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is mounting the musical comedy 鈥淟ittle Shop of Horrors鈥� through Oct. 29 at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway, on the 蜜柚直播 Schools for the Deaf and Blind campus.

鈥淚t was a great opportunity to offer a deliciously exciting Faustian tale of an evil man-eating plant on Friday the 13th,鈥� said Saguaro City Artistic Director and cofounder Drew Humphrey. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a story that, because it appears so frequently in other forms in our culture, is very familiar to everybody.鈥�

The story of the florist who discovers a plant that feeds on human blood dates back to the 1960 Roger Corman film 鈥淟ittle Shop of Horrors.鈥� The story was fantastical and silly and the perfect candidate for an off-Broadway musical adaptation by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman.

The show, featuring a professional cast and small band performing live, is a follow-up to Saguaro City鈥檚 production in June of 鈥淪eussical the Musical.鈥� The company 鈥� which 蜜柚直播 native Humphrey founded with his wife, Dena DiGiancinto, and Charlie Ingram after Humphrey and DiGiancinto moved to 蜜柚直播 in fall 2021 鈥� introduced itself with 鈥淚t鈥檚 A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play鈥� in December 2022.

In addition to its professional theater side, Saguaro City Music Theatre offers musical theater training for youths with disabilities.

鈥淲e are able to get in kids who have never, ever had access to theater at all. They really love it and we are seeing kids get bit by the (theater) bug,鈥� said DiGiancinto, who met Humphrey when they worked at St. Louis鈥檚 Variety Children鈥檚 Theater, which works with children with disabilities.

DiGiancinto, Saguaro City鈥檚 director of outreach and education, said some of those kids could be featured in the company鈥檚 holiday show 鈥淢atilda,鈥� which runs Dec. 22-Jan. 7.

Tickets for 鈥淟ittle Shop of Horrors鈥� are $25-$55 through . Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. The Oct. 29 show will be at 1 p.m.