Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Mad Science

H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau features a wild cast of characters — many of them animal-human hybrids from mad experiments — ruled by the doctor who created them. The science-fiction classic examines the distinction between man and beast, and the implications of trying to control the natural world. The Saints & Poets Production Company puts a new twist on this time-tested tale with The Moreau Horrors. Inspired by horror movies of the 1920s and ’30s, and Roger Corman’s later low-budget B movies, Burlington writer-director Seth Jarvis creates an irreverent musical comedy that includes human actors, video and puppetry.