Meet Casey Steen, they are joining us for our next production of Bloodbath: Victoria’s Secret written and directed by Jamieson Ridenhour!
This production is about "Tori Piper," Victoria Leigh, who was once the darling of mid-to-late eighties low-budget horror—she was the go-to final girl of a dozen or so B-level slashers. Then she filmed the cult classic Sorority Bloodbath, a cinema verité horror film plagued by rumors of sinister occurrences on-set. Then she vanished, fueling a subset of fan conspiracy theories.
In 1999, Victoria Leigh is planning a quiet New Year’s Eve dinner with her girlfriend, but things aren’t working out. People keep showing up at the apartment, and some of them may have sinister intentions. Deadly intentions. Add in a crazed young wanna-be agent and Tori’s former lover / co-star who has hidden motivations of her own, and the pressure and terror mounts quickly for the former scream queen.
But as the night lengthens and the body count grows, more questions arise. Who is really the hunter and who the prey? And what really happened on the set of Sorority Bloodbath all those years ago? To what lengths will a final girl go to survive?
We reached out to Casey to tell us a bit about themselves and about what their experience has been like working on this production!
1. What's your favorite horror movie / book / podcast?
The Cabin in the Woods
2. Do you relate to your character? How similar / different are you?
We definitely share a huge appreciation for B-list movies, the kind that are so transcendently bad that they actually become good again.
3. What's your favorite line in your show?
“You did not die in Ding Dong Dead.”
4. What's your favorite kind of pizza?
Just pepperoni. I’m that guy. Stuffed crust if I’m feeling crazy.
5. How did you get into theatre?
Somebody told me I was funny, once. So now you all are dealing with the consequences.
6. What were you doing on NYE 1999?
Playing board games in my church fellowship hall, presumably waiting for Jesus to come fight the computers, or whatever was supposed to happen. I was nine.
Biography
This is my first performance with Magnetic Theatre, but I’m a longtime fan. I’ve performed on stage in the past, mostly comedy sketches and improv with my college group from UNC-Chapel Hill. When I’m not in slasher plays, I’m an attorney based in Hendersonville. I would like to thank Omar for encouraging me to do this, and assuring me that I’m occasionally funny.
Bloodbath: Victoria’s Secret is showing at The Magnetic Theatre in Asheville, NC October 15 - 30, 2021. Grab your tickets here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=125125