Austin's Award-Winning Musical Comedy Parody Troupe
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Buck's Disciple
A Thriller In Two Acts By Blake Yelavich

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Director - Blake Yelavich
Assistant Director - Amy Young
Set Design and Construction - Kirk Addison and Blake Yelavich
with special thanks to Robi and Michele Polgar for everything...
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"Buck's Disciple" is Blake Yelavich's nod to the "Deathtrap" genre.
Even the first line of both plays is almost identical
for the sake of no-mistaking the ties to Ira Levin's comedy thriller.
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"One set, five characters..."
And enough panic, murder and mayhem to keep an audience
rivetted as well as laughing hysterically until the final twist.
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Kirk Addison and Brian Townes played Buck, and his "disciple", respectively.
The story focuses on a depressed acting coach (Addison), his one and only client -
a B-grade horror bimbo named Randie Gams (played by Laura Walberg), 
and a new and perhaps too desperate applicant to his teachings - 
an overboard fan / self-proclaimed "disciple,"  Patrick (Townes).
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Buck's roommates, Cheryl (Cathie Sheridan) and drummer "Diamond" (Erik Vic),
leave Buck alone for the weekend for their "practice honeymoon,"
when there is a news announcement of a serial killer loose in the area.
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Could Patrick be the serial killer the cops are looking for? 
He is certainly dangerous enough.
When the Randie arrives with a suitcase full of plastic weapons, 
the danger escalates - 
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No one certain who has what, who wants what...
Then, the unexpecting roommates return home - their weekend cut short.
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Full of surprises, "Buck's Disciple" was nominated for three ACOT
and three Theater Critics awards.
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READ THE REVIEW FROM THE MAY 3RD, 1996 EDITION OF THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE
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("Naughty Austin Productions" was originally called
"Christy, Shut The Door! Productions" -
the name-origins of which are far too complex to explain.)
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