{"id":10061441,"date":"2022-11-01T19:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wow\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=35109"},"modified":"2022-11-03T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T14:19:06","slug":"bat-boy-the-musical","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/calendar\/bat-boy-the-musical\/2022-11-05\/1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bat Boy: The Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL:<\/strong> WCSU Dept. of Theatre Arts presents Bat Boy: The Musical<\/p>\n<p>About this event<\/p>\n<p>Bat Boy: The Musical<br \/>\nMusic and Lyrics by Laurence O&#8217;Keefe<br \/>\nStory and Book by Keythe Farley &amp; Brian Flemming<br \/>\nLicensed under agreement with Weekly World News<br \/>\nDirector: Tim Howard<br \/>\nMusic Director: Justin P. Cowan<br \/>\nChoreographer: Jen Turey. Scenic Designer: Elizabeth Popiel. Lighting Designer: Scott Cally. Costume Designer: Courtney Skeens. Sound Designer: Gabe Bennett. Technical Director: Tom Swetz. Production Stage Manager: Isabel Salazar.<\/p>\n<p>Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU. Runs Oct. 28 through Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>This production contains mature themes, language, and dialogue describing sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>About the Show<br \/>\nBased on a story in The Weekly World News, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is a musical comedy\/horror show about a half boy\/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a \u201cnormal\u201d boy by the veterinarian\u2019s wife, Meredith, and teenage daughter, Shelley. Bat Boy is happy with his new life, but when he naively tries to fit in with the narrow-minded people of Hope Falls, they turn on him, prodded by the machinations of Dr. Parker, who secretly despises Bat Boy. Shelley and Bat Boy, who have fallen in love, run away together from the ignorant townsfolk and have a blissful coupling in the woods, but secrets soon come to light threatening everyone\u2019s chances at happiness.<\/p>\n<p>No refunds are permitted; all sales are final. WCSU Student tickets are available at the VPAC box office. Please note that tickets are subject to a higher price at the box office. The venue recommends purchasing your tickets in advance on <a href=\"http:\/\/wcsuvpac.eventbrite.com\">wcsuvpac.eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bat Boy: The Musical image<br \/>\nPlease note that this show features double casting in the roles of Meredith Parker and Shelley Parker. Below is the performance schedule:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c70000\">Friday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m.<\/span>: Katie Geniuch as Meredith Parker, Sydney Maher as Shelley Parker<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c70000\">Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2 and 8 p.m.<\/span>: Bella Bosco as Meredith Parker, Alyssa McDonald as Shelley Parker<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c70000\">Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 and 7 p.m.<\/span>: Katie Geniuch as Meredith Parker, Sydney Maher as Shelley Parker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL: WCSU Dept. of Theatre Arts presents Bat Boy: The Musical About this event Bat Boy: The Musical Music and Lyrics by Laurence O&#8217;Keefe Story and Book by Keythe Farley &amp; Brian Flemming Licensed under agreement with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":35114,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[359,55],"tribe_events_cat":[71,54,56,125],"class_list":["post-10061441","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-comedy","tag-theatre-arts","tribe_events_cat-entertainment","tribe_events_cat-theater","tribe_events_cat-theatre","tribe_events_cat-visual-and-performing-arts","cat_entertainment","cat_theater","cat_theatre","cat_visual-and-performing-arts","tribe-recurring-event","tribe-recurring-event-parent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10061441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10061441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10061441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10061441"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=10061441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}