If anyone's gonna do this, it should be me, lol
Alright here goes:
The show opens in a cave in Hope Falls West Virginia. The 3 Taylor kids: Ron Rick and Ruthie are spelunking in a cave and getting high, they encounter the Bat Boy and after provoking him, he attacks Ruthie. The first song HOLD ME BAT BOY begins. During this song, Rick and Ron turn the Bat Boy over to the Sheriff, who encounters different town folk who tell him that it either needs to be put down or used as an amusement to make $.
The Sheriff takes Bat Boy to the town veterinarian Dr Parker, who lives with his wife Meredith and daughter Shelley. The Dr is not home, so Meredith convinces the Sheriff to leave the Bat Boy with her(in the song CHRISTIAN CHARITY) Shelley who first wants to keep the Bat Boy(now caged), grows annoyed with him (UGLY BOY) but Meredith takes a liking to him and they decide to call him Edgar. Shelley's boyfriend Rick Taylor drops by to check up on him since he heard that Bat Boy was there. The 2 Teens torment Edgar (WHATCHA WANNA DO) and as Rick leaves, Shelley blames Edgar for Rick being so violent and cruel. Shelley leaves as the power goes out and Meredith sings HOME FOR YOU to Edgar telling him that he will grow to be accepted.
Meanwhile the townsfolk hold a meeting about the crisis in their town, they've got ANOTHER DEAD COW, 22 actually, and by the end of the song, they've decided that Bat Boy is the cause of this cattle plague and he must be killed.
Back at the Parker house, Dr ThomasParker returns home and encounters Edgar. He nearly kills him, but Meredith begs him to stop. The lack of love that Meredith has for Thomas is very evident as he sings DANCE WITH ME DARLING. Thomas spares Edgar after Meredith promises to have sex with him, and Thomas kills a goose to feed edgar.
At the hospital, Ruthie Taylor is traumatized and her mother and brothers try to comfort her (MRS TAYLOR'S LULLABY) Mrs Taylor tells the Sheriff that he better kill Bat Boy or she'll have him fired.
Meredith has begun to educate Edgar, and by the end of I'LL SHOW YOU A THING OR TWO he is walking, talking, and extremely intelligent.
The townsfolk hold a meeting to discuss the upcoming religious revival which they think will help in blessing the cows. Dr. Parker is told that Edgar must not attend or there will be consequences (CHRISTIAN CHARITY REPRISE)
Edgar, now speaking with an English dialect thanks to BBC tapes, and Shelly have begun to take a liking to eachother, and the horrified Parker's catch them dancing. Edgar has been reading the Bible as well and is very excited about the revival. Thomas and Meredith tell him he is not allowed to go and he freaks out (HOME FOR YOU REPRISE). Meredith caves and tells him that he can go, and Thomas grabs Meredith. Edgar attacks Thomas for harming Meredith but she stops him from biting Thomas. Thomas realizes then that Meredith has no love for him, only Edgar. He snaps and tells them that it's a great idea to go to the revival, but he can't attend because he has to "work in the lab".
Meredith and Shelley leave and Edgar explains that he attacked because he was so hungry. Thomas produces a live bunny but Edgar refuses to feed because the bible says it's wrong.
The cast sings COMFORT AND JOY in which the following things happen: Thomas vows to kill Edgar, the townsfolk and Meredith and Shelley prepare for the revival, Edgar feeds on the live rabbit, and at the end of the song Thomas shows up at the hospital and injects Ruthie with poison. She dies and Act 1 ends.
This is a long post so I'll put ACT 2 in another post
Yes that's me. No, it's not a Rent homage.
