Theatre Company of Saugus begins the first of seven October performances of “Evil Dead the Musical” tonight

  (The following info is from a press release from Theatre Company of Saugus [TCS].)

For its next Halloween-season show, the Theatre Company of Saugus will present its most gruesome yet funny show ever: “Evil Dead the Musical.” This show takes all the elements of the cult classic films “The Evil Dead” and “Evil Dead 2” and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time.

WARNING: AN IMMATURE SHOW FOR A MATURE AUDIENCE. (CONTAINS BLOOD, ADULT LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL THEMES AND IS ALL AROUND PRETTY GROSS.)

Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s all up to Ash (a housewares employee turned demon-killing hero) and his trusty chainsaw to save the day. Blood flies. Limbs are dismembered. Demons tell bad jokes… and all to music!

There was a special showing last night (Thursday, Oct. 10). There are performances set for this weekend and next weekend: On October 11-12-13 and 18-19-20, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. There is also a performance on Thursday, October 17, at 8:00 p.m. Please see the TCS Tickets page: https.//tcsaugus.org/tickets/. The location is the TCS home at the American Legion Post 210 (44 Taylor St. in Saugus).

“Evil Dead” is directed by Jason Hair-Wynn, who led the TCS production of “Little Shop of Horrors” in 2023. The music director is Shane Stecher. The stage manager is Ally Lewis. The production team includes assistant choreographer Jill Tokac, set designer Mark Elliott Damon, fight choreographer Amanda O’Donnell, costume designer Vanessa Phelon and lighting designer Billy Thompson.

Presenting the cast of “Evil Dead”:

• Ash … Brady Neiss-Moe
• Linda … Dana Murray
• Cheryl … Valerie Whiteneck
• Scotty … Ian Page
• Shelly … Mariah (Mulcahy) Hanzel
• Annie … Caroline DeBrota
• Ed … Andy LeBlanc
• Jake … Mark Evan Damon
• Fake Shemp … Lauren Thompson
• Knowby … Brian Dion
• Ensemble … Meg Brown, Chelsea Callahan, Shawyoun Shaidani, Michael Silvia, Melissa Sullivan

TCS is pleased to welcome some new performers to its stage: Chelsea Callahan, Ian Page and Valerie Whiteneck. And they welcome back the other cast members who are TCS veterans. Many thanks to all the talented people who auditioned.

“Evil Dead the Musical” has book and lyrics by George Reinblatt. The music is by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt. Additional lyrics are by Christopher Bond, and additional music is by Rob Daleman. The show is based on characters created by Sam Raimi, by special arrangement with Renaissance Pictures Ltd. & StudioCanal. The original music supervision was by Frank Cipolla. The show was originally produced in New York by Jenkay LLC, Jeffrey Latimer Entertainment, Just For Laughs Live and Idle Dave Productions LLC.

For more information or to order tickets, visit www.tcsaugus.org