Kelrik Productions Presents THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE, 3/30-4/14

Tickets are now on sale for Kelrik Productions out of this world presentation playing March 30 - April 14 at Unity (1490 Southwood Drive in San Luis Obispo). The musical that "became a movie and started a 35-year nonstop cultural phenomenon is back where it is meant to be seen - live on stage.  When Brad and Janet, a clean-cut young couple from the suburbs, get caught with a flat in the middle of nowhere, they seek help from the devilishly charming transvestite Dr. Frank 'N' Furter.  What they discover in his mysterious laboratory is a time warp of sexual and scientific possibilities - and, perhaps, true love."

Director Danielle Dutro recently saw a production of The Rocky Horror Show LIVEin San Diego at The Old Globe Theatre and was hooked. "I honestly didn't know what I was in for!" says Dutro. "I knew this production was going to be different than any other "Rocky" I'd seen before because it was NOT in front of a movie screen with the actors merely lip syncing the words and musical numbers...there were amazing sets and lighting and the performers were some of the best I've ever seen! By doing this version of The Rocky Horror Show LIVE I'm hoping to give the community a new 'liking' of such a popular cult phenomenon.  Since its beginnings, Rocky Horror has been a place where people can be who they want to be. I want our production to follow the same ideals, to be a place where people can wave their "freak flag" freely, without judgement. The show features all the classic songs you've come to love including "Sweet Transvestite", "Damn it Janet", and "The Time Warp," all performed with a live band but this version aims to turn your insides OUT, making you (and the rest of the world) Rocky virgins all over again! " 

The Rocky Horror Show LIVE is presented as part of Kelrik's After Dark series. These shows include mature subject matter and language. Therefore, it is required that audience members under the age of 17 bring a parent or guardian with them to the performance. 

The cast of The Rocky Horror Show LIVE includes Erik Austin (Frank 'N' Furter), Mark Rohner (Riff Raff, Usher), Taylor Peters (Magenta, Usherette), Ali Peters (Janet), CJ Gormley (Brad),Travis Nefores (Rocky), Karyn Blaney (Columbia), Michael McKinney (Narrator, Eddie Dr. Scott) with Benjamin King, Katie Matten, Clara Fulks and Marissa Purcell as the Phantoms. The creative team includes: Danielle Dutro (Director), Lacey McNamara (Musical Director), Buffy Doran  (Scenic Painting), Keith Wetzel (Costume Design) and Ryan Manus(Stage Manager). 

Playwright and composer Richard O'Brien began his career as an actor, performing in the London productions of Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1970s.  With the guidance of director Jim Sharman, O'Brien opened his musical The Rocky Horror Show LIVE at the Theatre Upstairs in 1973.  Within weeks it became a cult theater hit and quickly led to an original cast album.  Two years later O'Brien and Sharman adapted it into a film, retitled The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick.  Though the material was highly provocative for its time, including depictions of gay and transgender culture, the movie gained a huge cult following and made stars of its leads.  O'Brien himself appeared in the movie as Riff Raff.  Still in limited release 35 years after its premiere, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest-running theatrical release in film history.  O'Brien created a follow-up movie, Shock Treatment, and several more stage musicals in the '80s, and he continued to act in bit parts in cult films such as Flash Gordon, Dark City, Ever After and Dungeons & Dragons.  In 1998 he released a CD, entitled Absolute O'Brien, of music from his one-man revue, Disgracefully Yours.  He served as the host of the popular British game show The Crystal Maze and appeared on the West End in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  He also occasionally does cabaret-style music and comedy performances on stages around the world, singing songs from Rocky Horror, among others.