Monday, October 27th, a 30-minute comedy called Hallmark Presents Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis will being staged as a SPANK, where brand-new shows audition to be UCB shows.
Did Kafka’s story make it to your high school reading list? If not, then it’s time for a new version of the existentialist classic complete with a holiday upgrade. The synopsis is as follows:
Greg Samsa’s Big City Job sends him on assignment to his rustic hometown mere days before Christmas. As if that wasn’t stressful enough, now he’s been transformed into a hideous giant bug! Can he get the big promotion AND reconnect with his high school crush? Will he learn the true meaning of Christmas while being a metaphor for the destruction of the individual by industrial capitalism? Will he have to work during the Big Christmas Parade?
The comedy stars Tom Buffalo Powers, Hattie Hayes, Omar Evans, Jetta Juriansz, Farshad Khansari, Jonathan Greaser, Erin Davis, and Grant Cleaveland!
Written by Myles Hewette and Directed by Shem Pennant!
Grab those tickets below!
Mentions: Show 5:30pm ET. Tickets HERE (Doomscroll will also be featured at this SPANK). Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre | 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003. Give UCBTNY a FOLLOW. Feed the algo.