(Long Island, NY) Reefer Madness: The Musical, a hilarious send-up of the 1936 cult movie that depicted innocent American teens caught up in the scourge of marijuana, is coming to Farmingdale State College in November.
Presented by the Back Stage Theater Company in the Little Theater in Roosevelt Hall, the show opens November 13 at 8 p.m. Additional performances, scheduled for November 14, 19, 20 and 21, also start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public, and $5 for senior citizens and non-Farmingdale students. Tickets are free for Farmingdale students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased prior to the show.
Reefer Madness: The Musical is coming to Farmingdale State College in November. Photo Credit: Farmingdale State College.
This outrageous musical comedy takes a satirical look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall under the influence of marijuana, leading them down a hysterical and evil path of debauchery.* The stage show debuted in Los Angeles in 1998, and was later adapted for television. Kevin Murphy, who wrote the lyrics and co-authored the book with Dan Studney (music), won an Emmy for the song “Mary Jane/Mary Lane.”
The six lead characters include:
- Average teen-turned-pothead Jimmy Harper, played by Bryan Johnson of Copiague
- Reefer Den hostess Mae, played by Emily Gleeson of West Islip
- The Lecturer, played by Kevin White of Plainedge
- Sally the hussy, played by Shaylyn Brown-Hurley of Massapequa
- Jimmy’s girlfriend Mary Lane, played by Kaila McLaughlin of North Babylon
- Mae’s boyfriend Jack, played by Justin Panullo of East Islip
- College dropout Ralph, played by Warren Tierney of Seaford
The Backstage Theater Company is a student-run performing arts club on the Farmingdale campus.
*Reefer Madness is for mature audiences only. It contains adult humor, implied drug use and religious parody.
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