BEDLAM NIGHTMARES
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Part One: Strapped In
Deep in the vaults of an institution for the criminally insane, The Blood Brothers await their final hours on Earth. In the custody of a physician as sinister as they are, the two brothers fill their last days feeding on the surreal stories of their fellow inmates.
Part One: Strapped In
Deep in the vaults of an institution for the criminally insane, The Blood Brothers await their final hours on Earth. In the custody of a physician as sinister as they are, the two brothers fill their last days feeding on the surreal stories of their fellow inmates.
The Blood Brothers present…
BEDLAM NIGHTMARES
Part One: Strapped In
Strapped In
By Mac Rogers
The Blood Brothers - Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
The Orderlies - J. Robert Coppola and August Schulenberg
Doctor Queen - Kristen Vaughan
Breakfast at Six
By Mac Rogers
Directed by Pete Boisvert
The New Kid - Collin McConnell
The Longtimer - Bob Laine
All In Good Fun (Part I)
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Pete Boisvert
Mrs Albemarle - Melissa Roth
Another Old Man - Bob Laine
Into The Life of Things
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Patrick Shearer
The Cops - Rebecca Comtois and Leal Vona
The Attendant - Anna Rahn*
Carole - Stephanie Willing
Joshua - Matthew Trumbull*
Edmond - August Schulenberg
Leslie & Steven Forever
By Mac Rogers
Directed by Stephanie Cox-Williams
The Orderlies - J. Robert Coppola and Melissa Roth
Leslie - Ivanna Cullinan*
*Appears courtesy Actor’s Equity Association
Originally performed at The Brick
February 27 - March 1, 2014
Production and Design Team
Production Manager
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Fight Choreographer
J. Robert Coppola
Costume Designer
Karlē J. Meyers
Gore/Prop Designer
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Graphic Designer
Pete Boisvert
Lighting Designer
Morgan Anne Zipf
Sound Designer
Patrick Shearer
Production SM/Board Op
Robyne C. Martinez
Original Music
Larry Lees and Nat Cassidy
Producers
Pete Boisvert, Stephanie Cox-Williams,
Roger Nasser, Patrick Shearer
Reviews
In the Blood Brothers’ world the tragedies of history are rerun pretty much as the same tragedies; this time (in Bedlam Nightmares Part One: Strapped In), abuse of captive mental patients and snakepit-movie stereotypes rise again with zero retribution or redemption, except maybe the sour self-awareness of the Brothers, MCs of their own story... The Brothers in isolation will be forced to consider the consequences of their actions and the implications of their art. They’ll be really dangerous once they’ve lost their innocence. — Adam McGovern
Photos by Kent Meister
Part Two: Shock Treatments
The execution of the Blood Brothers races closer. Their hospital-prison seems inescapable. And their even more evil captor, Doctor Queen, has vowed that she will break their minds before she destroys their bodies. So while she's away, that means exposing the boys to some of the ugliest, most rancid stories and scenes the hospital has to offer. This May, you'll meet sinister shrinks, sadistic snackers, and a silly psychopath as the battle of wills between the Bads and the Badder intensifies.
Part Two: Shock Treatments
The execution of the Blood Brothers races closer. Their hospital-prison seems inescapable. And their even more evil captor, Doctor Queen, has vowed that she will break their minds before she destroys their bodies. So while she's away, that means exposing the boys to some of the ugliest, most rancid stories and scenes the hospital has to offer. This May, you'll meet sinister shrinks, sadistic snackers, and a silly psychopath as the battle of wills between the Bads and the Badder intensifies.
The Blood Brothers present…
BEDLAM NIGHTMARES
Part Two: Shock Treatments
Shock Treatments
By Mac Rogers
The Blood Brothers - Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
Grandma Blood - Stephanie Cox-Williams
Orderly Joe - J. Robert Coppola
Doctor Queen - Kristen Vaughan
All In Good Fun (Part II)
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Patrick Shearer
Andre Grijalva - John Hurley
Leslie Gets a Puppy
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Pete Boisvert
Leslie - Ivanna Cullinan*
Doc 1 - Timothy McCown Reynolds*
Doc 2 - C.L. Weatherstone
Do You Like Doritos?
