Anticipation Players

Cast Location: Chicago

Active Dates: Feb, 1978- June, 1983

Cast Founded Date: June, 1978

Cast Status: One of the first casts, emerging in the late 70s

Cast Venues: Biograph Theater, Chicago

Show Frequency: Friday + Saturdays

Miscellaneous

The "regulars" performed on Saturdays, the "irregulars" performed on Fridays, or Saturdays when the Regulars did not.

In the fall of 1978, Columbia College Chicago student Jim Doherty produced this film just as Rocky Horror‘s cult following was on the rise at the Biograph. The documentary was shown on Image Union on WTTW Channel 11, the long-running showcase of independent films and tapes, on March 28, 1979. It can be seen at the link below.

5 Minute version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SUPYEQK_FM#t=306

10 Minute version (within an hour-long compilation reel) http://mediaburn.org/video/image-union-episode-11/?t=19:27