The Atomic Brain! the Musical
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The Atomic Brain! the Musical is adapted from a 1960’s ‘B’ horror movie. Greedy, ruthless, friendless, and vain, Hetty March is everything she ever aspired to be… except immortal. But she’s working on that. She has spent a fortune funding the research of a brilliant (but completely mad) scientist, Dr. Otto Frank. Now that Dr. Frank’s brain-transplant experiments have proven successful with cats and dogs, it is time for old Hetty to find a new body.
She sends her attendant, Victor, to pick up her newly hired international housemaids: Nina Rhodes, Beatrice Mullins, and Anita Gonzales. The girls arrive at the creepy mansion only to find themselves ensnared in the web of a vain and crazy old woman who bars their every attempt to escape. Brain transplants, rapping cats, and a dog-man are just some of the mayhem that ensues as the three unlucky houseguests try to save their brains and make it out alive!
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Scripts, Piano/Vocal Score, Orchestra Score, Performance Tracks, Artwork
Instrumentation
Guitars
Basses (normal, accoustic and synth)
Drums
Keys (Piano, organ, synths)
String section
Reeds (flutes oboes, clarinets)
Horns (Trombones, trumpets, saxes, French horns)
Harp
Glockenspiel
Characters
5F, 3M, 7F or M
Note: The voice types below are just suggestions. The note ranges and other qualities that define traditional voice types don’t always translate well to pop vocals. We can transpose songs for a small fee.
Hetty March [F]:
A mean, selfish, vain, and incredibly rich old woman. Alto or Mezzo-soprano
Nina Rhodes [F]:
A domestic servant from Austria with a PhD in neuroscience. She has a slight, vaguely European accent which fades quickly. Mezzo-soprano or Soprano
Dr. Otto Frank [M]:
A hip mad scientist with a thing for brains. Tenor
Beatrice Mullins [F]:
A domestic servant from England with dreams of becoming a movie star. Her accent vacillates; sometimes it is unnoticeable, and other times it is an exaggerated Cockney. Soprano
Anita Gonzales / Hildegard / Anita Cat [F]:
A domestic servant from Spain with a PhD in nuclear physics. / A cat inhabiting Anita’s body. / Anita inhabiting the body of a cat. Alto or Mezzo-soprano
Victor [M]:
Hetty’s greedy attendant. He is everyone’s floor mat. Baritone
Narrator [M or F]:
The narrator.
Dog Man (Archie) [M]:
A man with a dog’s brain.
Noel, Wren, and Macbot [M or F]:
Theatergoers in a “movie audience” off to the side of the stage. Think Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Robin [F]:
The victim of a botched brain transplant.
Figaro, Mewsette, Sweet Dee, Snowball II, Chihiro [F or M]:
Dr. Frank’s dancing cats.
