Tyler Keith’s inspiration for “The Outlaw Biker,” a music-filled play, started with images from growing up in the 70s of the tough, lone greaser who could intimidate an entire gang of would-be toughs.
That seed grew when he was working at As Seen on TV, the Oxford video shop, and watching biker films while at work – “The Wild Angels” and “Hell’s Angels on Wheels” amongst others.
His love of these moves brings us to the Outlaw Biker, a nearly supernatural figure, looming at all times over the story — darker version of the Fonz of Happy Days.
“The Outlaw Biker” premiered at the Powerhouse Community Theatre on Halloween 11 years ago.
A play with music and musicians as the actors, adopting the caricatures of the different personalities found in the biker genre from the rowdy mass of rival gangs, innocent girls, pacifists, and of course the…
