Stage adaptation and lyrics written by 
Shelley McLendon and Courtenay Hameister

with additional material by the cast

Music
​Jonny Newsome & Neil Andrews

Director
​Shelley McLendon

Assistant Director
​ Anthony Kell

Technical Director
Tori Zanzalari

​Produced by Bad Reputation Productions, LLC

THE CAST

In no particular order

Paul Glazier
​(Dalton)

Paul is a regular face around The Siren Theater and is finally back playing his favorite role alongside some of the funniest people alive. He's been on TV a few times and on stage a lot. Personal motto: Pain don't hurt.

Jed Arkley
( Red Webster)

Jed has been performing onstage for over 20 years as an improvisor in sketch comedy, and in theatrical productions. He currently performs with the Siren Theater Improv Giants, and you've seen him in many commercials, short films, music videos and web serieses.
​

Lori Ferraro
​​(Narrator)

No Siren Theater show is complete without Lori. She has been making everyone's day throughout the pandemic with her popular "Lori Works From Home" Instagram feed, where she dresses as a different 1980s movie character while she works from home every day. 

Tony Marcellino​(Jimmy, Pat McGurn)

Tony has been playing Pat McGurn and Jimmy since the show's creation back in 2010. He is the guy you want in all of your films.

Ted Douglass
​(Brad Wesley)

Ted has been performing comedy on stage, radio and TV for 25 years. He has been with Road House: The Paly since the very first run in 2010 and refuses to give anyone else a shot at playing Brad Wesley. He. Just. Won't. Leave.
​

Erin Jean O'Regan
(Denise, O'Conner, Sheriff)

Erin is a sketch, stand up and improv comedian who is a regular host of Siren Theater BINGO as well as the live PowerPoint competition Speechless! You can also spot her in a Ford commercial getting out of a pick up truck. 

Shelley McLendon​
(Dr. Elizabeth Clay)

Shelley is the owner and artisitic director of The Siren Theater and she is BUSY. She has been in a sketch comedy duo with Michael Fetters for 10 years and they are called The Aces.  She came up with the idea for this show back in 2009 and wrote it with Courtenay Hameister. You might also see her face in Umpqua Bank.

Courtenay Hameister
​(Narrator)
​ 8/27 & 28, 9/10 & 11

Courtenay is a writer and not only co wrote this show with Shelley McLendon but also wrote a book published by Little Brown called Okay Fine Whatever and you should read it.
​

 Michael Fetters
(Frank Tilighman, Wade Garrett) 

Michael is in a sketch comedy duo with Shelley McLendon called The Aces and he also runs ultra marathons and builds things. He played Wade Garrett in the original Road House: The Play cast back in 2010.

Wm. Steven Humphrey​
(Carrie, Bouncer, Henchman)

Wm. Steven has played the role of Carrie since the show's creation. Other notable roles include The Snowman in Rudolph On Stage, The clown doll in Poltergeist Live, and Freddy Kruger in A Nightmare on Elm Street The Play! He's also the editor of The Portland Mercury.

Rob Campbell
​​(Prop Master, Bouncer, Henchman)

Rob plays all of the roles and has been a part of the show since it first began. He also designs the best t-shirts that you can purchase at his store Made in Milwaukie which is located in Milwaukie, Oregon. 
​

Scott Engdahl
​​(Emmett, Red Webster)

Scott is a new father and can also be seen playing the role of Andy in Hulu's Shrill

Jonny Newsome
​(Cody)

Jonny is our go to musician at The Siren Theater and he has written music for our adaptations of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  He has been a part of the show since its inception. He is a multi instrumental song writing powerhouse, and he can also solve a Rubik's Cube in under 90 seconds. 
​

Neil Andrews
(Drummer)

Neil is a mild mannered mailman by day and a rock and roll beast by night. He has travelled all over playing with groups like D Pel, Miraflores, and the Singing Knives. His likes include hula hooping, nature and King Crimson. This is his first show with The Siren Theater!

Tori Zanzalari
(Technical Director)

Tori is a skilled multitasker. When she is not behind a lighting console, she is designing her own line of hilarious lifestyle merch called Oh Hell Yeah.

THE STORY OF ROAD HOUSE: THE PLAY!

The year was 2009, and whenever Shelley McLendon turned on her television, the  movie Road House was on. And whenever it was on, she had to finish watching it. And whenever she finished watching it, she thought, "this would make a great play." So she called on her talented friend Courtenay Hameister to help her adapt it to the stage, and another talented friend Jonny Newsome to write the music, and Road House: The Play! was born. The inaugural production for McLendon's  Bad Reputation Productions, Road House: The Play! was put up with no budget and the smartest comedic actors in town back in 2010 at the now closed Someday Lounge, and then moved to Portland Center Stage in the Ellyn Bye Theater. Every performance sold out, and the reviews were glowing:

Entirely too many brains to have a cast like that" (PDX Comedy Blog)


"McLendon and Hameister have displayed nothing less than the best of snarky genius in their adaptation. The cast  Bad Reputation has assembled makes you wonder why the hell Lorne Michaels still has a job.” (Portland Picks for Men)


“…witty touches, eager performances, and a contagious sense of balls out enthusiasm, it‟s funny and clever and great. Go. And be nice.”     (Portland Mercury)

The tenth anniversary performance was scheduled for May 2020, and ... you know what happened. So we are so excited to finally celebrate this fun show. Thank you for sharing it with us. 

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