![]() ![]() It’s fucking Repo Man!”Ĭontinuing on from 2019′s largely sold-out debut run of shows, Martel has incorporated new actors and musicians, but, he says, there were no thoughts of changing venue from Milwaukie’s Chapel Theatre. I’d never even heard of the movie until I started talking about this with people. “This kind of drives me nuts,” he admits. ![]() And, as auditions began three years ago for Plate O’Shrimp (name taken from mechanic Miller’s signature soliloquy regarding aliens and the collective unconsciousness), he was increasingly bewildered when prospective cast members confused his source material with goth-tinged millennial singalong horror flick Repo! The Genetic Opera. If anything, Martel was surprised that nobody had attempted a theatrical extrapolation of the underground mainstay before. ![]() Soon enough, he recognized the potential of rebooting the 1984 cult classic Repo Man toward an all-singing, all-cursing extravaganza with a live band tackling that legendary soundtrack of timeless punk anthems. Plate O' Shrimp (Courtesy of Dug Martel) By Jay Horton Novemat 11:52 am PDTĪfter cutting his teeth on daft, hit-laden, nightclub-packing parodies from local impresarios Jeffery Wonderful ( Hot Gun) and Steve Coker ( Vampire Werewolf Cheerleaders from Outer Space) over the past decade, Dug Martel began casting about for a jukebox pastiche of his own. ![]()
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