Wham City does Jurassic Park

For my inaugural post of noise picker I'm not going to be writing about an album, or band, or show, but rather a play. Some of you may or may not have heard of the Baltimore music/arts collective Wham City. The name has gained notoriety in the past few years thanks to the great music and even better live shows of Dan Deacon (surely another post on Mr. Deacon will find its way on this blog eventually). Going to school at Goucher has allowed me to acquaint myself with the various escapades of Wham City. One of their more well known endeavors among the Goucher community was their theatrical Performance of Jurassic Park aka "They Should All Be Destroyed."

The show premiered last spring and unfortunately I did not make the first round of shows. Fortunately enough for me, a couple of opportunistic Goucher students (props to Mirm Dawg and Daisy Buchanon) brought the show to Goucher. After hearing rave reviews from my fellow students I was not going to miss my chance to see this show especially since it was advertised as the last performance ever. So, a couple Sundays ago, the 16th of November, I made my way over to Goucher's own Pearlston Atrium and got myself ready for some over the top theatrics, and Wham City did not disappoint.

The show opened with Dennis (Wayne Knight’s character) gorging himself on a whole raw chicken and raw eggs (I lost count of how many he ate after the third). From there the play continued, more or less, along the plotline of the Critchton book/Spielburg Film with continuous bursts of hilarity throughout. The show was progressing splendidly until the fire alarm erupted and we needed to exit the atrium. This unexpected intermission could have completely thrown off the flow of the show, fortunately the Wham City crew got right back into it, not missing a beat.

From a hilarious Goldblum impression to Ed Schrader (a Wham City bred charater comedian) playing the Jurassic Park visionary John Hammond, to a white guy (not Samuel L.) screaming “HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS!” Wham City’s presentation of Jurassic park delivered. This being touted as the last performance ever, it doesn’t seem likely that there will be a live presentation of JP anytime soon, so until then enjoy this clip of Muldoon fighting a raptor.