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Twelfth Night

of the Living Dead

Or What You Kill

Original text by William Shakespeare...

Massacred by A.J. Schaar...

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Viola didn't survive the shipwreck.

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This is what happens to Shakespeare's original text of TWELFTH NIGHT

when its heroine, its 'beating heart,'

is marauding through it as a ZOMBIE.​

WORLD PREMIERE

closed on July 7th 2024 fully sold-out!

LOUD FRIDGE THEATRE'S

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TWELFTH NIGHT of the LIVING DEAD

(Or What You Kill)

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by A.J. Schaar

Directed by Kate Rose Reynolds

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From The PRESS...

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KPBS Arts Editor's Pick! Theater and Pop Culture

-San Diego weekend arts events: The Shell, Black Music Fest, ZOMBIES and books


San Diego Union Tribune Arts & Culture Pick! The best things to do this weekend in San Diego: July 5-7

"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. 

BEST OF 2024 IN SAN DIEGO THEATRE - From Another Zero

"A pop makeover that was ORIGINAL... and ENTERTAINING. From the title you can grasp the CREATIVE WIT."

​The Shows of 2024 I Just Can't Stop Thinking About - Talk Theatre To Me

"This show was a FUN twist on a CLASSIC."

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"Zombie Shakespeare comedy is Clever, Funny... Daring, inclusive, engaging, and accessible.

All of the lines in the play are Shakespeare's own... but Viola (and her twin brother, Sebastian) don't wash ashore alive in Schaar's version of the play. The twins drowned in a storm at sea and are now limping and growling their way through Illyria as undead flesh-eaters.

...While some Shakespeare characters emerge mostly unchanged in Schaar's play... others emerge wildly different.

For fans of “Twelfth Night,” Schaar’s clever use of the Bard’s words add extra layers of meaning to the play."

- 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."

- Stage West Review

 

"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

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"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."

- From Another Zero Review

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"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..."

Broadway World Review

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"Fun sacrilege... To die for..."

- Union Tribune preview article

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From The SOCIALS...

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"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."

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("[Zombies are] not of many words, but [we] thank you." - paraphrased Don John, Much Ado About Nothing.)

Be kind to yourself and Read Plays every day.

A.J. Schaar :  SERIOUS  FUN.

Be kind with others and Make Them.

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