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A&M-Kingsville offers up original horror parody When Werecows Attack as its annual halloween melodrama

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Top (L-R):  Ric Saenz, Griselda Gonzalez
Bottom (L-R):  Lisa Vela, Gabe Villarreal

KINGSVILLE (October 21, 2005) — Evil vegan mastermind Italia Vegetabla seeks to stop the beef lovers of the world by turning them into cows with the original horror parody When Werecows Attack at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. The production runs Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 26-27, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, at midnight, in the Little Theatre on the A&M-Kingsville campus.

Tickets are $5 for this annual fundraiser. This production is for mature audiences.

Written by A&M-Kingsville theatre professor Dr. David Deacon, When Werecows Attack takes the form of a campy melodrama, or “mellerdrammer” as described by Deacon, complete with the villainous Vegetabla and her henchman Kiwi intent on having her band of werecows attack beef eaters and turn them into peaceful, cud-chewing cows. The villainess sets her sights on beef rancher J.T. McCree and Jim Bob, boyfriend of the rancher’s sprightly daughter Jenny Lou. Fighting Vegetabla and her scheme are Dr. Limon Pepper and his trusted sidekick Garlique.

The play is directed by math and theatre junior O’Ryan White. The Kingsville native previously acted in the productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Toby Show. The stage manager is Lindsay Ramos, a Falfurrias sophomore communications major. Her previous stage work includes Confessions of Women from East L.A. and Over the River and Through the Woods.

The cast of When Werecows Attack is made up of:

Ric Saenz as Dr. Limon Pepper. Saenz, a sophomore theatre major from Falfurrias, previously took the stage for Over the River and through the Woods and The Servant of Two Masters.

Amanda Rodriguez of Odem plays Italia Vegetabla. The junior theatre major previously appeared in Alceste.

Kiwi is played by Phillip T. Anderson, a freshman pre-pharmacy/biology major from Houston. Anderson was a part of the previous A&M-Kingsville theatre production Confessions of Women from East L.A.

Heraclio Gonzalez plays Tad O’Tell. A freshman theatre major from Kingsville, Gonzalez previously appeared in Plaza Suite and Retiring the Boo.

James Taylor Maupin IV plays Jim Bob. Maupin, a Falfurrias freshman majoring in wildlife management, previously appeared in Voices in the Air.

Garlique is played by Driscoll biology/theatre junior Griselda Gonzalez. Her previous credits include Speed the Plow and Comadres.

Felicia Morin plays Jenny Lou McCree. Morin, a theatre arts sophomore from Kingsville, previously appeared in Over the River and through the Woods and The Servant of Two Masters.

Barry Berryhill, a Kingsville theatre arts/speech senior, plays J.T. McCree. Some of his previous credits include The Toby Show and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Hermano is played by San Antonio theatre arts senior Gabe Ruiz. Previous credits include Speed the Plow and Three Sisters.

Hortencia is played by Kingsville theatre arts sophomore Lisa Vela. She previously appeared in Simply Maria. Werecows Pete and Mary are played by Gabe Villarreal and Cynthia Gutierrez. Villarreal, a junior theatre major from Falfurrias, previously appeared in Here’s Johnny! and The Servant of Two Masters. Gutierrez is a freshman theatre major from Zapata whose previous credits include Confessions of Women from East L.A. and serving as a member of the Go Theatre team.

Freshman Will Harrison of Wimberley and graduate student Melissa Scott of Flour Bluff play audience plants. Harrison previously worked with the Lone Star Theatre, while Scott previously appeared in the A&M-Kingsville productions of James and the Giant Peach and Project 69 from Outer Space.

This page last updated 21 October, 2005