By Mariah MacCarthy
Directed by Patrick Shearer
Cathy - Rebecca Gray Davis
Cynthia - Lilli Stein*
Guy - Bryan Enk
#stabby
By Mac Rogers
Directed by Pete Boisvert
Joanna - Judy Merrick
Brother Blood - Patrick Shearer
Stretch - Bryan Enk
Woodchuck - C.L. Weatherstone
Lucas - Marc Landers
Dave - John Hurley
Loni - Rebecca Gray Davis
*Appears courtesy Actor’s Equity Association
Originally performed at The Brick
May 8-10, 2014
Production and Design Team
Production Manager
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Fight Choreographer
J. Robert Coppola
Costume Designer
Karlē J. Meyers
Gore/Prop Designer
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Graphic Designer
Pete Boisvert
Lighting Designer
Jennifer Wilcox
Sound Designer
Patrick Shearer
Production SM/Board Op
Robyne C. Martinez
Original Music
Larry Lees and Nat Cassidy
Producers
Pete Boisvert, Stephanie Cox-Williams,
Roger Nasser, Patrick Shearer
Reviews
Scary theater just indicates someone is going to use psychology to push us out of our comfort zones, doesn’t it? I knew this when I sat in the front row at The Brick, a place known for innovative performance, and put on the spatter-preventing poncho. Even armed with this knowledge, and being acquainted with the work of playwrights Nat Cassidy, Mariah MacCarthy, and Mac Rogers, I still learned something new at this installment of Blood Brothers Present Bedlam Nightmares Part Two: Shock Treatments. — Ed Malin, nytheater now
Part Three: Losing Patients
Deep in the vaults of an institution for the criminally insane, The Blood Brothers await their final hours on Earth. In the custody of a physician as sinister as they are, the two brothers fill their last days feeding on the surreal stories of their fellow inmates. A wedge driven between them by the cunning Doctor Queen, The Brothers wrestle with life in Hospital One.
Part Three: Losing Patients
Deep in the vaults of an institution for the criminally insane, The Blood Brothers await their final hours on Earth. In the custody of a physician as sinister as they are, the two brothers fill their last days feeding on the surreal stories of their fellow inmates. A wedge driven between them by the cunning Doctor Queen, The Brothers wrestle with life in Hospital One.
The Blood Brothers present…
BEDLAM NIGHTMARES
Part Three: Losing Patients
Who's There
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Patrick Shearer
The Cop - Rebecca Comtois
Sister Blood - Rebecca Comtois
Losing Patients
By Mac Rogers
The Blood Brothers - Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
Doctor Queen - Kristen Vaughan
Mintz - Roger Nasser
Sister Blood - Rebecca Comtois
Leslie and Sonia Forever
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Pete Boisvert
Leslie/Sonia - Ivanna Cullinan*
Brother Blood - Patrick Shearer
Incitement
By Mariah MacCarthy
Directed by Pete Boisvert
Shannon - Stacey Raymond*
Samantha - Sarah Matteucci
Kevin - Colin Waitt
Audrey - Ivanna Cullinan*
Maude - Stephanie Cox-Williams
*Appears courtesy Actor’s Equity Association
Originally performed at The Brick
July 31-August 2, 2014
Production and Design Team
Production SM/Board Op
Robyne C. Martinez
Assistant Director
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Fight Director
J. Robert Coppola
Costume Designer
Karlē J. Meyers
Gore/Prop Designer
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Graphic Designer
Pete Boisvert
Lighting Designer
Morgan Anne Zipf
Sound Designer
Patrick Shearer
Original Music
Larry Lees and Nat Cassidy
Producers
Pete Boisvert, Stephanie Cox-Williams,
Roger Nasser, Patrick Shearer
Reviews
Doctor Queen continues to drive a wedge between the once-inseparable brothers, finally winning the more brutal of the two (played by Pete Boisvert) over to her side. While it is fun to watch Boisvert's usually brutal and thuggish Blood Brother regress into childlike behavior, it's amazing to see how Shearer's normally haughty and humorous Brother is stripped of all his power (and more importantly, his audience). Watching Shearer play a a clever and desperate serial killer who is being backed into a corner is a delight, and I can't wait to see how the series ends. — Byrne Harrison, StageBuzz
Part Four: Execution Day
Imagine... a man. Then imagine another man. Two brothers. With blood-red eyes. skin as white as bone, and mouths full of stories. These are the Blood Brothers. And today is the day they’re slated to die.
This is the final night of the Blood Brothers' lives as they face execution for their many crimes in the sinister, off-the-books mental hospital run by the malevolent Doctor Queen. The bad Doctor has invited a select audience of the wealthiest and most powerful to watch the boys fry, but before they can be granted the release of death, they must host one final anthology of the horrific, mauled-from-the-headlines tales that are their stock and trade. They must provide the entertainment at their own execution.
