Methtacular!

If the stories about crystal meth addiction don’t getcha, the songs sure will!

Written and performed by Steven Strafford
Directed by Adam Fitzgerald
Music Supervision and Arrangements by John McDaniel
Video Design by Aaron Rhyne
Produced by Justin Brill 

METHTACULAR! (written and performed by Steven Strafford, directed by Adam Fitzgerald) is Strafford’s hilarious and harrowing account of his three year run as a crystal meth addict in Chicago. As Steven weaves together stories, songs and Facts of Life references, audiences will laugh their way you down into the depths of a drug addled, sex crazed life. Methtacular! is a roller coaster ride you won’t soon forget. Music direction by Grammy and two-time Emmy Award winner, John McDaniel.

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My belief is that you can’t talk about such a heavy subject without comedy. So, I make sure to always keep the audience shifting between brutal honesty and wry observations. I think this allows the audience to feel safe coming down into the depths of depravity with me. (I like to think of myself as Virgil in Dante’s Inferno.)

People often ask what do you hope to accomplish by doing this show, and I say to become rich and famous, why else does someone perform theatre? (I would like a rim shot here. Is it odd to have a rim shot in an artistic statement?) My goal with this piece is simple: I think if someone watches a show where someone can talk about a really dark period of his life with humor and grace, maybe they will be more willing to be honest about their own secrets.

~ Steven Strafford