See Live Bats at Friday's Opening of BAT BOY at the Bonstelle Theatre,4/12-4/21

The Organization for Bat Conservation at the Cranbrook Institute of Science will bring live bats to the opening night of Bat Boy: The Musical by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe at the Bonstelle Theatre on April 12, 2013. Bats will be available for viewing in the upstairs lobby in the theatre from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. and during intermission. Bat Boy trivia will also take place during intermission, with chances to win tickets to Bat Zone as well as Bat Boy memorabilia. Tickets are $20-$25 and are available by calling (313) 577-2960, visiting www.bonstelle.com, or visiting the Wayne State University Theatres Box Office locateD at 4743 Cass Avenue on the corner of Hancock.

At Bat Zone, you can take a personal, behind the scenes tour with a bat expert and experience
bats in flight, flying squirrels, owls, a two-toed sloth as well as see the largest species of
bat in the world! You can even meet a colony of Vampire Bats. Bat Zone tours are a great
way to spend some time learning about and seeing unique animals from across the world!
For more information about the Organization for Bat Conservation and Bat Zone, visit
www.batconservation.org.

Bat Boy: The Musical is about a supernatural half bat/half boy creature that is discovered in
a cave in West Virginia and brought to the home of locAl Veterinarian Dr. Parker. The Parker
family decides to take him in and teach him to behave as a normal human, attempting to integrate him into a narrow-minded town. As he tries to fit in, romantic sparks fly and he decides to run away with the veterinarian's daughter, Shelley. But happiness is shattered as the town hears the shocking story of Bat Boy's unholy origin.

First performed on Halloween in 1997, Bat Boy: The Musical has had success both in the United
States and in London's West End. The character of Bat Boy was created by former Weekly
World News Editor Dick Kulpa, and debuted as a cover story on June 23, 1992. The original
front-page photo of Bat Boy, showing his grotesque screaming face, was the second-best selling
issue in the tabloid's history, and he has since evolved into a pop-culture icon. This creature
inspired writers Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming to write a stage adaptation, and they were
joined by American composer/lyricist Laurence O'Keefe.

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