Part Four: Execution Day
Imagine... a man. Then imagine another man. Two brothers. With blood-red eyes. skin as white as bone, and mouths full of stories. These are the Blood Brothers. And today is the day they’re slated to die.
This is the final night of the Blood Brothers' lives as they face execution for their many crimes in the sinister, off-the-books mental hospital run by the malevolent Doctor Queen. The bad Doctor has invited a select audience of the wealthiest and most powerful to watch the boys fry, but before they can be granted the release of death, they must host one final anthology of the horrific, mauled-from-the-headlines tales that are their stock and trade. They must provide the entertainment at their own execution.
The Blood Brothers present…
BEDLAM NIGHTMARES
Part Four: Execution Day
Execution Day
By Mac Rogers
The Blood Brothers - Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
Doctor Queen - Kristen Vaughan
The Old-Timer - Bob Laine
Grandma Blood - Stephanie Cox-Williams
Mintz - Roger Nasser
Orderly Joe - J. Robert Coppola
The Troubadour - Nat Cassidy*
Sonia/Leslie - Ivanna Cullinan*
The New Kid - Collin McConnell
Tim - C.L. Weatherstone
Jim - Andy Chmelko
ACT ONE
The Art Of What You Want
By Nat Cassidy
Directed by Pete Boisvert
Harris - Michael Markham*
Doctor Queen - Kristen Vaughan
Emily - Morgan Zipf-Meister
Terry - Lynn Berg*
Daddy's Girl
By Mariah MacCarthy
Directed by Patrick Shearer
George - Tom Reid
Sely - Jessica Luck*
ACT TWO
All In Good Fun
Words and Music by Nat Cassidy
Directed by Patrick Shearer
The Troubadour - Nat Cassidy*
Mrs. Albermarle - Stephanie Cox-Williams
Another Old Man - Bob Laine
Andre Grijalva - John Hurley
The Nurse - Karlē J. Meyers
The Blood Brothers - Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
Joy Junction
By Nat Cassidy
As cannibalized by Mac Rogers
Directed by Stephanie Cox-Williams
Assisted by Pete Boisvert
Ronald - Roger Nasser
Marty - Collin McConnell
Marigold - Lynn Berg*
Arby's
By Mac Rogers
The Blood Brothers - Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
Cashier - Stephanie Cox-Williams
Cavaliers Fan - Bob Laine
Boy - Collin McConnell
Manager - Tom Reid
*Appears courtesy Actor’s Equity Association
Originally performed at The Brick
October 22-November 1, 2014
Production and Design Team
Production Manager
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Production SM/Board Op
Robyne C. Martinez
Assistant Director
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Fight Director
J. Robert Coppola
Costume Designer
Karlē J. Meyers
Gore/Prop Designer
Stephanie Cox-Williams
Graphic Designer
Pete Boisvert
Lighting Designer
Morgan Zipf-Meister
Sound Designer
Patrick Shearer
Original Music
Larry Lees and Nat Cassidy
Producers
Pete Boisvert, Stephanie Cox-Williams,
Roger Nasser, Patrick Shearer
Reviews
A brilliantly grotesque evening of diverse horrors... The theatricality of the piece is remarkably intricate from well plotted projectionwork to flexibility in lighting presentation by Morgan Zipf-Meister and costume design by Karle J. Meyers. The actors perform with an “I’ve always wanted to do this” glee which reverberates within the audience... “The Blood Brothers” present Bedlam Nightmares: Execution Day is above all a well crafted evening of theatre. The immense collaborative team presents a fiercely imagined and intentionally designed evening of horror. — Wesley Doucette - New York theatre Review
The performers all relish the horrors they depict, whether they are portraying killer or victim (the lucky ones got to be both). The violence is indeed bloody. One fellow gets his intestines removed by hand. Another victim vomits onto the stage floor before dying from poison. Many others are sliced and/or stabbed... Fans of the macabre should find something to enjoy in Bedlam Nightmares: Execution Day. — Roark Littlefield, StageBuddy
The overarching story of the Blood Brothers and their upcoming execution is everything that I hoped it would be (they are even forced to perform in a final Grand Guignol show describing their final murder spree that landed them in Hospital One). Disturbing, funny (thanks in no small part to Bob Laine), surprising, and ultimately completely satisfying.. — Byrne Harrison, StageBuzz
An evening of terrifying tales and spurting arteries that is definitely not for children... If you like your Halloween horror dark, blood-soaked, and moral-free, check yourself into Hospital One for a visit — Amanda LaPergola - Theatre is Easy
