Kristie’s 10-Year Wish List!

Posted by Amanda Farrar on March 31, 2011

That's Weird Grandma Company Members

You may have noticed some of our wonderful company members posting their wish list of runlists for the 10-Year Anniversary performance of “That’s Weird, Grandma” at 7pm and 9pm on Monday, April 11, 2011 (get your tickets soon - tickets are already half gone)! 

Anyway, amazing emeritus member, Kristie Koehler Vuocolo, shares her utopian 10 year show with us!

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So here’s my dream runlist with how I’m feeling on this particular day. NOSTALGIC. So most of these picks are from the first couple of years of TWG. When it was a hot “LATE NIGHT SHOW.”  Mondays at 9pm…now that was BRILLIANT MARKETING! :)
 
1. I AM CELINE DION
Matt Miller Oscar-worthy performance of the Diva herself…complete with an air lift of our tiny co-founder, Erica Rosenfeld.

2. ROGER AND HIS 24 GIRLFRIENDS
Roger swears this is only funny because Austin Powers was popular back then. But I’ll take Roger Ainslie over Mike Meyers any day!

3. THE GEEK
This one really illustrated the power of what we do. A kid wrote a one-sentence story called the Geek. Here it is: “I am a Geek. The End.” We turned it into a 30-second powerhouse opera starring our Turkish star, Selen.

4, THE DOG WHO LOVED WATER
Ahh, I remember it was like yesterday. Twas the middle of the afternoon. Jonathan Mastro as the dog, makin’ love to some H2O.

5. JOSHUA AND MARIAH
We turned this one, about a wife going into labor and her husband taking her to the hospital,  into a rap, Fresh Prince style. Here the kid is brilliant… commenting that Mariah had to drive faster to the hospital because her water just broke.

6. THE EXPLODING CHEESEBURGER
(Not sure of the real title, but Jonathan Mastro was the exploding burger and was trying to get a date…Jimmy Durante style, TYPICAL.)

7. THE MUSEUM
Molly Brennan serves up the line, “Would you like some “eyeball ice cream?” and “That was the end…OF CINDI AND DAVID.”

8. MY DOG BISHOP
Lisa Barker introduces us to her dog, Bishop. WATCH THIS!

9. FUNNY BUNNY
My favorite moment was chomping on Ryan Walters’ fingers that portrayed the leaves of the tree where Funny Bunny lived. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

10. DIRTY
This is story about a homeless guy. Who lived in the sewers. In the suburbs. With the Rats. We turned it into a blues number…but suddenly then Jason Sperling comes along with some Tacks. And ruins EVERYTHING.

11. HE WRESTLED A BEAR
We tried to think of a theme song to end this one…the only thing we could come up with was singing “He Wrestled a Bear ” to the tune of “It had to be you.” I think we were sort of joking, but then it stuck.

12. WOMAN RAMPAGE
One of the first songs not written by the official musical directors…Classic Broadway Brilliance. “Where Women and Men and…FOOD can all be free.”

13. BIG SMELLY GARLIC
Put artistic director Luke Hatton in a smurf hat and give him the voice of an 11-year-old boy going through puberty and you have BIG SMELLY GARLIC.

14. U CAN’T WIN
Tom Malinowski is your host. Elmo is his sidekick and Al Gore is eating meatballs. U really CAN’T lose with this one.

15. HOMEO AND RULILET
Ryan Walters was always drawn to Shakespeare. Poor Homeo. Born in a bathtub.

16. MR. BONES
Whoops!...Mr. Bones

17.CHEERLEADERS
So many versions of this one…but who’s going to fight it out for team captain, you guys? Kayla. Shut it

18. TWO OLD MENS WHO KNOW HOW TO DO KARATE
Picture the title. Now picture Miller and Ainslie with their pants pulled up to their chins. There you have it.

19. FRIENDLY MAN
Jonathan Mastro IS friendly Man.

20. I REMEMBER THE DAY I BROKE MY 2 FRONT TEETH
coined the title of the show.
GRANDMA ME: “My teeth weren’t always so Pearly White. One day they were a BLOODY WRECK.”
GRANDCHILD: That’s Weird, Grandma.