Zombie Strippers
Book, Music and Lyrics by Mark LaPierre
Directed by Robert Bartley
Production opening Off-Off Broadway at
International Cringe Festival
8pm shows: July 23, 27, 31 (also 5pm) August 4th
Producers Club
Grand Theatre
358 W 44th St. between 8th and 9th Ave.
Another pop/dance musical!
Tiffany (a stripper) and her douchebag boyfriend Playya arrive at a cemetery at 4am to mourn the loss of three of Tiffany’s friends who were bitten by some rabid man, got infected, and died quickly. Tiffany is surprised to find the funeral happened at 4pm. While there, all Playya wants to do is get in her pants. (Time Runs Out). Just as she is about to give in to him, there is an unearthly noise and her three dead friends rise from their graves. Playya locks himself in a crypt, leaving Tiffany outside. As the girls converge on her, they stop for a moment- recognizing her. She escapes. They try to come to terms with being alive again, and what happened to them. (Alive) Playya attracts their attention, and they realize they want to eat him. They try to get him to come out, but he refuses. So they decide to seduce him. They start a slow striptease while he tries to resist them. (Brains) He comes out just as Tiffany returns with a shotgun, catching Playya with his face in their boobs, and the girls' mouths wide open to bite his head. (I Stand By).
TRY SAMPLE! (More mp3s in the Ipod section.)
Vocals by Erin Charles and Mark LaPierre
Me and my awesome cast and director!
Lauren Schacher, Jennifer Gottlieb, Michael Kennon Miller, (Me), Jeannine Yoder, Robert Bartley, Hollye Gilbert.
Jennifer Gottlieb, Lauren Schacher. Photo by Robert Bartley
Jeannine Yoder, Hollye Gilbert, Jennifer Gottlieb, Lauren Schacher. Photo by Robert Bartley
REVIEW by Eric Gonzalez of Ratt the Fink
“The musical madness of Zombie Strippers was, without a doubt, the most entertaining show of the night. One could go as far as to say the writer and cast took all the elements of a bad 1950’s B-movie and successfully produced them on stage in musical form. Everything about this show was phenomenal; the acting, the singing, the dancing.
All outstanding and entertaining enough that when it ends you find yourself wanting another act and convinced this show could go longer and become a hit as a larger production all on its own. Jeannine Elizebeth Yoder, on her third character of the evening, creates a Marilyn Monroe meets Betty Boop persona that goes over the top in the most appropriate and convincing way, utilizing her ample vocal abilities in more ways than one. Michael Keenan-Miller plays a Kevin Federline inspired character, appropriately named Playya, to perfection with clever lyrics and sexual dance moves that will keep you laughing and wanting more. And who doesn’t love the idea of three un-dead strippers; played by Lauren Schacher, Hollye Gilbert, and Jennifer Leah Gottlieb (Ratt Fink Cover Girl for April) performing a disturbingly sexy dance number that will make you think twice about necrophilia. This musical could easily be a full show, and I encourage all who were involved in its creation to make this a reality. Zombie Strippers is definitely something special. “