2008 2008

The Brain From Planet X

May 3, 2008 — June 8, 2008

Book by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel

Music and Lyrics by Bruce Kimmel

Directed by Bruce Kimmel

Music Direction by Bill Strongin

Choreographed by Adam Cates

FREE for Members

Part of the Festival of New American Musicals
Orange County Premiere

“ A glorious salute to the great American musical ”
Orange County Register

“ Refreshing, witty, smart, and funny ”
EDGE Los Angeles

A rip-roaring musical send-up of bad 50s sci-fi movies, The Brain From Planet X tells the story of an alien invasion circa 1958. When an ill-intentioned band of interplanetary travelers arrive on Earth with a plan to take over the world, an all-too regular, nuclear family is forced to defend the human race from will-bending extinction. Can YOU withstand the power of the Brain from Planet X?!

Creative Team

Book : David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel
Music and Lyrics : Bruce Kimmel
Director : Bruce Kimmel
Musical Director : Bill Strongin*
Choreographer : Adam Cates
Set Designer : Masako Tobaru*
Lighting Designer : KC Wilkerson
Sound Designers : Dave Mickey and Mitchell Kohen*
Costume Designer : Deb Millison
Dramaturg : Jonathan Josephson*
Stage Manager : Courtny Greenough*
Assistant Stage Manager : Rosalynn Nguyen

Performers (in order of appearance)

Narrator/Professor Leder : Michael Irish*
Fred : Bob Simpson*
Joyce : Allison Appleby
Donna : Shannon Cudd
Rod : Dimas Diaz*
General Mills : Warren Draper*
Zubrick : Daniel Berlin
Yoni : Emily Clark
The Brain : Mark Rothman
Ensemble :
- Cody Anderson
- Jamie Lee Baker
- Marlana Filannino
- Dan Flapper
- Patrick Kelly
- Jenna Romano
Rod Understudy : Bryan Barton*
General Mills Understudy : Richard Comeau

*Chance Resident Artist