Bat Boy
The Musical
Union Square Theatre
Previews Began: March 3, 2001
Opening Night: March 21, 2001
Closing Night: December 2, 2001
Music: Laurence O'Keefe
Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe
Book: Keythe Farley
Brian Flemming
The darkly comic musical focuses on the tabloid-drawn tale of a half-boy, half-bat who struggles with his thirst for blood and feelings of self and love. The story of the grotesque Bat Boy boosted sales of the Weekly World News, the supermarket tabloid that has also reported about Elvis being alive and U.S. presidents playing golf with aliens.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture/The Cave………………………………..Orchestra
Hold Me, Bat Boy……………………………………..Company
Christian Charity……………….Sheriff, Meredith, Shelly
Ugly Boy……………………………………………………….Shelly
Whatcha Wanna Do?…………………………….Rick, Shelly
A Home for You…………………………..Meredith, Bat Boy
Another Dead Cow…………………………………..Company
Dance With Me, Darling…………………………Dr. Parker
Mrs. Taylor’s Lullaby……………………………..Mrs. Taylor
Show You a Thing or Two……………..Meredith, Shelly,
Bat Boy, Dr. Parker,
Company
Christian Charity (Reprise)……………Sheriff Reynolds,
Dr. Parker,
Company
A Home for You (Reprise)……………………………Bat Boy
Parker’s Epiphany…………………………………..Dr. Parker
Comfort and Joy………….Dr. Parker, Meredith, Shelly,
Bat Boy, Sheriff, Company
Comfort and Joy (Part II)………..Dr. Parker, Meredith,
Sheriff Reynolds, Shelly,
Bat Boy, Company
ACT TWO
A Joyful Noise………….Reverend Hightower, Company
Let Me Walk Among You…………………………….Bat Boy
A Joyful Noise (Reprise)…………..Reverend Hightower,
Company
A Joyful Noise (Playoff)……………Reverend Hightower,
Company
All Hell Breaks Loose………………………………..Company
Stop the Bat Boy!……………………………………..Company
Three Bedroom House…………………..Meredith, Shelly
Babe in the Woods…………………………Meredith, Shelly
Children, Children…………………………….Pan, Company
Burn, You Freak, Burn……………………….Pan, Company
More Blood/Kill the Bat Boy!……………………Company
Inside Your Heart…………………………….Bat Boy, Shelly
Apology to a Cow………………………………………..Bat Boy
Hello, Father………………………………………………Bat Boy
Revelations…………………………………………………Bat Boy
Finale: I Imagine You’re Upset…………Bat Boy, Shelly,
Company
Finale: I Am Not a Boy…………………………………Bat Boy
Finale: Hold Me, Bat Boy………………..Shelly, Company
Bows………………………………………………………Orchestra
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Kathy Brier Ron Taylor
Clem
Maggie
Kerry Butler Shelly Parker
John Treacy Egan Parker
Daria Hardeman Ruthie Taylor
Ned
Kaitlin Hopkins Meredith Parker
Trent Armand Kendall Roy
Mrs. Taylor
Reverend Hightower
Institute Man
Deven May Bat Boy
Sean McCourt Dr. Thomas Parker
Jim Price Bud
Daisy
Pan
Richard Pruitt Sheriff Reynolds
Doug Storm Rick Taylor
Mr. Dillon
Lorraine
Swing: Chad Kimball
Understudies: Stephanie Kurtzuba (Shelly), J.P. Potter (Bat Boy)
REPLACEMENTS
Gavin Creel Rick
Dillon
Lorraine
Daisy
Pan
Dillon
Bud
Leslie Kritzer Meredith
Swing
Swings: Charles Gray, Angela Pupello