The Brain From Planet X

Book by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel
Music and Lyrics by Bruce Kimmel
Directed by Bruce Kimmel
Music Direction by Bill Strongin
Choreographed by Adam Cates

Awards and Recognition

  • Part of the Festival of New American Musicals
  • Orange County Premiere

Reviewer Quotes

“ A glorious salute to the great American musical ”

Orange County Register

“ Refreshing, witty, smart, and funny ”

EDGE Los Angeles

A rip-roaring musical send-up of bad 50s sci-fi movies, The Brain From Planet X tells the story of an alien invasion circa 1958. When an ill-intentioned band of interplanetary travelers arrive on Earth with a plan to take over the world, an all-too regular, nuclear family is forced to defend the human race from will-bending extinction. Can YOU withstand the power of the Brain from Planet X?!

Creative Team
  • Book : David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel
  • Music and Lyrics : Bruce Kimmel
  • Director : Bruce Kimmel
  • Musical Director : Bill Strongin*
  • Choreographer : Adam Cates
  • Set Designer : Masako Tobaru*
  • Lighting Designer : KC Wilkerson
  • Sound Designers : Dave Mickey and Mitchell Kohen*
  • Costume Designer : Deb Millison
  • Dramaturg : Jonathan Josephson*
  • Stage Manager : Courtny Greenough*
  • Assistant Stage Manager : Rosalynn Nguyen
Performers (in order of appearance)
  • Narrator/Professor Leder : Michael Irish*
  • Fred : Bob Simpson*
  • Joyce : Allison Appleby
  • Donna : Shannon Cudd
  • Rod : Dimas Diaz*
  • General Mills : Warren Draper*
  • Zubrick : Daniel Berlin
  • Yoni : Emily Clark
  • The Brain : Mark Rothman
  • Ensemble :
    • Cody Anderson
    • Jamie Lee Baker
    • Marlana Filannino
    • Dan Flapper
    • Patrick Kelly
    • Jenna Romano
  • Rod Understudy : Bryan Barton*
  • General Mills Understudy : Richard Comeau
*Chance Resident Artist
Awards
  • Garland Award Nominee: Production
  • Garland Award Nominee: Musical Score (Bruce Kimmel and David Wechter)
  • Garland Award Nominee: Lighting Design (K.C. Wilkerson)
  • Garland Award Nominee: Sound Desgin (Mitchell Kohen and Dave Mickey)

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Venue Bette Aitken theater arts Center

Bette Aitken theater arts Center
5522 E. La Palma Ave.
Anaheim, CA  92807
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