Guns, knives and ropes are not the chosen murder weapon tonight in Die! Mommie! Die! but that doesn't mean that someone won't be kicking the diamond-studded bucket.
The Lost Flamingo Company performs its first show of the season, Die! Mommie! Die!, a play by Charles Busch about a washed up, over the top, pop star named Angela, who lives in California in the late '60s.
Angela, who is always played by a man in drag, is married to an old time movie producer named Sol and the pair has spent much of their relationship in the spotlight.
I play Angela and I wanted to come off as much like a woman as possible even though I am a guy
without ignoring how fabulously ridiculous the character is said Denver Cole Woodruff, a sophomore studying theater performance.
Sol and Angela have two children, a daughter named Edith, and a son named Lance.
Edith loves her dad and hates her mom and Lance loves his mom and doesn't have a good relationship with his dad because he is a closet homosexual
said Nick Smrdel, a fifth year senior studying history and director of the play.
The famous couple's marriage is failing, and when Sol finds out that Angela is having an affair with Tony, a failed TV actor, Angela, desperate to get her happiness, decides that Sol needs to die.
The show is a farce and it's campy
but we wanted to make sure that the characters come off as believing in themselves and what they are doing no matter how ridiculous
Smrdel said.
After the death of Sol by an unlikely object, the show turns to chaos as Edith seeks revenge.
Mike Reynolds, a senior studying playwriting, said that the show is well written, intricate and crazy, although the audience can expect to feel a little uneasy sometimes.
I think the text makes it really awkward for the audience but the show handles those situations in such a way that makes the audience laugh and relate to it
while the characters on stage are experiencing it
he said.
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