Young Frankenstein

Auditions

January 15-17, 2024 @ 7pm

Preview

March 7, 2024

Performances

March 8-10, 15-17 & 22-24, 2024

Preview, Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm • Sundays @ 2:30pm

Venue

Community Players Theatre

Light Advisory

This show contains flashing and strobe lights.

Content Advisory

Due to its slightly irreverent yet good-natured humor, Young Frankenstein might not be suitable for very young children — but teens (and those above their teen years!) will best enjoy this uproarious musical comedy.

Recommended for ages 13 and up for adult themes and language. (There is no official rating system for live theatre.) We encourage you to use your judgment based on your own research of the show, your own sensibilities, and a child's age and maturity level.

Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronk-en-steen") inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced "Eye-gore"), and a leggy lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather's. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.

Every bit as relevant to audience members who will remember the Mel Brooks original as it will be to newcomers, Young Frankenstein has all the of panache of the screen sensation with a little extra theatrical flair. With such memorable tunes as "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' on the Ritz," Young Frankenstein is scientifically proven, monstrously good entertainment.

I have a confession. I have a crush on Mel Brooks. Our production of Young Frankenstein is a love letter to him and to the incomparable Gene Wilder, who conceived the notion of Victor Frankensteins’s descendant returning to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps by sparking life into lifeless tissue thereby creating "The Monster." Also, we honor Mary Shelley, who in her genius wrote the original novel, Frankenstein in 1818. Shelley glimpsed into the future and warned that humanity would eventually have to grapple with what wonders science can create, and the consequences thereof.

-Marcia Weiss