Produced by the Subterranean Theatre Company in March and April 2001 at the Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, Texas. Directed by Ken Webster.

About the play
Joe is a teenager trying to decide whether to continue living with his quirky lesbian mother or to move in with his allegedly "normal" father and stepmother. In Joe's fantasies, his life sometimes transforms into a B-horror-movie where he appears as the Feral Freak Boy, raised by mad scientist Dr. Glenda and her loyal sex-kitten assistant, Betty. But a mysterious Masked Man appears, demanding that the boy be returned to "his own kind."

What the critics said . . .

"On their dream scooter, writer Leah Ryan and director Ken Webster transport the audience to the heart of the Who's 'Teenage Wasteland.' Joey Hood plunges himself into Joe's basketball shoes. He speaks teenage-ese fluently, with questioning intonation and clipped words -- he has even mastered the teenage grunt -- and he shares the agony of a boy beset by bullies. Multitalented Monika Bustamante plays Joe's one friend, Gracie, a character of sensitivity who is half in love with Joe's mom. Bustamante and Hood milk a ripe script. . . . Robinson chirps like a woman over the edge . . . . Sound designer Robert Fisher does well to unhip Led Zeppelin and robs sound effects from the graves of Seventies horror studios . . . Ryan creates the perfect vehicle by refusing to laugh at teens or distort them with nostalgia.
Austin Chronicle (entire review)

Cast
Dr. Glenda/Alice . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Catmull
Eileen/Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Robinson
Gracie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monika Bustamante
Rita/Betty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Hedrick
Masked Man/Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Douglas Taylor
Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joey Hood

Designers and Staff
Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken Webster
Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Stuart
Costume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane Morrison
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Stewart
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert S. Fisher
Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tammy Whitehead