The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is about a typical American couple whose car gets a flat tire during a trip to the couple's friend's residence. So, they walk back to a remote castle in the woods hoping to find a telephone. But, as in all such stories, there is some problem. The castle is occupied by a "gender-bending scientist" from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania. The movie, which started as a play, is still shown in theaters all over the world on Friday and Saturday nights at midnight (or, if you prefer to get technical, Saturday and Sunday mornings).

"The Time Warp" is a song on many sites' Canons. It is, of course, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and is beloved by many. At some sites, select people each year choose to act out "The Time Warp" and "Sweet Transvestite", in full costume, at a particular dance, which oftentimes occurs on some version of "Cross-dress Day," "Drag Day," or "Gender Bender Day."

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is also often played at overnight reunions and is sometimes acted out by former cast members during "The Time Warp" and "Sweet Transvestite."

Lancaster

At Lancaster, Cross-dress Day (known more commonly as Second Saturday) coincides with the dance. Thus, on this day, twice each year (once per session), a few Alcovians act out The Rocky Horror Picture Show during the dance when the DJ plays "The Time Warp". This song is always followed immediately by "Sweet Transvestite," accompanied by its own stunning performance.

All the parts are typically in attendance; the Criminologist was the penultimate new part in 05.1. In 09.1 a group of "Transylvanians" were added during the chorus. Both additions were due to increasing population at Lancaster.

Casts

1999

99.2:

• Frank: Daniel Vitolo
• Riff Raff: Conor Walsh
• Magenta: ?
• Columbia: ?
• Brad: ?
• Janet:' ?

2001

01.1:

• Frank: Randall Leeds
• Riff Raff: Leah McKelvey (?)
• Magenta: Kayla Armstrong
• Columbia: Belle Saxton
• Brad: ?
• Janet: ?

01.2:

• Frank: Mikey Feldman
• Riff Raff: ?
• Magenta: ?
• Columbia: Chelsea Seachord
• Brad: ?
• Janet: ?

2002

02.1:

• Frank: Andy Bartholomew
• Riff Raff: Leah McKelvey (?)
• Magenta: ?
• Columbia: Hannah Ginsberg
• Brad: Lee Feinman
• Janet: Alexia Simmonard-Note

02.2:

• Frank: ?
• Riff Raff: Gabe Slamovits
• Magenta: ?
• Columbia: Belle Saxton
• Brad: ?
• Janet: ?

2003

03.1:

• Frank: Jon Napolitano
• Riff Raff: Gabe Slamovits
• Magenta: Natalie Bau
• Columbia: Hannah Ginsberg
• Brad: Noah Tucker
• Janet: Lily Marie Beauvilliers

03.2:

• Frank: Nathaniel Stevens
• Riff Raff: Ché Salazar
• Magenta: Emma Turetsky
• Columbia: Laurel Kanawyer
• Brad: George Geanuracos
• Janet: Heather Melling (?)

2004

04.1:

• Frank: Andrei Mouravski
• Riff Raff: Jeremy Berkowitz
• Magenta: Alyssa Gottschlich
• Columbia: Belinda Chiang
• Brad: Dan Robinson
• Janet: Nora Levy

04.2:

• Frank: Nathaniel Stevens
• Riff Raff: Nathan Schiffer
• Magenta: Susannah Roush
• Columbia: Dawna!
• Brad: Michael Nixon
• Janet: Sarah Pickering

2005

05.1:

• Frank: Drew Grossman
• Riff Raff: Josh Yanovski
• Magenta: Grace Alloy-Relihan
• Columbia: Taia
• Brad: Eric
• Janet: Rachel Thorman
• The Criminologist: Sarah "Fred" Wellons

05.2:

• Frank: Hal LePelley
• Riff Raff: Will Colmer
• Magenta: Sarah Cooper
• Columbia: Tassie Andersen
• Brad: Michael Nixon
• Janet: Marley Teter

2006

06.1:

• Frank: Greg Lawrence
• Riff Raff: Ian Taylor
• Magenta: Lena Zaris
• Columbia: Elizabeth Treptow
• Brad: David Federman
• Janet: Lauren Procz

06.2:

• Frank: Shea Levy
• Riff Raff: Jonathan Sussman
• Magenta: Rachel Todd
• Columbia: Kai Christian
• Brad: Christian "Christ" Burnette
• Janet: Rosie Brown
• The Criminologist: Jeff Sachs

2007

07.1:

• Frank: Zev Hurwich
• Riff Raff: Stephen Rosen
• Magenta: Cassie Deskus
• Columbia: Meghan Vu
• Brad: Jeremy Cockerham
• Janet: Nixxi Chen
• The Criminologist: Rina Polyakov

