The Munster Theatre Company of Munster High School is pleased to present its first production of the season, with the comedy, Dr Evil and the Basket of Kittens by Brian D Taylor. Produced by Larry & Carol Lynn Brechner, this full-length, student directed production will feature Munster High School senior, Daniel Straka and junior Haley Kwasniewski as co-directors, with Rohan Chatterjee as Assistant Director. The Novice production features the talents of about twenty new freshman and sophomore actors (or juniors or seniors who have never been on stage before).
This darkly funny farce pits the eternal battle of pure evil against innocent fuzzy goodness. Dr. Evil (Alex Ramirez) aided by his sidekick, Shirley (Claire DeMonnier), wants to destroy the world. His plans are in jeopardy when a basket of kittens arrives on his doorstep, and it is his own world that gets turned upside down.
Dr. Evil’s neighbors, Mary Shelley (Alyssa DeJoan) and Dr. Frankenstein (Anthony Niemiec), narrate the evil tale, and you might think they are just as evil as Dr. Evil himself. The Council of Evil is set to arrive any minute for the unveiling of the thermal ray — Dr. Evil’s latest weapon of world domination — and he must impress them at all costs.
If the Council finds him with this basketful of precious kittens, they may never offer the financial backing he needs to complete his dastardly project. Being truly evil, there is only one solution that Dr. Evil can think of... (gasp!) the kittens must be destroyed.
But with several identical baskets going in and out of his lab, and the crazy antics of his assistant’s mummified mother, his own vampire mother, Inferna (Peyton Tinder), pushing him toward his goal of world domination, the basket of kittens may jeopardize Dr Evil's plans.
Dr Evil's plans may be further complicated by Council of Evil member Countess Gothma (Jenna Cappo), aided by her ever present butler, Pierce (Daniel Cappo), and the practical-joke-loving family of were-hyenas who live next door, the kittens just may make it out alive.
Dr Evil and the Basket of Kittens will run Thursday and Friday September 26 & 27 at 7pm in the Munster Auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door and are available at the Auditorium Box Office on performance nights or by calling: (219) 838-2235 or by email apkinser@munaud.org
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