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What: "The Undertaker and His Wife" an original musical by Travis Guillory
Where: Cite Des Arts 109 Vine Street/Downtown Lafayette
When: November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 Evening Shows 7:30, Sundays 2:00pm
“The
Undertaker & His Wife” is an original dark musical comedy by
Travis Guillory. With a cast of fifteen talented local performers decked
in Victorian Steampunk garb and a multi-leveled set, this quirky new
musical is sure to be a killer of a show. It’s Sweeney Todd meets The
Addams Family meets Edgar Allan Poe meets Romeo and Juliet.
Set
in the dreary Victorian town of Hellingham, this twisted tale revolves
around the madcap world of Phineas and Irene Cunningham, an eccentric
undertaker and his zany wife. The couple use their occupation to kill
people and stuff their corpses under the floorboards in order to save
plots for more business. With the Hellingham population on the decline,
the ominous Bishop Barkis is noticing a decrease in the collection bin
at the church. He decides to venture out on a crusade against the
Cunninghams as he suspects something fishy going on around their parlor.
With Phineas and Irene trying to ward off the Bishop, their witty
teenage daughter, Caroline, has fallen in love with a pauper boy, Tom.
As the Cunninghams’ bizarre world begins falling apart, they devise a
plan to murder the bishop and blame the pauper in order to get both of
them out of the picture and away from the Cunnighams’ parlor. However,
with their cheerfully chatty neighbor constantly barging in, their plan
becomes more challenging than expected. This zany dark musical comedy
explores the human side of being a monster and the subjective morality
of being human.
Performances are November 8, 9,
15, 16, 22, & 23 at 7:30 pm and November 10, 17, & 24
at 2:00 pm at Cité des Arts (109 Vine St., Downtown Lafayette). Tickets
are $15 and can be purchased online at citedesarts.org or reserved by
phone at (337) 291-1122. Like “The Undertaker & His Wife" on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/theundertakerandhiswife.
NOTE: Some material may not be suitable for young children.
Image Credit: Cite des Arts
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