Curtain to go up on ‘Living Dead’
The show must go on, and the Panhandle Players are living up to that showbiz adage.
Despite a hiccough with Hurricane Helene, the Players’ “Night of the Living Dead Live” will be staged Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 3 to 6 at the Chapman Theatre in Apalachicola.
George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead Live” is the only authorized stage version of the iconic 1968 film. It is a dark comedy that lovingly examines the groundbreaking movie. Once the original story is told, the stage play goes beyond the film and explores questions posed by “Living Dead” fans throughout the years in a series of comedic alternate endings.
Make-up, lighting, costumes, and even the set will emulate the black and white presentation of the original film. This dark comedy serves up chills and gore to go along with the laughs.
The play is directed by Rob Pierce, with the help of Debra Olds, assistant director, and Nick Avossa, stage manager.
Performing will be Josh Hall as Chief McClelland and White Ben; Cole Nichols as the report; Megan Shiver as Barbra; Graham Dewsbury as the Scientist; Eric Olsen as Ben and Black Chief McClelland; Faith Lynch as Harry; Dawn Hare as Karen and the Stage Zombie; Scott Davis as Tom; Jo Branch as the General; Dan Floyd as the Graveyard Zombie; Sophia Fonseca as Vince and Nancy; Doug Rauscher as Johnny and Zombie Johnnie; and Nancy Friauf as Helen and Judy.
The show is presented at 7:30 p.m. ET in the evenings, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at PanhandlePlayers.org.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.