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THEATER, ART, SPECIAL EVENTS
New! After Credits Comedy
9:30 p.m. Friday, April 18
8:30 Doors and Varsity Bar
$10 in advance / $15 night of show
After Credits Comedy is the new late-night event from the Varsity. After select cinema showings, we’ll have various comedy offerings such as stand-up and improv.
On Friday, April 18, the first After Credits Comedy event will welcome some of the strongest performers of the latest generation of comedians in Southern Illinois.
ASHLEY TWOGOOD has established herself as the queen of the Southern Illinois comedy scene, regularly besting dozens of fellow comedians to earn opening spots for touring comedians traveling through the area. DAN ALCORN is an agent of chaos whose intricate stories pull audiences forward before throwing them back into their seats laughing. TOM KREMMER is a man with as many jokes as he has names. Tim Kramer, Todd Kreamer, Thad Krueger … you get it. STEVE ‘WILDMAN’ WEICH is a high-energy comedian who is as tall as he is funny, and, rest assured, he’s pretty freaking tall. DAVID KIRK is Southern Illinois’ soon-to-be comedy grandpa. You know him. You love him. If you don’t know him or love him, you will after this show.
Doors and the Varsity Bar open at 8:30 p.m., with the comedy show starting at 9:30.
Tickets are $10 in advance only online at Eventbrite (see link) or $15 at the door on the night of the show.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" w/Live Shadowcast
Friday, April 11
Varsity Bar and Doors: 11
Show: Midnight
Tickets $12 / $10 students (see link)
For 50 years, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has delighted audiences, and the Varsity is the new home for the film in Southern Illinois. Every screening will feature a “shadowcast” of the film. A shadowcast features performers acting in front of the screen during the film, performed by Varsity’s own in-house cast!
The first event is April 11. Doors and the Varsity Bar open at 11 with the show at midnight.
This notorious horror parody – a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other things – tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) after they stumble upon the lair of transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). The 1975 film – a bizarre musical co-starring Meat Loaf and Richard O’Brien – bombed in its initial release but later gained a cult following at midnight showings.
We welcome all RHPS virgins, but please don’t act like one! Do not throw objects at the screen; that’s just not cool and can damage a very expensive screen.
Approved prop bags will be sold for $5 at the door. We do not allow any outside props.
Stage Company at the Varsity
Stage Company at the Varsity
More information and tickets: www.stagecompany.org