Five sets of dresses, nightgowns and tights to keep folded and stashed in their plastic bin.

It is a gleeful if weird romp.Five can be a lot of work. It frolics about with a sense of the bizarre and a true sense of offbeat fun.ĭirector Don Bliss keeps the fun firmly in mind as his cast cavorts about with zeal and fervor. The final piece, the song 'Gashleycrumb Tinies' by the ensemble, is a swirl of the odd done with gusto and bravado. 'The Eleventh Episode' with Gena Gomes and Melissa Bliss is an absolute delight. Freeman Minnick proves to be wickedly delightful. 'The Deranged Cousins,' with features Melissa Marie Bliss and W. Earbrass Writes a Novel.' The struggling author, played with gusto and style by Brennan McKiernan, is full of twists and turns, neat and nasty with an underlying sense of fun. The Second Act is set within the structure of 'The Unstrung Harp or Mr. 'The Blue Aspic,' which features Gena Gomes, the voice of Sid Blons and Scott LaFlamme and a host of others who trot through it, glides along with an elegant sense of the odd. Ryan Bradley's handling of 'The Doubtful Guest' is a stroll through the macabre done with ease.

The ensemble's handling of the song 'The Insect God' is deliciously gloomy and full of fire.

In 'The Sinking Spell,' featuring Norma Shepardson and Cherie McKinnon and Melissa Reed, the mood and atmosphere is briskly macabre, defined and bold. The large troupe shifts and glides in and out of roles with ease and relish. The production takes the audience on a tour through Gorey country where the macabre and the mundane freely mingle, producing often peculiar results.Īct One has it share of these, with selections from 'Limericks From the Listing Attic' to 'The Blue Aspic.' Leya Jeffers provides the narration, which melds all these together with energy and conviction. The Viking Theater Company at Wareham High School's current production takes advantage of this with 'Gorey Stories,' a musical entertainment conceived and adapted for the stage by Stephen Currens and music by David Aldrich. Edward Gorey's sense of the macabre and the bizarre has often provided a rollicking good time for those like their fun with a twist.

The Eleventh Episode by Edward Gorey