On Monday night at afterHOURS, a group of Northeastern students did the “time warp” again. Last year, the Rocky Horror Picture Show Full Body Cast performed on campus. It went so well they were invited back again.
“Why should we just throw in the movie when Cambridge has an amazing cast that does this every week?” said Jackie Indrisano, manager of afterHOURS.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Full Body Cast is a performance in which actors mimic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” movie with their own scenes and movie interpretations. The cast interacts with the audience and a few well-placed cast members sit among the audience and comment on the movie.
This year, Northeastern had the same show, a different cast and different timing. Indrisano said she worried if the event would be well attended, since it was on a Monday and not publicized as well as last year, but about 50 students showed up to experience a show that can only be called a “horror.”
Although not as many people attended the show as last year, sophomore theatre major T.J. Lamanna does not think this year’s show fell short.
“Last year there was a better turnout, but both shows were good,” he said.
The show began with the auctioning of a door prize: A kiss from a female cast member. A male and a female student each won the prize of kiss from her.
“I’ve never made out with a girl onstage before,” said sophomore chemistry major Lauren Chapman, the female winner.
After that icebreaker came the pre-show act, where cast members proved “we have talent too and we are not just a shadow cast,” said Ruthie Savitzky, who plays the Columbia character. The pre-show included a lip-synching performance of “If You Were Gay That’d Be Okay” and “Sit on My Face.”
Before the movie could begin, the main character, Frank-N-Furter, oriented the “virgins” (audience members who had not seen the musical before) to the main dance: The “time warp.” The “time warp” includes a jump to the left, a step to the right and a pelvic thrust.
Onstage, Dr. Frank-N-Furter made seven virgins perform the dance. Samantha Bearse, a sophomore graphic design major, was the lucky winning “virgin,” as determined by the audience’s applause. The cast distinguished her by popping her cherry (a red balloon).
And then came the feature presentation. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a musical about a man and his fianc