That famous line may come to mind … “Feed me, Seymour, feed me!” For anyone with an appetite for musicals and love comedy, Del Mar Drama presents the smash musical comedy, Little Shop of Horrors, as its fall production in November in the Sue Sellors Finley Theater.
First hitting Off-Broadway in 1982 and then the movie theaters four years later, Little Shop of Horrors is a popular musical with catchy tunes and the memorable appearance of a plant called Audrey II that feeds on humans, notes the production director and Del Mar College Drama Professor Carl Yowell.
“Compared to other musicals we have done in the past, Little Shop of Horrors is similar in its large technical scale to Prom Queens Unchained, but the cast is smaller than others with the biggest challenge being Audrey II, the plant that comes to life,” he says.
The production is scheduled Thursday, Nov. 5, with a 12:30 p.m. matinee and Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 6-7 and Nov. 13-14, with curtain time at 7:30 p.m. each night in the Finley Theater on the College’s Heritage Campus (101 Baldwin Blvd., 78404). Get online directions and a campus map.
Tickets are now available online at delmardrama.ludus.com/ or at the Drama Box Office one hour before each performance. Prices range from $5 to $15, including $5 for DMC students with a valid ID, $10 for DMC employees, seniors and active military and $15 general admission. Get yours now before they’re eaten up! This production may contain mature content that may not be appropriate for some audience members.
Del Mar Drama has set Friday, Nov. 13, as Coastal Bend Student Night with FREE admission for all students showing a valid ID at the Drama Box Office. A post-show reception with a faculty and student meet-and-greet is also part of that evening’s lineup.
Questions can be directed to the Art & Drama Department Office at 361-698-1216 or drama@delmar.edu.
Based on the book and lyrics by Howard Ashman with music by Alan Menken, audiences can get back to their humorous roots as sad sack Seymour Krelborn’s fortunes take a turn for the better when a singing, talking, flesh-eating plant arrives in his florist shop on Skid Row. Naming the foul-mouthed R&B singing plant after his co-worker and crush, the persistent plant Audrey II promises unending fame and fortune as long as Seymour keeps feeding the demanding plant blood. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out-of-this-world origins and its intent on global domination.
Del Mar Drama’s production of Little Shop of Horrors features a cast of 11 members with some performers only heard and not seen. DMC students are involved throughout the production, including both Drama majors and nonmajors among the performers and a large support team made up of crew members, carpenters, electricians and costumers.
Of the production, Yowell says, “Musicals add additional rehearsal time and ask for specialized skills like singing and dancing from the performers. We approach them no differently than serious plays and focus on the story and the characters, and then ask, ‘What is the song doing in the story?’”
He humorously adds, “A big difference for me as a director is that I walk out of rehearsals humming the last musical number we worked on.”
Don’t miss Del Mar Drama’s production of Little Shop of Horrors and its goofy sci-fi plot. You just might leave the Finley Theater humming the last tune you heard.
Little Shop of Horrors is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, and all authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI (www.mtishows.com).