PRODUCTION HISTORY

It’s alive! The electrifying adaptation of Mel Brooks’ monstrously funny film will leave you in stitches.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Book by MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN Music and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS

Original Direction & Choreography by Susan Stroman

JULY 20th & 21st, 2017

From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein! Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “Fronk-en-steen”) inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced “Eye-gore”), and a leggy lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather’s. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.

CREATIVE TEAM

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Debbie Thompson TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/LIGHTING DESIGNER: David Toll MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Charles de Mets CHOREOGRAPHER/LIGHTING DESIGNER: MeLinda Tatum Kaiser ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER: Elizabeth Isaacs STAGE MANAGEMENT: Erin Markham and Meaghan Reed COSTUME DESIGN/DRAMATURGE: Janine Moyer Buesgen SET DESIGN: David Toll and Greg Raysor PUBLICITY: Becky Toll, Dan Toll and Caroline Juelke FRONT OF HOUSE: Sue Ann Eckell, Christine Fry, Elias Rosen and Becky Toll MUSIC: Charles de Mets (conductor/keyboards) and Russell Kotcher (violin)

PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY MARK SIROTA

Young Frankenstein Cast Photo

The Cast of the Everybody’s Theater Company production of Young Frankenstein

No More Frankenstein!

The Villagers dance a joyful jig, celebrating “No more Frankenstein!”

Is That True, Dr. Frankenstein?

Dr. Frankenstein’s students question him on his family background. (from left: Bailey Rifkin, Lindsay Reed, Anatasia Weggel, Carolyn Juelke)

“There is Nothing Like the Brain”

Dr. Frankenstein (Mark Ayers) lectures his students on the wonders of the human brain.

The Brain

Dr. Frankenstein and his students salute the Brain.

A Telegram

Frederick receives a telegram from Transylvania Heights.

“Please Don’t Touch Me”

Elizabeth and Frederick lead couples in the latest dance craze, the “Please Don’t Touch Me,”

“Please Don’t Touch Me”

Gentlemen avoid touching Elizabeth (Margo Weishar).

Startled

Igor (Dylan Caligiuri) startles Frederick (Mark Ayers) at the train station.

“Together Again for the First Time”

Frederick joins in on the Chorus

“Walk this Way”

Frederick gets into the spirit with Igor.

“Roll in the Hay”

Frederick (Mark Ayers), Inga (Chelsea Sharp), and Igor (Dylan Caligiuri) enjoy a “Roll in the Hay.”

What Big Knockers

Igor knocks on the door of Castle Frankenstein.

Welcome to Castle Frankenstein

Frau Blucher (Jennifer Goldberg) welcomes Frederick to his ancestral home.

Victor Materializes

The ghost of Victor Frankenstein (Andrew Rifkin) appears to Frederick (Mark Ayers)

“Join the Family Business”

Victor Frankenstein (Andrew Rifkin) and other Frankenstein Ancestors exhort Frederick to “Join the Family Business.”

A Secret Passage

Frederick and Inga discover a revolving bookcase leading to a secret passageway.

“He Vas My Boyfriend”

Frau Blucher reveals her unusual affair with Victor Frankenstein.

“How I Did It” by Victor Frankenstein

Frau Blucher (Jennifer Goldberg) shows Victor’s book to Frederick (Mark Ayers).

Victor’s Book

Frederick reads his grandfather Victor’s book detailing the creation of the original monster.

A New Law

Kemp reminds the Villagers of the new Transylvania Heights law: “Any man who creates a monster/That harms a single hair on a person’s head/Shall be hung by the neck until that man is dead”