'Twi-lite' at Desert Star Playhouse
N.L. Thi
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Community
The audience was squished in with people on either side, at their own little round tables, munching pizza and laughing hysterically. "Twi-lite: I was a Teenage Vampire" is a production at Desert Star Playhouse in Murray, was a disappointment, but the visit was all together a pleasantly surprising experience.
The playhouse is very saloon-esque, with cabaret style seating. Audience members are seated at personal tables, each set with a bowl of complementary popcorn and a menu of pizza, chicken tender baskets, veggie dishes, finger foods, deserts, coffee, sparkling lemonade and root beer floats.
Before the start of the play, the playhouse's professional pianist played upbeat rag-time. To "warm up" the audience, she by played "Take Me Out To The ball game" and "You're a grand old Flag" while we sang and clapped along. We were also shown different cues to boo and cheer appropriately, including the classic "dun Dun DUN" to announce especially diabolical characters.
Seth Goodman, played by Bryan Dayley, is a very square geek, crushing on bubbly cheerleader Chelsea Chambers, played by Corinne Adair. She doesn't know he exists. Most of the time, she's obsessing over Edward Cullen with her equally peppy best friend, played by Julie Heaton. To win Chelsea's heart and actually get her attention, Seth transforms into Bartemus Collins, the new kid at school who's not really a kid. By following a few simple rules, like rule #1: dressing in designer clothing, #2: treating the girl of your dreams like dirt and #4: always being mysterious, Seth convinces everyone he isn't your typical teenager, but a vampire.
Bartemus, is a "special, Utah, vegetarian" vampire; he doesn't drink blood...or caffeine. But, he admits, should he get too close he'll bite, to which Chelsea squeals giddily and claps. Later, when she asks what Bartemus's plans are for the night, he says following her home and watching her through the window, a.k.a. rule #7: becoming a stalker.
The playhouse is very saloon-esque, with cabaret style seating. Audience members are seated at personal tables, each set with a bowl of complementary popcorn and a menu of pizza, chicken tender baskets, veggie dishes, finger foods, deserts, coffee, sparkling lemonade and root beer floats.
Before the start of the play, the playhouse's professional pianist played upbeat rag-time. To "warm up" the audience, she by played "Take Me Out To The ball game" and "You're a grand old Flag" while we sang and clapped along. We were also shown different cues to boo and cheer appropriately, including the classic "dun Dun DUN" to announce especially diabolical characters.
Seth Goodman, played by Bryan Dayley, is a very square geek, crushing on bubbly cheerleader Chelsea Chambers, played by Corinne Adair. She doesn't know he exists. Most of the time, she's obsessing over Edward Cullen with her equally peppy best friend, played by Julie Heaton. To win Chelsea's heart and actually get her attention, Seth transforms into Bartemus Collins, the new kid at school who's not really a kid. By following a few simple rules, like rule #1: dressing in designer clothing, #2: treating the girl of your dreams like dirt and #4: always being mysterious, Seth convinces everyone he isn't your typical teenager, but a vampire.
Bartemus, is a "special, Utah, vegetarian" vampire; he doesn't drink blood...or caffeine. But, he admits, should he get too close he'll bite, to which Chelsea squeals giddily and claps. Later, when she asks what Bartemus's plans are for the night, he says following her home and watching her through the window, a.k.a. rule #7: becoming a stalker.
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