ImprovBoston Adds Additional GOREFEST Performances

ImprovBoston adds two performances of its annual Halloween show, GoreFest to meet overwhelming demand. The musical production that puts the audience in the middle of the carnage, now features two addditional 9:30PM peformances this Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25. This year's revival of The Gruesome Tale of Penny Dreadful brings the actors up close for a fully immersive experience.

An ImprovBoston tradition, GoreFest is an immersive musical with a steampunk vibe, dripping with unidentifiable bodily fluids and lacking in good taste. Dismemberment, disfigurement, disgust and dancing abound in Penny Dreadful, a Victorian-era love story that meets bawdy original musical comedy. ImprovBoston's GoreFest is part campy, part Broadway, part haunted house and all hilarious.

Matt Chapuran, director of Penny Dreadful, says, "It's a thrill to revisit this show. Bringing it to a more intimate space is going to make every drop of blood and every note of music more memorable for the audience."

Penny Dreadful creator, Don Schuerman shares, "I'm excited to see this show return to the stage. When we first produced it at ImprovBoston, I never thought GoreFest would be still running strong after 12 years, or that we would revisit Penny and her strange little Dickensian world again. Nine years ago the role of Dr. Listenburg, the show's unwitting villain, was created for Matt Chapuran. Matt is the perfect director for this year's revival."

The Gruesome Tale of Penny Dreadful splatters audiences from October 23-November 1 at ImprovBoston. Tickets are $25, $18 students at the door. For a full list of shows and times and to purchase tickets, visitimprovboston.com/gorefest. Follow the bloody tweets @IBGorefest.

The Gruesome Tale of Penny Dreadful features a book by Don Schuerman, music by Steve Gilbane, and lyrics by Don Schuerman and Steve Gilbane. Running time: 75 Minutes.