For the second time in its 20-year history, the Charleston Alley Theatre will put on the “Rocky Horror Show,” based off the cult classic movie “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Jeri Matteson-Hughes, 57, a 30-year resident of Charleston, said things will be different fromthe previous performance of the “Rocky Horror Show.”

“You’ll find that every scene in the movie is replicated on stage,” Hughes said. “The floor show is much more extravagant, no swimming pool and all the other stuff in the film.”

Hughes said Eastern students, employees, alumni as well as students from Lake Land Community College in Mattoon are in the cast, and also said there will be interesting props used in the show as well.

“As far as props go, there will be noisemakers and party hats, spray bottles of ecstasy spray, the cleaver that kills Eddie, wine bottles for a party scene and some of the typical props from the film,” Hughes said.

The hardest part of putting this production compared to the one she directed in 2007 was finding a cast as well as costume fittings.

“This is the second time we’ve done the show,” Hughes said. “This time, we didn’t have as many people, so I had to put a call out and I hoped we had the costumes from the last show and hoping they fit the cast we have now.”

Hughes has been with the CAT for 10 years and has done 16 performances in her tenure there. She said she has compensated for the small stage by starting with smaller shows and then started doing the bigger productions. Though the CAT only seats 40 people, it is flexible to her.

Ashley Corbett, a senior theatre arts and journalism major, said she was first interested in the show through friends who were in it three years ago.

She said with the “Rocky Horror Show” being a major performance, her fears heighten a little.

“I want everyone to leave this theater with a good feeling,” Corbett said.

Payge Schagemann-Jones, a theatre arts major, said “Rocky Horror Show” will be her first performance at the CAT.

“I have a ton of nerves, because I’ve never been onstage before, but I’ve been in theater, but it’s been working on the crew, so this is my first acting performance,” Schagemann-Jones said.

Linda Bagger, CAT board member and founder, said the CAT started because Tanya Wood wanted a theater.

“She wanted a theater that could do what no one else could, and we could do whatever we wanted and we wanted good theater, as well as our own home,” Bagger said.

Bagger said the death of Leonard and Tanya Wood impacted them, but they kept the dream going in their honor.

“The death of Tanya and Leonard was the biggest shock of our lives,” Bagger said. “Besides that, I remember the remarkable cast and crews that have worked with us in our 20-year history.”

The CAT started in 1991 with Tanya and Leonard Wood, John Roberts, Larry and Carolyn Stephens, Rosemary Stephens, and Duke and Linda Bagger as the owners and founders of the CAT. The CAT has put on many shows in its small theater from “Godspell” to “Human Rock” and many others.

Showings begin today at 8 p.m. along with shows on Oct. 16, 18, 22, 23 and 25.

The Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 shows begin at 2p.m. On Oct. 23 there will also be a special midnight show along with the 8p.m. showing.

The CAT Orchestra Chat Noir will perform 30 minutes before every show.

Tickets will be available for $13 at the door or by calling the CAT at 345-2287.

Jose Gonzalez can be reached at 581-7944 or [email protected].