THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
An Actor's Studio Summer Camp Production
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
An Actor's Studio Summer Camp Production
Friday, June 23 at 6:00PM & 8:30PM
Saturday, June 24 at 2:00PM & 6:00PM
Tickets:
General Admission
$10 in advance
$12 at the door (pending availability)
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Content Warning: This show is most appropriate for ages 13 and up. Full content advisory is listed below
Run Time: Approximately 100 minutes (includes 15-minute intermission)
The Spartanburg Youth Theatre’s Actor's Studio camp presents The Drowsy Chaperone.
The man in a chair is feeling blue, and whenever he feels this way, he puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical The Drowsy Chaperone. Suddenly, The Drowsy Chaperone comes to life in his apartment as he watches on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an drowsy chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre.
SYT's Actor's Studio camps are for rising 10th-12th graders. These camps teach advanced theatre techniques and provide essential training for young actors interested in pursuing a professional theatre career. Actors in this camp rehearse and produce a full-length musical in just 3 weeks.
Content Advisory
This show is most appropriate for ages 13 and up.
Language:
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Demeaning language such as “Now this a familiar comic construct: a stupid woman and her long suffering companion”
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Light bantering language such as, “Lamb’s an entree, you macaroon,” “Shut up,” “Backstabbing worm,” “scoundrel,”
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Uses of God such as, “God, I hate that”
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Insinuating language in Janet’s song such as “I don’t want to be grabbed no more, touched no more, loved no more.”
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Mentions of “making love” and “seducing”
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Calling someone a name like “You poop” and “You Idiot”
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Usage of the word “Pee”
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Usage of the phrase “Pisses me off”
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Many prayers and references to God/Lord in Heaven, usually in a humorous way
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References to cocaine
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References to spooning: “We spooned briefly, and then he proposed”
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References to someone’s “sexual energy”
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Dialogue including “Mature audiences are often too sophisticated to enjoy broad racial stereotypes on this stage, so we’ve banished them to Disney”
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References to”Buddha”
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Reference to Zoloft addictions
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References to the definition of “gay” changing over the years
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Dialogue like: “I need an accomplice, someone who’s gullible with loose morals, I need a, what do you call ‘em, European.”
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Dialogue about finding Roman’s body five days later partially consumed by his poodles.
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Many uses of sexual innuendo
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References to global warming: “It’s global warming- we’re all doomed- anyway..”
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References to kissing: “I am the king of romance so I kiss a lot”
Themes and Situations:
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Wedding scenarios and banter
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Alcohol and alcoholism, with use of lines and props like champagne, flasks, drinking, liquor, vodka, brandy, and lines alluding to Roman Bartelli drinking himself to death.
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Strong themes of relational turmoil and relationships in general
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Inferred sexuality and implications of sexuality
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Strong theme of the love of musical theatre
Potential Scary Moments:
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Lights will flash/turn off-and-on quickly
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Two moments in the show take place in complete darkness (about 2 minutes or so for each moment).
Other Cautions/Advisories:
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Bright flashlights will be used later on in the show
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There may be set pieces around and in the audience seating areas
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Actors will be conducting loud and busy dance numbers with many people on stage in a small space.
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Audience members will be very close to the actors in a small space
