School's Out… A Private Lesson With The Tutor, Terrance Zdunich

The Tutor, Terrance Zdunich, The Molting Comic, Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Tutor's Gallery October 23, 2010.

By:stacilayne
Updated: 10-26-2010

I tried not to be tardy to class on Saturday night, but as it turned out I got written up for "excessive naughtiness" and was placed in Detention Hall. Undeterred, I still did my homework, and here it is...

photo: Enzo Giobbe

I will not be tardy
I will not be tardy
I will not be tardy
I will not be tarty
I will not be tarty
I will be... BAD!

By Staci Layne Wilson

When it came to the dispensation of corporal punishment, no one was shying away from the ruler. In fact, the girlies (and bad boys) were lining up for The Tutor's stern warnings — not to mention a live performance and private art lesson from the man himself.

What began a long time ago with a brainchild called Repo! The Genetic Opera, Terrance Zdunich (aka, The Tutor) has carved out a bona fide career for himself as a singer, songwriter, screenwriter, performer, actor, illustrator, author and all around ambassador of artful anarchy.

photo: Staci Layne Wilson

Although 2009's Repo! The Genetic Opera film is still being played at midnight around the country (complete with shadow casts), Zdunich has created and embodied a new fictional character this year in the form of The Tutor, a quick-draw whom he describes as a cross between Bob Ross and Ted Bundy. (Find out more about The Tutor and The Molting Comics here.)

photo: Enzo Giobbe

With the tireless assistance of Shem Andre Byron (the director of The Tutor in 14 Parts), Zdunich wowed a packed theater in Hollywood with a cockroach cuddling corner, art gallery extravaganza, a costume contest, juicy red apples and other tasty snacks, a live artwork demonstration, strange stories, and finally, a graduation ceremony in which the teacher's pets were presented with crisp diplomas.

(Mysterious Ranger Productions makes the honor roll for the video upload)

For all episodes of THE TUTOR, please go to Zdunich's YouTube Channel

And don't forget to look for my little cameo in Episode 3... mom is so proud.

In the front window of The Paul Gleason Theater, Guilty Susie's trademark blue dress was on display

photo: Staci Layne Wilson

Welcome to the blackboard jungle

photo: Staci Layne Wilson

Grace and Joe both got an A for effortless cool

photo: Staci Layne Wilson

On hand at the event were hot off the press copies of The Molting Issue #5 (Mother's Day... and incidentally, 'Mother's Day' film director Darren Lynn Bousman was there, too!)