Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness
By Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney
The Warren Acting Company
Silver Venue, Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival</strong>
This is so frustrating. More than a few Fringe shows have forgone programs this year. If it’s a one man show or there’s a web site, no problem, figuring out who wrote and acted is obvious. But in this 12 person full blown musical, I have no idea who played what, or what songs were sung in what order. Ganja does that, I hear.
This spiffy musical riffs off the 1936 anti-dope film shown endlessly at midnight movies during the 70’s. The writing credentials are sound, author Kevin Murphy was head writer for Mystery Science 3000 for several years. The story concerns a young man who has everything to live for – a cute girlfriend, healthy sports program involvement, and he gets along with his folks. Then one day, an evil mobster tricks him into visiting a combination speakeasy, smoking den, and whorehouse where the first joint is free. Our hero soon falls in with the sleazy and decadent life style, commits a few murders and then falls into the gutter. I hope you’ve learned a valuable lesson here.
“Reefer Madness” draws you in, entertains, and then like a long night of drug abuse, leaves you on the sidewalk thinking “Whoa, dude! What just happened? Who were all those people?”
This show is presented as part of the 17th Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. Information on times, tickets, and venue location my be found at http://OrlandoFringe.org/
