February 12th – March 6th, 2016 at the Lab Theater
Co-Production with Bitter Boy Productions
700 1st St N, Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 333-7977
…Every member of the cast performs with utter commitment and director Steven Meerdink creates the perfect tone…
…The cast hits every joke in the script perfectly, and finds a few laughs that probably aren’t in the script, yet never ever milks a joke. The show also has musical theater references that theater fans will love to pick out…
…The cast is spot on, referencing the actors’ work in the film, but bringing it slightly over the edge in a hysterical way. From the moment that Emily Jabas sprints (slowly) on stage as Clarice Shtarling, you know it’s going to be good…
Feb 12th – 7:30 pm
Feb 13th – 7:30 pm
Feb 14th – 5:00 pm
Feb 18th – 7:30 pm
Feb 19th – 7:30 pm
Feb 20th – 7:30 pm
Feb 21st – 5:00 pm
Feb 22nd – 7:30 pm
Feb 25th – 7:30 pm
Feb 26th – 7:30 pm
Feb 27th – 7:30 pm
Feb 28th – 5:00 pm
Mar 3rd – 7:30 pm
Mar 4th – 7:30 pm
Mar 5th – 7:30 pm
Mar 6th – 2:30 pm
SILENCE! The Musical is a hilarious ‘unauthorized’ parody based on the Academy Award winning film, The Silence of the Lambs. Rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter in order to catch the serial killer known as Buffalo Bill. Clarice faces her own demons while racing the clock to unlock Lecter’s clues before another innocent girl is killed and skinned by Buffalo Bill. This laugh-out-loud naughty satire features a singing chorus of floppy eared lambs narrating the action as Buffalo Bill gleefully dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin. Even Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he’d like to lead someday outside the prison walls. Fueled by a rabid cult following since the songs debuted online in 2002, SILENCE! was expanded into a live stage show and shattered every box-office record at the 2005 FringeNYC Festival.
Winner of the NYC Fringe’s Best Musical Award, SILENCE! The Musical combines whip-smart dialogue and shocking songs to make a musical parody of The Silence of the Lambs that’s sure to be popular with seasoned fans of the movie and FBI rookies alike.
SILENCE! The Musical (lyrics & music by Jon Kaplan & Al Kaplan and book by Hunter Bell) will be produced by Steven Meerdink and Minneapolis Musical Theatre at the Lab Theater (www.thelabtheater.org). With direction by Steven Meerdink and music direction by Matthew Bear, the production will run February 12 through March 6, 2016.
Note: This production contains adult language and subject matter.
“Hilarious takedown! Makes those naughty ditties in The Book of Mormon seem like trunk songs dropped from The Sound of Music” … New York Times
“A TASTY TREAT! VIVACIOUSLY VULGAR… WICKEDLY SATIRICAL… GLEEFULLY SUBVERSIVE. A hell of a lot funnier than it has a right to be. In the same way that “Book of Mormon” shocks audience members out of their seats with songs that push the envelope, “Silence!” knocks it out of the park.” … New York Post
“PUNGENT, PUNCHY and RAUNCHY! Will leave you wanting more!” … Time Out New York