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"a glorious salute to the great American musical, with the same satiric air and sexy style as The Producers and the same nostalgic feel as Little Shop of Horrors"
-- Orange County Register

"Science doesn't get much more fictionalized than in the silly sci-fi musical The Brain From Planet X."
-- Los Angeles Times

"A funnier script and premise you’ll never see. The songs rock!"
-- What The Butler Saw

"The Brain From Planet X is a delight from beginning to end, fast moving and constantly fun. Writer/director Bruce Kimmel has lovingly mined every cliché for maximum laughs, and keeps his excellent company moving at locomotive speed. See it – or risk annihilation from the planet!"
-- Blade Magazine

"Straight out of the B-movie genre of that same time period, The Brain from Planet X definitely pays tribute to those movies in a way that is refreshing, witty, smart, and funny."
-- EDGE Los Angeles

"Its sensibility is pleasantly goofy and tongue-in-cheek, and its sense of humor is self-deprecating, ridiculing not only 1950s sci-fi flicks great and small but the musical theatre genre as well. Its characters know they're in a show and don't mind letting us in on the joke."
-- Back Stage West

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-- Talkin' Broadway.com


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Orange County Premiere

The Brain From Planet X
by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel
Directed by Bruce Kimmel
Musical Direction by Bill Strongin
Choreography by Adam Cates

May 3 - Jun. 8
Fri. 8pm, Sat. 2pm & 8pm; Sun. 2pm

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This show is presented as part of
The Festival of New American Musicals.

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This show is also a proud participant in
The Imagination Celebration.

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CAPTION: BE PREPARED FOR A HORRIFYING TALE
The Narrator (Michael Irish) begins the story of "The Brain From Planet X" as the ensemble listens in horror to these horrifying accounts of a horrifying invasion by some horrifying aliens! How truly... scary.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller


CAPTION:

ALIENS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS
Alien invaders Yoni (Emily Clark) and Zubrick (Daniel Berlin) argue over who will awake their infamous and almighty ruler - the Brain in The Chance Theater's current production of "The Brain From Planet X."

CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller


CAPTION: WAS THAT YOU?!
Wholesome American couple Joyce (Allison Appleby) and Fred Bunson (Bob Simpson) hold each other close as they hear a strange vomiting sound emitting from the sky. Little do they know that this sound is a warning of an impending alien invasion in The Chance Theater's OC Premiere of "The Brain From Planet X," playing thru June 8.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller


CAPTION: ALL-KNOWINGEST BRAIN IN THE GALAXY... AND ZUBRICK
The Brain (Mark Rothman) shares his brilliant plan with Zubrick (Daniel Berlin) about how to conquer Earth. This plan - Plan 10 from Outer Space - will surely not fail in "The Brain From Planet X," being presented at The Chance as part of the statewide Festival of New American Musicals.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller

CAPTION: HER WILL HAS BEEN BENT
Alien cohorts Zubrick (Daniel Berlin) and Yoni (Emily Clark) watch the effect that their will-bending gun has had on defenseless housewife Joyce (Allison Appleby) in the OC Premiere of "The Brain From Planet X," which plays thru June 8 at The Chance Theater.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller

CAPTION: LET ME THINK...
All-American daughter Donna (Shannon Cudd) and her beatnik boyfriend Rod (Dimas Diaz) "discuss" how strange her parents are acting. Little do they know that their will has been bent, which is only the first step of the Brain's "Plan 10" to take over the planet in "The Brain From Planet X," now playing at The Chance Theater.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller

CAPTION: SHOOTING FOR THE (FOUR) STARS
General Mills (Warren Draper) - the world's oldest one-star general - shares with Private Partz (Dan Flapper) his dreams of getting four stars.... er, defeating the aliens and saving the world in "The Brain From Planet X" at The Chance Theater.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller

CAPTION: FINDING HER SEXUALITY
After finding her sexuality, Yoni (Emily Clark) tries to help Fred (Bob Simpson) find her "sexuality" as well. Yoni needs an earth man bad in "The Brain From Planet X" at The Chance Theater.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller

CAPTION: ZUBRICK FINDS HIS CALLING
During a visit to the beach, Zubrick (Daniel Berlin) discovers two treasures in gold bathing suits (Patrick Kelly and Cody Andersen) in The Chance Theater's production of "The Brain From Planet X."
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller

 




The opening gala for this production was generously catered by La Casa Garcia.