The Brain That Wouldn’t Die shows at the Overtime Theater in San Antonio through Halloween night, October 31, 2009. This original musical production was written by Jon Gillespie and directed by Michael Burger and the cast includes Christie Walheim, Robert Jerdee, Jules Vaquera, Cary Farrow and Roy Thomas. We sent the Missions Unknown cameras to the Overtime and spoke with the brains behind The Brain.
Catch the show tonight, Saturday, Thursday or next weekend only. Sample a slice of brain during intermission while trying not to lose your head like Jan in the Pan. It’s a perfect Halloween-themed date. The Overtime Theater is at 1216 West Avenue (at Olmos). Call (210) 380-0326 or visit www.TheOvertimeTheater.net for tickets.
Word on the street is that there’s going to be a huge blowout party at the theater after the last show. So go on Halloween Night, if you can!
Excellent interview, thanks Pete! There’s 5 shows left, and a huge “Mad Science Ball” after the last show on Halloween night. Come dressed as your favorite mad scientist or creature, enjoy great food and music, and have a blast. Of course, brains will be served…..
[...] The Brain that Wouldn’t Die at the Overtime Theater: Let it first be said, I hate theater. I don’t go to plays. I have the attention-span of a caffeinated gibbon, and you’ve got a very brief window before I’m bored enough to start ripping up the seats and lighting fires. And unlike movies and books and music, I feel an obligation to sit through it all; the people who made it are there in front of me and will look at me walking out and suddenly it’s the screaming pyromaniac vandal who’s the bad guy. But the Overtime Theater’s production of The Brain That Wouldn’t Die was fun. Even for me. The songs were peppy, the set design was beyond clever (that car was aaaawesome!), and the cast was engaging. What’s more, it adhered to that great San Anto tradition of snatching up the discards of those with more money than sense and turning it into something useful: the producers took a cheesy public domain movie, copped the plot and title and characters, and fed it back to us with a heaping tablespoon of attitude. It worked. Worked enough that they should take it on the road. And one day, I hope to see the movie of a play of a movie, raking in the bucks at the multiplex. That’ll show the fatcats. Next time they’ll spend their money more wisely! Wait, then maybe they’ll not make the bad movies that the Overtime can rip off… hmm, gotta rethink this… [...]
[...] Overtime Theater has done a great job with original productions like this one (who can forget The Brain That Wouldn’t Die?), gathering together some remarkably talented performers and crew. This show is definitely worth [...]