The Bachelor: Romance, Roses, and Romance

Want to see this very topic addressed on stage? Want to be in the audience with former Bachelorfranchise contestants, including the inspirations for Twinsie Time? Then come to The Bachelor: Romance, Roses, and Romanceat UCB Chelsea at 9:30 tonight! Make those reservations!

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In The Bachelor: Romance, Roses and Romance (so much romance), now running at The UCB Theatre in New York, the cast has 30-minutes to capture the ridiculousness, a task writers Leila Cohan-Miccio and Caitlin Bitzegaio (nee Tegart) are more than up to. The duo, best known for their popular web series Vag Magazine, has a knack for the comedic female archetype. They take the cliches of the reality dating world and tweak them just enough to make them feel revitalized. Like when Kyle (played by Doppelganger‘s Nicole Byer) attempts to collect the remnants of her spilled wine from the wall she’s just thrown it on, it’s a move you don’t expect.

The show is perfectly cast with some of UCB’s up-and-comers who could easily be mistaken for actual contestants. In particular, Jocelyn DeBoer as Mary Ann with her desperate, clingy desire to wrangle a dad for her child—a child with whom she is also in competition with. The sweet Morgan Grace Jarrett, as Kylie, reveals the perfect amount of crazy, and she and Byer shine as they enthusiastically bond over their shared Bachelor experience. The pairs’ chemistry is on fire. (Just like Kylie’s family. Spoiler.) Cody Lindquist is terrific as the bottomless pit Peyton who falls hard… for the bachelor’s chain restaurant, and Kate Riley is perfect as the vapid, fame obsessed Britt enjoying her fifth time on the show. Rounding out the cast are Justin Tyler as bachelor Ryan who is constantly mystified by the mysterious women that surround him, and Timothy Dunn as everybody’s favorite unbiased host, Chris Harrison, festering through the rose ceremony. The entire show is deftly directed by Beth Appel.

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If you have not seen this show at Upright Citizens Brigade, you are crazier than the ladies fighting for those roses. Last night I had the pleasure of shooting some press stills. Here are a few faves and the rest are conveniently on Facebook.

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What could be better than watching the beautiful but somewhat desperate gals of The Bachelor claw their way to the heart of one clueless dude? Perhaps the sketch-comedy show The Bachelor: Romance, Roses, and Romance at the Upright Citizens Brigade has the answer—and just in time for Valentine’s Day. With a cast that includes comedians Nicole Byer, Timothy Dunn, and Morgan Grace Jarrett, the show places “Ryan” in the hot seat as he decides who gets the crucial rose and who gets the boot. As this isn’t for television, we expect full freedom of expression to be on display.

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All of the girls — from Britt (Kate Riley), who had already been on a billion other seasons of the franchise, to Mary Anne (Jocelyn DeBoer), who can’t get along with other woman (not even her own daughter) — are fantastic exaggerations of traits any Bachelor fan will recognize, and the bachelor character, played by Justin Tyler, had just the right mixture of blow-hard sentiment and genuine desire to make a connection to be believable, yet funny.

Perhaps the best performance was Timothy Dunn as Chris Harrison, whose forced smile becomes more and more strained until he finally bursts into the raging rant that we all believe the real Chris Harrison might have buried deep inside.

The funniest part of the play, though, were the numerous one-liners that manage to capture essential truths about The Bachelor. And if you want to know what they are, you’ll have to see the show.