Splatter Theatre
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Splatter Theatre was the first show for The Annoyance Theater. The show was first performed at the Cabaret Metro, on October 31, 1987 and directed by Mick Napier
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, Splatter Theatre features thirteen characters, all cliched horror movie characters--the high school jock, the virgin, the class jerk, the bimbo, the nerd--killed in various creatively disgusting ways.
The stage itself is freshly painted white, and the actors wear white costumes, allowing the red blood to stand out for the audience.
Tradition.
Mick Napier
directed the remount of the show in 2006, with an entirely new cast, adding effects to the show to change some of the deaths.
In 2007, Andrew Hobgood directed a remount of the show, with several members of the 2006 cast returning. On October 31, 2007, the 20th anniversary of the Annoyance Theater, Splatter was given a special performance, which included several of the original castmembers from the 1987 production. The returning cast members were Eric Waddel, Joe Bill, Ellen Stoneking, Lynn Pusztai and Margueritte Hammersley.
In 2008 and 2009, Sam Locke directed the show, with a mostly new cast each year. Ray Mees directed in 2010.
Mick Napier
Mick Napier is an actor, director, teacher and author living in Chicago. He is the founder and artistic director of the Annoyance Theatre and an award-winning director at The Second City. He has worked with people such as Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Horatio Sanz, Nia Vardalos, Andy...
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Plot
A spoof of gory slasher films, along the lines of Friday the 13th or HalloweenHalloween (1978 film)
Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film directed, produced, and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut and the first installment in the Halloween franchise. The film is set in the fictional midwestern...
, Splatter Theatre features thirteen characters, all cliched horror movie characters--the high school jock, the virgin, the class jerk, the bimbo, the nerd--killed in various creatively disgusting ways.
The stage itself is freshly painted white, and the actors wear white costumes, allowing the red blood to stand out for the audience.
Remounts
With the reopening of the Annoyance Theater, the company has begun producing Splatter as a HalloweenHalloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
Tradition.
Mick Napier
Mick Napier
Mick Napier is an actor, director, teacher and author living in Chicago. He is the founder and artistic director of the Annoyance Theatre and an award-winning director at The Second City. He has worked with people such as Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Horatio Sanz, Nia Vardalos, Andy...
directed the remount of the show in 2006, with an entirely new cast, adding effects to the show to change some of the deaths.
In 2007, Andrew Hobgood directed a remount of the show, with several members of the 2006 cast returning. On October 31, 2007, the 20th anniversary of the Annoyance Theater, Splatter was given a special performance, which included several of the original castmembers from the 1987 production. The returning cast members were Eric Waddel, Joe Bill, Ellen Stoneking, Lynn Pusztai and Margueritte Hammersley.
In 2008 and 2009, Sam Locke directed the show, with a mostly new cast each year. Ray Mees directed in 2010.