The Killer Kids are back at Miscast 2017 for Denver Actors Fund

You thought you were offended last year? At “Miscast 2016,” the annual fundraiser for the Denver Actors Fund, six teenagers performed a parody of “Cell-Block Tango,’” from the Broadway musical “Chicago, playing adorable storybook characters turned killers. They were an instant hit, earning the nickname “The Killer Kids” and drawing more than a half-million views of their performance on social media. Many were amused by the randy nature of the song, which included some profanity. Others were shocked that their parents would have ever allowed it – when in fact, it was the parents’ idea, and they wrote the altered lyrics for their children. The Killer Kids were back for Miscast 2017 on Sept. 25 at the Town Hall Arts Center with an even more envelope-pushing creation: A parody of “Gee, Officer Krupke” from “West Side Story,” repurposed as an announcement to the Denver theatre community’s most prominent directors that the kids aren’t exactly kids anymore. The song was again written by the Killer Kids and their parents. Performing here are Evan Gibley, Kaden Hinkle, Hannah Katz, Darrow Klein, Rylee Vogel and Hannah Meg Weinraub. They are accompanied here by Donna Debreceni on keyboards. Choreography by Piper Arpan. Directed by Robert Michael Sanders. Video by John Moore. For the second straight year, the Killer Kids helped raise about $7,000 for the Denver Actors Fund, which in less than four years has made more than $134,000 available to Colorado theatre artists in situational medical need. Information: DenverActorsFund.Org.