Bat Boy
Actorsingers Fringe Theatre Project presents:
BAT BOY: The Musical
Story and Book by
Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
Music and Lyrics by
Laurence O’Keefe
Licensed Under Agreement with Weekly World News
Original New York production produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Riot Entertainment, Robyn Goodman, Michael Alden, Jean Doumanian and The Producing Office.
Original cast recording available on RCA/Victor.
Bay Boy: The Musical was developed in New York City at the Directors Company, Michael Parva, Artistic/Producing Director.
Bay Boy: The Musical had its initial production at Actors’ Gang in Los Angeles, CA.
The authors wish to acknowledge the generous support provided through the Richard Rogers Development Award and the Richard Rodgers Production Award. The Richard Rogers Awards are administered by The American Academy of Letters.
Bat Boy: The Musical is an American musical comedy/horror show with a book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe, based on a June 23, 1992 Weekly World News story about a half-boy, half-bat, dubbed “Bat Boy”, who grew up living in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy by the veterinarian’s wife, Meredith, and teenage daughter, Shelley. Bat Boy is happy with his new life, but when he naively tries to fit in with the narrow-minded people of Hope Falls, they turn on him, prodded by the machinations of Dr. Parker, who secretly despises Bat Boy. Shelley and Bat Boy, who have fallen in love, run away together from the ignorant townfolk and have a blissful coupling in the woods, but their happiness is shattered when Meredith arrives and reveals a secret. Soon the entire town arrives and hears the shocking story of Bat Boy’s unholy origin. The show deals with serious themes (such as hypocrisy, acceptance, forgiveness, racism, revenge and scapegoating), but often punctures the most serious moments with slapstick, surreallism, camp-horror and irony.
Sources: Dramatics Play Service, Inc.; Wikipedia
Performances at
August 26 through 28, 2016
Musical Numbers
Act One
Overture - Orchestra
Hold Me, Bat Boy - Pan, Muses
Christian Charity - Sheriff, Meredith, Shelley
Ugly Boy - Shelley, Meredith
Whatcha Wanna Do? - Rick, Shelley
A Home for You - Meredith, Bat Boy
Another Dead Cow -
Sheriff Reynolds, Maggie, Bud, Ned, Roy, Lorraine, Drunk
Dance With Me, Darling - Dr. Parker, Voices
Mrs. Taylor's Lullaby - Mrs. Taylor, Rick, Ron
Show You a Thing or Two - Company
Christian Charity (reprise) -
Dr. Parker, Sheriff Reynolds, Maggie,
Bud, Ned, Roy, Lorraine, Drunk
A Home for You (reprise) - Bat Boy
Dr. Parker's Epiphany - Dr. Parker
Comfort and Joy - Company
Act Two
A Joyful Noise - Reverend Hightower, Townspeople
Let Me Walk Among You - Bat Boy
A Joyful Noise (reprise) - Company
Three Bedroom House - Meredith, Shelley
Children, Children - Pan, Bat Boy, Shelley, Muses
Inside Your Heart - Shelley, Bat Boy
Apology to a Cow - Bat Boy
Finale: I Imagine You're Upset - Company
Finale: Hold Me, Bat Boy (reprise) - Company
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
