BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL - Gunn Theatre Archive

The Bunn High School Performing Arts Department

proudly presents

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL

Story and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming Music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe

Production Stan

DIRECTOR eJ Taylor

CHOREOGRAPHER Gay Richard

VOCAL DIRECTOR WIlliam Liberatore

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ben Christel

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR Todd Summers

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Andy Hayes

STAGE MANAGER Laura Fraley

There will be one ten-minute Intermlsslon. Please no food, drink or flash photography In the theatre. Please turn off aJl

cell phones, pagers, beepers, and watch alarms. Gunn International Thespian Society will be seIJJ.ng refreshments

outside durtng intermission.

, ....................................... .................... . NOTE: Stage firearms, strobe I.!ghts, and fog are used In this

performance.

, ........................................................... . Program Destgn by Ben Christel acd Maev Lowe

Cover by Fracce. Kao

Director'. No18

Bued on a reourrlnS oharacter in a supermarket. tabloid, The Weekly World News, Ba' Bo:r. !be lIu10111s a d1!floult musloal to oategorize. Tbe t.b1ng to remember first and foremost Is that t.h1a Is a oomedy. Bat Boy - a half boy, half bat, Is found In a "vein Wsst Virginia and adopted by tho famlly of a looal. veterinarian, Dr. Parker. It 18 a oomedy' with some drama, & bit ot gore and a definite B movie sentlmsntaUty- but a oomedy just the same.

Ba' lor- fill lluioaJ. Is about toleranoe, about belng different and about defln1nB or redenntng what Is "normal,· There are BomB who don't feel th1s Is an appropriate sbow for a h1Sh sohool. In fact, there baa been controversy 8urroWl~ many of the blgh sohool produotJons around the USA. Obvtously, I d1sagree. Ht&h Bohoolls the pllOa we (orm oplnlons based on the group, the oUque mentallty. Hlgb sobool Is where we most Deed a play that makes a statement about acoeptLng people wbo are different from ourselves. The need to fit ln, to belong, 1s one w1th wh10h we oan allldenUfy. It Is that whloh Is at tho hsart of III Boy: Tho 11 .. 1011 - that nsod to bsloog. How wo ultimately do It Is what defines us as Individuals .

To the parents and friends and staff of Gunn theatre and Performing Arts Department who have made tontsht possible, I extend profound th&nks. This show oould not oome into beLng w1thout the hours of UDle and effort put in by many, many volunteers. Our parent Boosters, (in partioular the Careys), have outdone themselves with the -Bat and White- Ball, not to mention the food and drink. that kept the oast at peace. Several staff members have volunteered their t.1Jne and energy to 'supervise' the oast and orew in oreaung the set and oostumes. And I oould never say enough about Andy Hayes, Gay Riohard, Todd Summers and 8111 Liberatore and their boundless energy In oraftlng the show.

I'd also ILke to thank Jim Shelby for hJs years of boundary·push.1n.g performanoes without whioh this show would not have been possible. Shows 11ke Tbll Cruolblll, Cabarst and Tbs Laramls Projsot not only ohallenge the actors to reach deep Into themselves but also dare the aud1enoe to question themselves and where they stand In the world. 8.\ 801: !he .ulollls no &:Ioeption. Yes, It Is a oomedy and yes, It Is a musloal, but In spite of all that, It is a moral1ty play. At the end of It all, when all the blood has settled, the question beoomes, where do you stand? Would you take this boy Into your homo, Into your hoarte, or would you join with tho good folks of Hops Falls? For all our good Intentions, how many of us would step forward and support ths boy with ths fangs?

- oj Taylor

Song Breakdown

Act One

Hold Me, Bat Boy Ensemble

ChriJlla. Charily Sheriff, MeredJtb, Shelley, Bat Boy

Ugly Boy MeredlUl, Shelley, Ba.t Boy

Whalcha Walll1lll<> Rick , Shelley, Bat Boy

A Home for You Meredith, Bat Boy

Another Dead Cow Magg1e, Lorraine, Bud, Ned,

Dance with me, Dar1.J..n& Dr. Parker. Dr. Pa.rker's voices

Mr •. Taylor's Lullaby Mrs. Taylor, Rut.ble, Ron, Rick, Doctor, Nurses

Show you a 'fhinS or Two Bat Boy, Meredltb, Shelley, Dr. Parker, Ensemble

Chrlalla. Charily Raprlse Sherlfr, Maggie, Lorraine, Bud, Ned, Townspeople

Home for You Reprise Bat Boy, Dr. Parker

Comfort and Joy Dr. Parker, Dr. Parker's Voices, Meredlt.b, Shelley, Bat Boy, Townspeople

Act Two

A Joytul Nolsa Rev. Billie Hightower, Townspeople

Let Me Walk Among You Bat Boy

A Joytul Noise Bat Boy, Townspeople

Three Bedroom Roue Meredith, Shelley

Children, Children Pan, Animals, Shelley, Bat Boy

Iuidt Your Htart Bat Boy, Shelley

Apology to a Cow Bat Boy

FlnaJ.t: I Imagine You're Upaet Bat Boy, Dr. Parker, Meredith, Shelley, Townspeople

