Veteran Putney performer Libby McCawley stars as Meredith in the Main Street Arts production of Bat Boy. The show runs from March 4-13 at Main Street Arts in Saxtons River with weekend matinees as well as evening performances.
Bat Boy is based on events as chronicled in the Weekly World News, a supermarket tabloid famous for fabricating unlikely stories many unsuspecting readers believed to be real. Along with regular Elvis, UFO and JFK sightings, the News featured a continuing set of stories about the discovery of a half human, half bat-child in a cave and a small town’s terrifying attempt to integrate him into “normal” American civilization.
The producers of Bat Boy imagine, what if this bizarre story were actually true? What if a group of teenagers really had discovered a pointy-eared, half human, half bat-child in a cave and brought it home? What if the West Virginia town of Hope Falls had really tried to integrate a bat-human hybrid into Appalachian society?
This result is a musical that uses gospel, rockabilly, hip-hop, and country music to riff on everything from washing machines to dead cows, religious fervor and mass hysteria.
Though no humans or animals are harmed in the production of Bat Boy, the show’s adult themes make it inappropriate for children under 12.
To buy tickets or to learn more about Bat Boy, go to: http://mainstreetarts.org/bat-boy-the-musical.html