SILENCE! The Musical
*The unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs*
Music & Lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, Book by Hunter Bell
Directed by Jonathan Monk
Music Direction by Randy Moore
OCTOBER 5 – NOVEMBER 3, 2018
When Silence of the Lambs won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1992, the world never knew that it would become the subject of a celebrated musical parody. Now that musical comes to the Capital City in a hilarious production that’s right on time for Halloween!
Rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling (pronounced in the style of Jodie Foster as “Schtarling”) matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter in order to catch the serial killer known as Buffalo Bill. Clarice faces her own demons while racing the clock to unlock Lecter’s clues before another innocent girl is killed and skinned by Buffalo Bill.
This laugh-out-loud naughty satire features a singing chorus of floppy eared lambs narrating the action as Buffalo Bill gleefully dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin. Even Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he’d like to lead someday outside the prison walls.
Friday, October 5 at 8pm
Saturday, October 6 at 8pm
Thursday, October 11 at 7:30pm
Friday, October 12 at 8pm
Saturday, October 13 at 8pm
Sunday, October 14 at 3pm
Thursday, October 18 at 7:30pm
Friday, October 19 at 8pm
Saturday, October 20 at 8pm
Sunday, October 21 at 3pm
Thursday, October 25 at 7:30pm
Friday, October 26 at 8pm
Saturday, October 27 at 8pm
Sunday, October 28 at 3pm
Wednesday, October 31 at 7:30pm
** COSTUME CONTEST ON HALLOWEEN!
Join us for our Halloween performance on October 31st at 7:30pm, and compete in our Trustus Costume Contest! Sign up for the contest during preshow (6:30pm-7:20pm), and at 7:30pm you’ll walk across the stage and receive cheers and applause as you show us your fabulous costumes. Couples or groups may compete together. Trustus judges will name the winners right before the show begins! Prizes include an individual membership from The Nickelodeon, tickets to the SC Philharmonic, tickets to the Columbia City Ballet, and of course tickets to Trustus! [Only ticket holders for our 10/31/18 performance are eligible]**
Thursday, November 1 at 7:30pm
Friday, November 2 at 8pm
Saturday, November 3 at 8pm
Sponsored by: Department of Sport and Entertainment Management
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