'Little Shop of Horrors' begins at The Fly

Little Shop of Horrors," the teen and youth production at the Fly Cultural Arts Center, opens tonight at 7.

The show continues Saturday and Aug. 6 and 7 at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Janice Cole is the director with Colleen Embry as musical director.

"The kids have been practicing for about six weeks now," Cole said. "We're planning a really great show for everyone."

The cast is made up of seventh graders through college age youth.

"We have a good group of kids who have worked really hard," she said.

Keith Wortham portrays shopkeeper Seymour, who works in a flower shop on the bad side of town called Skid Row. He is secretly in love with Audrey, portrayed by Lindsey Slaughter. The shop is owned by Mr. Mushnik, played by Brendon Taylor.

The action in the play is often commented on by a group of "Doo-wop girls," played by Angela Anderson, Meagan Thompson, Emily Winnette and Sarah Olsen.

Seymour has been tending to an unusual plant he found in the flower district after a total eclipse. Although Seymour is giving the plant lots of tender love and care, it is not thriving. One day, Seymour pricks his finger and realizes the plant needs blood in order to survive, so he starts feeding the plant his own blood.

With such an unusual plant in the shop, the business starts thriving and Seymour suddenly becomes very popular. He loves Audrey, but because she is dating someone else, a sadistic dentist portrayed by Jamie Myers, he keeps his love a secret. The dentist is brutal to Audrey, often blacking her eye and even breaking her arm at one point.

The plant demands more and more blood and makes Seymour think he should kill the dentist and feed him to the plant. The voice of the plant is provided by Brannon Potts with Nick Martin portraying the pod.

Seymour makes an appointment with the dentist, planning to kill him, but before he can the dentist overdoses on nitrous oxide. Seymour feeds the dentist to the plant. Will he be able to stop now that he has fed the plant a human being? The second act answers that question and more.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. For more information on tickets, call Cole at 703-761