Bat Boy: The Musical at Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU

Bat Boy: The Musical

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe

Story and Book by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming

Licensed under agreement with Weekly World News

Based on a story in The Weekly World News, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered 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 townsfolk and have a blissful coupling in the woods, but secrets soon come to light threatening everyone’s chances at happiness.

Director: Tim Howard

Music Director: Justin P. Cowan

Choreographer: Jen Turey. Scenic Designer: Elizabeth Popiel. Lighting Designer: Scott Cally. Costume Designer: Courtney Skeens. Sound Designer: Arielle Edwards. Technical Director: Tom Swetz. Production Stage Manager: Isabel Salazar.

Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU. 

This production contains mature themes, language, and dialogue describing sexual violence.