Breakthrough Theatre Company presents a stage adaptation of 1936’s anti-marijuana propaganda-turned-satire Reefer Madness. The cult classic film was originally funded by a church and intended to be a cautionary tale to teach parents the dangers of marijuana and drug use.
It follows a group of teens as they’re lured into trying marijuana and subsequently become addicted, leading to a series of hit-and-runs, organized crime, manslaughter, murder and madness.
It’s littered with violence, orgies and “drug-crazed abandon,” which ultimately contributed to its resurgence in the early ’70s as an unintentional satire of anti-drug moralizing. The film is largely considered one of the worst ever made, so we expect nothing short of greatness.
This production runs through Sept. 4.
Various times, Breakthrough Theatre Company, 6900 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, breakthroughtheatre.com, $12-$20. [location-1]
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