Don't play together with your meals, particularly whether it is smarter than you.
That sums up the theme of the Marmaton Valley Excessive manufacturing “The nonsense, the pickle, the zombies and different issues I cover from my mom.”
Because the title suggests, this play doesn't take itself too critically. Titles are the gateway to a theatrical world and, on this play, the door is broad open and a plate of sandwiches welcomes you.
The heartbreaking comedy follows highschool pupil and boy genius, Trevor, and his nightly exploits bringing meals to life with experiments.
The aim? Finally create zombies to promote as low-cost staff. Trevor is performed aptly by Brendon Newman, whose pleasure within the function shines via.
“What are you doing with the nonsense?” asks Trevor's Eight-year-old brother Eddie (performed by Doug Dix) on the finish of the play.
A good query that units the stage for the shenanigans that unfold over the course of the 30-minute play. With the implausible excuse of “I'm holding up the nonsense as a result of I couldn't sleep,” Trevor sends his little brother out of sight.
Subsequent up is Trevor's dim-witted henchman, Meyer. Trevor's first foray into meals animation has labored, maybe too properly.
Sophia Heim's portrayal of Meyer is quirky and full of sarcastic comedic commentary. She performs extra than simply an animated hunk of processed meat: she's witty and phenomenally represents her character's frustrations along with her creator.
Trevor, together with the viewers, embarks on an evening the place he’ll confront an offended neighbor, be questioned by the police, and convey a pickle to life.
For Trevor it's all about cash and energy.
“If I obtain this, it will imply that I’d be the world's solely provider of low-cost zombie labor,” he exclaims. “Essentially the most highly effective leaders on this planet would come to see me!”
Nevertheless, Meyer finds fault with Trevor's plan. Giving life to meals just isn’t precisely the identical as reanimating the useless. “I used to be by no means alive, I used to be by no means human,” Meyer says. “I'm a strolling piece of nonsense!” However Trevor goes deeper: “You're useless meat!” declares.
Confronted with fixed interruptions from his brother and sometimes his mom, Trevor tries to get via the evening with out his nefarious plans being found.
Emily Heskett provides an excellent deadpan efficiency as Trevor's mom and leaves the viewers wishing her function was slightly longer.