ZOMBIE
This video was used to
promote the Night of
the Living Dead.
THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Written by: Mari De Armas
THE SCARIEST SHOW YOU WILL SEE
THIS HALLOWEEN!
Night of the Living Dead is an interactive theater experience
involving the living, the dead, the undead, and you. The plot is
about a group of people that are stuck in a house due to a zombie
apocalypse and tensions arise between them whilst the zombies
try to enter and eat them.
Saint Brendan’s Visual and Performing Arts Academy
has brought this production from the script to the Rosa Brown
Blackbox Theater. Production starts from Monday, October 27th
to Thursday, October 30th. Tickets where sold at $10.
To go into detail with the play, most of the sets were
made by the father of senior Alex Gutierrez. Also some of drama
students helped out with painting and setting up positions for the
props. The costumes were hand-made by the students. There was
a class dedicated in learning about the different types of zombies,
and that is where students were required to bring in clothing
that they can destroy. Theatrical make-up and prosthetics were
bought and Mr. Gutierrez helped show how to look like a zombie
with the poper make-up application. A unique thing about this
play is that it is very interactive. The audience can feel what the
characters are feeling, and who knows? Perhaps there will be a
surprise in store.
“Working with teenaged zombies is basically the same
thing as working with regular teenagers. They’re always hungry.
They walk funny and smell funny,” said Mr. Arrastia, the director of
the play. “Being a zombie is fun, but it’s very difficult,” said junior
Sophia Espaillat, “It’s difficult being a zombie considering that I
don’t really know how to be a zombie. But Mr. A has helped us
a lot with learning on how to be a zombie.” Although Sophia did
not apply her own zombie make up, she helped apply it to other
students. “The make-up, prosthetics and blood look very real and
authentic-looking.” she said, “Taking part in the entire thing is very
fun but also very stressful, considering that we have other things
going on. But it is really coming together.” Everybody working in
the production is very excited to see how this will come out and
how the audience will react.