The Rocky Horror Show 2009

by Richard O’Brien

October 23-November 14, 2009

The cast of The Rocky Horror Show 2009 at Playhouse on the Green. Photo by Christine Peterson.

Producer: Matt Schicker
Associate Producer: Julianne Alberty
Director/Choreographer: Steven Smeltzer
Musical Director: Tim Heavner
Set Design: Christine Peterson
Costume Design: Melanie Swersey
Lighting Design: Michael Jarett
Sound Design: Jim DeVivo
Projection Design: T. Paul Lowry
Associate Choreographer: Shannon-Courtney Porper
Stage Manager: Amy Nassef
Assistant Stage Managers: Michelle Hunt and Kellen Schult
Wardrobe Assistant: Martha Kemp
Sound Operator: Donald Rowe
Light Board Operator: Timothy Smull
Projection Operator: Kevin McNair
Spotlight Operators: Dylan Webb and Peter Zapata

Featuring: Tom Denihan, Jessica Ferraday, Molly Garbe, Renee Kaminsky, John Lahey, Gina Lariccia-Garcia, Jim Nassef, Rob Nichols, Cheryl Papsidera, Jason Parry, Shannon-Courtney Porper, Nigel Rees, Brian Michael Riley, Kevin Thompson, Alisson Wood, Melinda Zupaniotis, and members of Greasewheazer.

Check out Melanie Swersey’s great costume for the Popcorn Girl. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Reviews and Quotes:
“Rocky Horror Show is heating up the Playhouse on the Green…Richard O’Brien’s sex-charged cult favorite, which the Playhouse first presented last year, opened a new 12-show run with a standing ovation. The spirited cast flashed plenty of flesh as they presented an encounter between straitlaced couple Brad and Janet and the debauched Dr. Frank N. Furter and his entourage….The cast’s spunkiness, combined with the spontaneity of the audience, a few of whom dressed in costume, made for a memorable evening….Give the Playhouse a tip of the hat for having a live band perform the score (and for serving a mixture of peach schnapps, tequila and grapefruit and cranberry juices called a “Time Warp on the Rockys” at the bar during intermission)….The audience and cast engaged in exuberant interplay throughout the show as pauses from the stage left room for one-liners from the peanut gallery. When Frank delivered the line, “There’s no evil in giving yourself over to pleasure,” one of the louder attendants retorted, “There is in Connecticut!,” eliciting laughs. Yet on that night, in that place, she was wrong.”
- Fairfield County Weekly

“There’s a Light Over at the Frankenstein Place”. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Jim Nassef owned the role of Frank once again. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

And once again, Steven Smeltzer got committed performances from all. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Christine Peterson’s set rocked! Photo by Tracy Arcari.

T. Paul’s lightning strikes for Rocky’s birth. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Good thing Kevin didn’t get fat in the past year! Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Trio of freaks! Photo by Tracy Arcari.

“…and a little bit of ste- ee- ee- eeam.” Photo by Tracy Arcari.

We could have an action replay… Photo by Tracy Arcari.

“Once in a While”. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Brad? Janet? Rocky? Dr. Scott? Photo by Tracy Arcari.

A phantom delights in Frank’s taunting of Janet. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Janet means it! Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Whatever happened to Fay Wray? Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Magenta and Riff Raff blast off! Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Brad and Janet will never be the same. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

The Rocky Horror Show rocks the house! Photo by Tracy Arcari.

The cast and band of The Rocky Horror Show 2009. Photo by Tracy Arcari.

Jim and Don’s “rules” in the balcony… Photo by Nicole Schlenk.