Thank you for joining us for the first of what we hope to be many productions from Good Vibes Theatre Co. Heathers is an interesting piece of theatre. On one hand you have an upbeat pop musical full of caricatures of jocks, outcasts, nerds and the high school glory days, think a John Hughes movie on steroids (visit Duckies, by the way). The other side of that coin is a horror story of cruelty, bullying and body counts.
The 80s movie depicts the idea of school shootings and bombings as something so ridiculous and absurd it could never happen. This post Columbine musical re-imagining does not have that luxury. School shootings are no longer an extreme dark fantasy of horror, but a terrible reality facing our students. Students are now growing up rehearsing for school shootings alongside fire drills. While certain things in our show are depicted in a campy, sometimes crude way, we in no way intend to undermine the seriousness at hand. If we choose to take a honest look at who and what is influencing us and are willing to take action against evil that would tear us down, that journey is hard and dark but we can still make it beautiful.
This family that we've built, the cast, crew, band and production team have gone through the fire to bring this story to you. Thank you for joining us. We hope you feel the Good Vibes.
- Jamaal K. Solomon
