Monkeyman Productions Announces Monkey Sci-Fi Horror Theatre II

Toronto – Riding on the coat-tails of the success of May 2009′s Monkey Sci-Fi Horror Theatre and April 2010′s Banana Festival, Monkeyman Productions presents Monkey Sci-Fi Horror Theatre II, featuring two one-act plays by D.J. Sylvis: Phoenix II: The Mongolar Maneuver and Dead Man’s Party.

In Phoenix II, we’re back on the set of the long-running sci-fi franchise as the cast reunites for their triumphant return to primetime.  And what would the television event of the year be without a guest appearance by John Taylor, ‘Commodore Philk’ from the original series?  But when Taylor finds out that his guest co-star is an old rival, sparks fly.

First performed in 2009, this new version of Dead Man’s Party tells the familiar story of four guys trying to survivie the zombie apocalypse.  As the human race is under seige from the undead hordes outside, our four heroes are content to stay in their basement playing XBox, reading comic books and arguing over countless games of D&D.  For them, the zombie apocalypse might be the best thing that ever could have happened.

Monkey Sci-Fi Horror Theatre II opens at the Palmerston Library Theatre (560 Palmerston Ave., Toronto, ON) on October 28, 2010.

Show Dates and Times:
Thursday October 28, 2010 – 7:30PM
Friday October 29, 2010 – 7:30PM
Saturday October 30, 2010 – 7:30PM
Wednesday November 3, 2010 – 7:30PM
Friday November 5, 2010 – 7:30PM
Saturday November 6, 2010 – 7:30PM

About Monkeyman Productions
Monkeyman Productions produces plays informed by pop culture, comic books, monster movies and video games. The company draws from popular culture in the way that Shakespeare drew from the common culture of his day – these are the mythologies, the tales of comedy and tragedy of the day. Through the development and performance of work which examines our culture’s obsessions and preoccupations in the 21st Century, Monkeyman Productions hopes to discover the ways in which we truly have changed, for better or worse, and the ways in which we remain the same.