Frank-N-Furter has joined the circus.<\/p>\n
The Historic Ruffin Theater in Covington is wrapping up this year\u2019s run of \u201cThe Rocky Horror Show\u201d this weekend, and the annual cult favorite has traded its spooky castle for a big top. Expect circus-themed costumes, a set that puts the audience inside the tent and, if the theater\u2019s promises hold, a lion, a strongman or a fortune teller somewhere in the mix.<\/p>\n
The story is the same one fans have been shouting along to for decades. Brad and Janet still blow a tire on a stormy night, still knock on the wrong door and still meet a houseful of characters nobody warned them about. The new setting is how the Ruffin keeps a show it stages every October from feeling like a rerun.<\/p>\n
Director Madalyn Mason said the production runs on volunteer muscle. Cast members make or buy their own costumes and pitch in on the set to keep costs down.<\/p>\n
\u201cRocky Horror is a labor of love,\u201d Mason said. \u201cWe have the best cast and crew. They are such a blessing to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n
She credited the theater\u2019s board with letting the cast reinvent the show each year, and said the money stays close to home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want every dollar that is made or saved in the production to go back into the theater so that others in the community can benefit from seeing plays and being in plays throughout the rest of the year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mason said the cast would love to see new faces at auditions next year, and anyone who wants to support the theater in other ways is welcome to.<\/p>\n
Audience participation is part of the deal. Interactive bags for the show\u2019s famous callouts will be sold at concessions.<\/p>\n
The show contains adult content, and all attendees must be 18 or older.<\/p>\n
Frank: <\/strong>Bryan Huffman<\/p>\n Janet: <\/strong>Leigh Ann Gomer<\/p>\n Brad: <\/strong>Bradley Sartain<\/p>\n Riff Raff: <\/strong>Ted Maclin<\/p>\n Magenta: <\/strong>Courtney Sartain<\/p>\n Columbia: <\/strong>Ellie Maclin<\/p>\n Rocky: <\/strong>Jere Mason<\/p>\n Eddie: <\/strong>Courtney Calvin<\/p>\n Dr. Scott: <\/strong>Jeremy Armstrong<\/p>\n Narrators: <\/strong>Brig Marrow and Missy Barrell<\/p>\n Usherette: <\/strong>Shalena Valkenburgh<\/p>\n Phantoms: <\/strong>Kynadee Arndt, Dana Bogard, Cassie White, Rebecca Billingsley and Debra Henson<\/p>\n Director: <\/strong>Madalyn Mason<\/p>\n Stage manager: <\/strong>Morgan Anderson<\/p>\n Set design: <\/strong>Ben Hawkins, Doug Bogard and Jade Mason<\/p>\n Choreographer: <\/strong>Brig Marrow<\/p>\n Light designer: <\/strong>LeighAnn Gomer<\/p>\n Light crew: <\/strong>Nathan McLemore and Seth Fullerton<\/p>\n Light manager: <\/strong>Vincent Whitehorn<\/p>\n Sound manager: <\/strong>Kyle Yarbrough<\/p>\n Backstage crew: <\/strong>Madison Hopkins<\/p>\n House manager: <\/strong>Dawn Detje<\/p>\n If you go<\/strong><\/p>\n The final performances are Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. and a midnight show on Halloween at the Historic Ruffin Theater in Covington. Tickets are available at tiptonartscouncil.org. Ages 18 and up only. Fishnets encouraged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank-N-Furter has joined the circus. The Historic Ruffin Theater in Covington is wrapping up this year\u2019s run of \u201cThe Rocky Horror Show\u201d this weekend, and the annual cult favorite has traded its spooky castle for a big top. Expect circus-themed costumes, a set that puts the audience inside the tent and, if the theater\u2019s promises […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[132],"tags":[1105,1104,70,1059,1106,1103,30,341,1102],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-community-theater","tag-covington","tag-halloween","tag-madalyn-mason","tag-rocky-horror-show","tag-ruffin-theater","tag-tipton-county","tag-tipton-county-arts-council"],"yoast_head":"\n