

BKLYN The Musical
Barri McPherson
Awards & Recognition
Winner! 2001 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical Winner! Two Richard Rodgers Awards Winner! 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Based on a ridiculous tabloid story, Bat Boy: The Musical is a comedy/horror show about a half-boy/half-bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia.
For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy by the veterinarian’s wife, Meredith, and teenage daughter, Shelley.
Bat Boy is happy with his new life, but when he naively tries to fit in with the narrow-minded people of Hope Falls, they turn on him, prodded by the machinations of Dr. Parker, who secretly despises Bat Boy.
Shelley and Bat Boy, who have fallen in love, run away together from the ignorant townfolk and have a blissful coupling in the woods, but their happiness is shattered when Meredith arrives and reveals a shocking secret.
Soon the entire town arrives to hear the horrifying story of Bat Boy’s unholy origin.
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"Smart, playful and funny… a giggling cult hit."
— The New Yorker
"Outrageously silly and totally charming."
— The Daily News
"At the end of the show, you’ve been gleefully, outlandishly entertained."
— Newsday
"Bat Boy: The Musical is a winner. You’d be batty to miss it."
— The Star Ledger
"Big laughs… it’s remarkable what intelligent wit can accomplish… a jaggedly imaginative mix of skewering humor and energetic glee."
— The New York Times
| Character |
|---|
| BAT BOY |
| MEREDITH PARKER Wife |
| DR. THOMAS PARKER Husband |
| SHELLEY PARKER Their daughter |
| SHERIFF REYNOLDS |
| RICK , |
| RON and |
| RUTHIE TAYLOR Three teenage spelunkers |
| MRS. TAYLOR Their mother |
| LORRAINE A rancher’s wife |
| MAGGIE Senior representative, Hope Falls Town Council |
| DAISY A schoolteacher |
| MR. DILLON A rancher |
| BUD A rancher |
| NED A rancher |
| ROY A townsman |
| CLEM A townsman |
| REVEREND BILLY HIGHTOWER |
| PAN |
| VARIOUS ANIMALS |
| YOUNG MEREDITH |
| MEREDITH’S FATHER |
| MEREDITH’S MOTHER |
| A DOCTOR |
| INSTITUTE MAN |
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Bat Boy: The Musical is a play written by Laurence O'keefe and published by Concord Theatricals .
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