Plastered Players

Get to know... The Plastered Players

by Alec Kissoondyal

I had the pleasure of talking to the Plastered Players, who are following up their highly successful Drunk 'Romeo & Juliet' performance from a few months ago with their own adaptation of the timeless classic 'A Christmas Carol.' They will be performing at the High Dive on December 3, 10, 17, and 18th with the intention of raising money for charity.

Q: Are you all part the same crew that performed 'Drunk Romeo & Juliet' a little while back?

A: Some of us are, some of us aren't. Kate and I [Candice] produced the show, Stephanie was our Friar Lawrence and Lady Capulet and she did a fantastic job. Jason was Mercutio, and that's all of the original cast who are in this production. It's hard, because we perform during the week, so everybody is like 'well it's fun, but I have work tomorrow!' So, not everyone is as much as a glutton for punishment. And most of us are also involved in the Hoggetowne medieval faire as well.

Q: Was Drunk Romeo & Juliet your first production of that sort?

A: It was our first production of a drunk version of anything, yes. They don't let us drink when we have weapons.

Q: What was it like, putting everything together, especially since there was that level of community outreach and that charity aspect as well?

A: Having to edit Shakespeare was a challenge. That was the worst part, besides the drinking. The drinking was fun, until it completely wrecked you, and you couldn't function. And for those of us who enjoy being on stage, not being able to function on stage is frustrating. It was nice though, because we raised almost a hundred dollars every night we performed, and they went to different charities. We will be raising money for charities again this season, and we'll be raising money for Superheroes for Hope, and Toys for Tots. And we were tentatively talking having a box set up to do a toy drive.

Q: Could you tell us about this Christmas-themed production?

A: We're doing 'A Christmas Carol.' Since our name is 'Plastered Players,' instead of having anything to do with a specific genre, we thought we'd branch out and do other things that were in the public domain, and 'Christmas Carol' was one of them, and Christmas would be fun to do. Who knows what we'll do next? Sherlock Holmes, is public domain, Frankenstein is public domain, Dracula is public domain. And there's also the whole idea that we can make a random story and insert Sherlock Holmes into it, cause why not?

Q: Is there anything else you want to add about this new performance?

A: We're really excited to see how this turns out. With Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare wrote mostly dick jokes. Dickinson was not the same. With 'Romeo & Juliet,' that was already a play, with this, going from a book to a play is something we're enjoying working on, and there's definitely challenges, but we're getting to have fun with it, and it leads us to trying again in the future with all these other stories in the public domain that we can start to adjust slightly. We're looking forward to it!