TWO ZOMBIES HAVING A CONVERSATION – As the zombie apocalypse hits, two surprisingly eloquent victims take some time to share their thoughts on their new situation. by Jeff Smith, directed by Melissa Gaddie.
GHOST? – Death couldn’t keep them apart. He’s returned from the great beyond to see his lady love again. Only, he isn’t the guy she was expecting. by Eoin Carney, directed by Melissa Gaddie.
STORMS, SHEETS, AND SHOW TUNES – It’s the audition of a lifetime…so to speak. Three ghosts with different bags of tricks vie for the opportunity to haunt a prestigious old theater. They’re up against a prickly casting director, and some unexpected bad news. by Stacey Lane, directed by Herschel Zahnd III.
