“BEDBUGS are a big problem it’s true, but they don’t kill people… YET!”
On a mission to avenge her mother’s freak death back in 1989, exterminatrix Carly, “The Bug Lady” has unleashed her brand new pesticide on New York City. Little does she know that it will mutate them into human-size, blood-sucking Metal Rock Monsters, sending her into a swirling blitz of 80’s nostalgia and a creepy-crawly love affair of massive proportions!!! Sweet sidekick Burt has a plan and Canadian Chanteuse Dionne Salon has stumbled onto the scene, but will Carly listen to them and save the world or be pierced by her own creation?
“…a little bit “Little Shop of Horrors” and a little bit “Rocky Horror Show,” but even more over the top. -The New York Times
Celina Carvajal as Carly and Chris Hall as Cimex (Photo by Michael Faulkner)
Following the smashing success in the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival, check this site regularly for upcoming announcements about the next infestation of the fabulous rock-n-roll musical BEDBUGS!!! coming to NYC later in 2009!
“Thanks to a goofy and committed cast, a thumping pop-rock score, and a production which revels in its low-budget glory, Bedbugs is a zany success.” -curtainup.com
Music by: Paul Leschen
Book and Lyrics by: Fred Sauter
Concept and Story by: Both
NYMF CAST (In order of appearance)
Celina Carvajal*: Carly “The Bug Lady”
Brian Charles Rooney*: Dionne Salon, Consuela
Tracey Robin Gilbert*: Mother, Joan, Bedbug, Diner Woman
Chris Hall: Cimex
Mark Fisher*: Tom Wansett, Richard, Dancer, Bedbug
Stephen Sheffer: Chad, Dancer, Bedbug
H. Wayne Williams: Menachem, Bedbug, Dexter Diabolique
Ryan Bogner*: Burt
WITH:
David Alpert: Assistant Director
Amanda Bujak: Co-Costume Design
Alexis Caldwell: Stage Manager
Robin Carrigan: Choreographer
Melanie Clifton-Harvey: Wardrobe Supervisor
D’Arcy Drollinger: Publicity
Paul Leschen: Music Director
C.P. Roth: Sound Designer
Christina Rumery: Co-Costume Design
Dans Maree Sheehan: Lighting Design
Shane Terenzi: Props Design
Directed by: Samuel Buggeln
Produced by: Robert P. Mrozek
“Do yourself right and let these bedbugs bite.” -nytheatre.com
* member of Actors Equity Association, Equity-Approved Code