WORLD PREMIERE!
closed on July 7th fully sold-out!
LOUD FRIDGE THEATRE'S
TWELFTH NIGHT of the LIVING DEAD
(Or What You Kill)
by A.J. Schaar
Directed by Kate Rose Reynolds
From The PRESS...
KPBS Arts Editor's Pick! Theater and Pop Culture
-San Diego weekend arts events: The Shell, Black Music Fest, ZOMBIES and books
"Some folks love Shakespeare. Some folks love zombies. For those who love both, there’s a clever mash-up of the two onstage... Highly entertaining. It’s got all the familiar trappings — and most of the lines — from The Bard’s “Twelfth Night,” but the zombies steal the show.
"Successfully mashed up... Zombie Shakespeare comedy...
For fans of “Twelfth Night,” Schaar’s clever use of the Bard’s words add extra layers of meaning to the play,
but for newbies to the Bard, the acting and direction make the story easily accessible to all."
- San Diego Union Tribune Review
"Lots of deadpan comedy among the living dead... Imaginative... Entertaining.
the most interesting and diverting Viola I’ve yet seen in my many “Twelfth Night” experiences.
Loud Fridge Theatre Group has done well by [Shakespeare’s] peerless legacy while having much fun doing it."
"Bloody facinating...
Salacious satirist A.J. Schaar['s] construct is astute and intelligent.
The Bard is a playwright for all time and dimensions. I think he would have loved Schaar and Loud Fridge’s daring and diverse production."
- Scene by Jenni Prisk Review
"From the title alone, you can grasp the creative wit... There have been many experiments and creative takes while staging a Shakespeare piece. This is one of the most creative. And the [audience reaction] after the performance that I saw, I consider to be one of the best reviews you can get."
"The play is a fun mashup that balances the original plot with zombie and horror movie tropes.
Forboding... Fast and Funny... Funny and Fierce... Clever and Creative...
Shakespeare and zombies may both be immortal..."
"Fun sacrilege... To die for..."
- Union Tribune preview article
From The SOCIALS...
"It's Shakespeare. It's zombies. It's perfection."
"It has all the things!"
"Very clever mashup."
"Very much recommend it."
"What a fun evening... Shakespeare and zombies - what could be better?"
"YAAAASSSSSSSS"
"It was so much fun!"
"It was FRIGHTFULLY AWESOME!!!!"
"I love it."
"AMAZING piece of theatre art... The play was superb from open to close in all aspects."
"The funniest show this side of Illyria"
"An astonishing and amusing new production... Gather your friends for a night of zombies do Shakespeare!"
"It's terrific!"
"A triumphant reimagining of a Shakespeare classic!"
"smartly mixes Shakespeare humor & zombie horror for a wild and fun summer show!"
"LOTS OF FUN and STILL TRUE to SHAKESPEARE... 12TH NIGHT is an INTERESTING ROMANTIC COMEDY that has A LOT OF DEATH IN THE LANGUAGE so a ZOMBIE TAKE MADE THAT POP MORE."
("[Zombies are] not of many words, but [we] thank you." - paraphrased Don John, Much Ado About Nothing.)
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(If music be the FOOD of love, SLAY On.)
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INDIE BOOK WE LOVE: LoveReadinG
Schaar's debut novel, The Storybook Coroner, has earned the coveted "Indie Book We Love" badge from the UK's most-trusted book reviewers. One of the few chosen from over 35k titles each year, LoveReading says,
"The Storybook Coroner is a romp through mythology, with a modern twist...
This is a tale full of irreverent humour, with a broad cast of gods introduced, mysteries uncovered and grand rescue plans concocted... I recommend this book for an interesting and entertaining fantasy read."
Acclaimed comedic playwright and internationally recommended author of fantasy-fiction.
"If you thought doing Disneyland on acid was a trip, you haven't seen A.J. Schaar."
- E.V. Tribune