FlDale: I Am Nol A Boy Bat Boy, Dr. Parker, Meredith, Shelley, Townspeople

Hold Me, Bat Boy Reprise Bat Boy, Dr. Parker, Meredith, Shelley, Townspeople

CAST

Bat Boy Meredith Parker

Dr. Thomas Parker Shelley Parker

Sheriff Reynolds Rick Tayior Ron Taylor

Ruthie Taylor Mrs. Taylor

Lorratne Maggie

Daisy Mr. Dillon

Bud Ned Roy

Clem Ann

Reverend BUly Hightower Church Choir

Nurses

A Doctor/ Institute Man Pan

Dr. Parker's Voices

Noel Carey Genessa Matthews Stephan Campbell Gayane Lach1nyan E.T. Minor Dane Price Josh Kelly AnnIe Fox Daniela Sirkln Emilie Sanchez Maggie Cole Ronit Roodman Ben Gardiner ElUah Guo Gavin Morgan Michael Norcia Tommy Paddock RivkaKelly Tara Cox Ella Cooley Chloe Fuller Sabrina Riddle Tara Cox lIlexandra Cod ina Stephanie K. Hoffinan Max Fox David Brown Sophie Schulman Tamar Sella Rachel Newman Trevor Felch

Fireflies

Butterflies

Porcupine Deer Bird

Daisy Bee

Rabbit Bear

Chicken Frog Snail

Skunk Sheep

Bushes

Young Dr. Parker Young Meredith

Meredith's Father Meredith's Mother

AriaAiro Sara Rose Tannenbaum Lauren Hart Ronlt Roodman Sophie Schulman Rachel Newman Tamar Sella Ella Cooley Katelyn Hempstead AnnJka Benltz Annie Fox Iris Latour Ben Gardiner EIUah Guo Gavin Morgan Michael Norcia Tommy Paddock Trevor Felch Dane Price Max Fox Rivka Kelly Sabrina Riddle Franzesca Mayer Chloe Fuller Trevor Felch Tamar Sella Dane Price Ella Cooley

Townspeople: Tara, Aiexandra, Stephanle, Max, David, Katelyn, Sara Rose,

Franzesca, Annika, Lauren, Iris, Sophie, Tamar, Rachel, Trevor, Aria, Chloe, Emilie, Maggie, Ronlt, Ella, Sabrina,

Rivka, EIUah, Gavin, Michael, Tommy, Ben G.

CREW

AsIJ.nanl SII,o Manogor: Orl Chafe Dance Caplllnl: Arlo Arlo, Lauren Hart

PIT Keyboard" Jaya Wen, PhUlp Wu

Guillr: Anthony Jewett Bass: NlchoJaus Mautes DrtlIIlJ: Max Eckstein

SOUND Kan1ka Khanna, Colieen McKenzie

LIGHTS LIChI Deolgn: Jeremy Brouillet

Crew: Alison Kearney I Mlcha.el Shomron, Colleen McKenzie,

Laura Fraley, Kan1ka Kha.nna.

CONSTRUCTION Malllr Carponllr" Eric Sellhamer,

Link Welch erow: David Nipper,

Jeremy Brouillet, Ga.be Rivera.

PAINTS Supervisor: Mark Gle .. on

Palnll Road: Kendra Dunham Crew: Alison Kearney,

Arl Man·Willrlch, Sasha Guttent.&g, ET Minor

REHEARSAL PIANISTS David Brown, El1Jah Guo,

Emllle Sanchez

Run Crew Sarah Alcabo" Atrlx Wolff, Sonya

Raymakers, Lee Friedman, All Kearney

Follow Spots: Kendra Dunham, Mlcha.el Shamron

COSTUMES Supervisor: Jessie Hawkln,

Costume Heads: Sa.rah Alca.bee, Angela Marchln1k

Crow: Nicole Monica, Ella Cooley M .. v Lowe, Arl Man·WllIrlch

PROPERTIES Zayden Tethong, Arl Man·WllIrlch

PUBLICITY Publicity Bead: Annle Fox

Crow: Max Fox, Daniela Sirkin

MAKE-UP Supervisor: Jordan Hulzlng

Make-up head: Sonya Raymaker, Mako·up Connlllnl: Mark Gleason Crow: Shalna Davl" Kel1y Collins,

Sabrina Riddle, Rlvka Kelly, Baley Alvarl .. , Vlkt.orla T,ukanov

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Boue Manager: Maev Lowe

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Booster Co-Chairs: Scott and Lynnette Carey Gala J'ood Committee Co-Chairs: Susan Felch and Arlene Sheehan

Gala Decoration Committae Chair: DIane McCla.mroch Gala Ticket Orders: Lisa Kelly

Photos: Don Anderson Dentist: Kevin B. Sawyer

Shirley Sachs Mark Gleason Jorgen and Don at Spangenberg

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Lido Glovacchlnl Katie Hood

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