07.2:

• Frank: Gavin Cook
• Riff Raff: Lowell Lunn
• Magenta: Cedilla Sachar
• Columbia: Magdalena "Laney" Newhouse
• Brad: Ginina "Beans" Velocci
• Janet: Adena Wayne
• The Criminologist: Jeff Sachs

2008

08.1:

• Frank: Everett Maus
• Riff Raff: Sarah Hackney
• Magenta: Julie Leghorn
• Columbia: Dana Reback
• Brad: Veer Dedhia
• Janet: Juliana Biro
• The Criminologist: Kate Wymbs
• Directed by: Gabe Murchison & Verity Walsh

08.2:

• Frank: Eli Petzold
• Riff Raff: Will Steinberg
• Magenta: Ellie Kladky
• Columbia: Ben Boult as a last second understudy to Noelle Aly
• Brad: John Harrison
• Janet: Dominique Benzio
• The Criminologist: Max Wang

2009

09.1:

• Frank: Ian MacKinnon
• Riff Raff: Arthur Schechter
• Magenta: Maddie "Mev" Stevens
• Columbia: Rachel Larrowe
• Brad: Skip McClinton
• Janet: Alex "Sasha" Ayvazov
• The Criminologist: Verity Walsh
• Transylvanians: Mary Kamitaki, Sarah Parr, Zoe Madonna, Kate Davis, Katelin Schutz, Michelle Ehrenberger, Sarah Cuneo*
• Directed by: Elena Karras
• In 09.1 Elena added the transylvanians as a way for more nomores and nevermores to be involved.

09.2:

• Frank: Race Archibold
• Riff Raff: David Rips
• Magenta: Eliz Leimkuhler
• Columbia: Allegra Kuney
• Brad: Logan Phillips
• Janet: Mackenzie Brennan
• The Criminologist: Daniel Tracht
• Transylvanians: Charlie McGeorge et al (Will add names once pictures come out)

Callbacks

While only a few people actually act out the songs, the entire audience is encouraged to, and often does, shout out callbacks, which are phrases added in between lyrics or over lyrics, generally for amusement. Most of the callbacks are from actual performances of Rocky Horror (there are many many callbacks throughout the movie, as demonstrated by Ken Levin and Drew Grossman). These are a few which are traditionally used during the Lancaster performance.

Time Warp

1. During the chorus, right after the line "Put your hands on your hips," shout out, "Ooohhhhh shit!"
2. After the line "Bring your knees in tight," shout "2, 4, 6, 8, show us how to fornicate" (or "masturbate", both are acceptable).
3. During the entire line "But it's the pelvic thrust" shout, "group sex" repeatedly. Subsequently, during the line "That really drives you insaaane," shout, "all around the world."

Sweet Transvestite

1. In the first verse, when Frank says "faithful handyman," shout over it, "faithful handjob man." [Session 1 only, watch for RAs or you'll get yelled at]
2. In Frank's line "from Transsexual Transylvania," shout over it, "Lancaster, Pennsylvania." [defunct callback, since at least 04.1]
3. In the chorus, after "I'm just a sweet transvestite," there is a saxophone riff. Over the saxophone riff, shout, "Work that ass," or, if you don't wish to be chewed out by an RA, "Work those hips." [rarely done]
4. In the third verse, when Frank says, "I could show you my favorite (pause) obsession," add "sexual" in the pause. [Session 1 only]
5. After Frank says, "I've been making a man" (and usually points to Riff Raff), shout out "You call that a man?"
6. After Frank says ,"With blonde hair and a tan," shout, "You call that a tan?"
7. In Frank's line, "He's good for relieving my (pause) tension," add "sexual" in the pause. [Session 1 only]
8. In the pause after the line "I see you shiver with antici..." shout, "Say it! Say it master!"
   • Then, after Frank finishes, "...pation," shout, "What's masterpation?"
9. After the line "And maybe the rain isn't really to blame," shout, "Unless we're in Mayser!"
   • Or shout, "Yes it is!" if you're actually inside...)
10. After the line "So I'll remove the cause," shout, "What about the symptom?"

Other

You can go to a live showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in most major cities in the United States, including Cleveland, New York City, Sacramento, Atlanta, and Boston. These showings have set casts that perform the entirety of the movie along with the showing, and each site has its own set of call backs. which can be found here.

In Chelsea, New York City, New York, orgasms contests = amazing. (Warning from Nixon: the hosts can be total dicks.)

Email Nixxi for the Halloween showing.

External Links

Official RHPS Website