Chicago, Chicago
That toddlin' town
Hubris Productions, a professional resident company at the Greenhouse Theatre Center opens their 2010 season with the Chicago Premiere of Messiah on the Frigidaire by John Culbertson, running March 11- April 17. The show will be directed by Dennis Frymire. For Tickets contact the Box Office: 773.404.7336 Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Or for more information visit the Hubris Productions website.
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GOD
SAVE THE QUEEN!
It looks like
Messiah on the
Frigidaire is
heading across the Pond for a fall production by the Company of
Players in Hertford, England. The show is scheduled to run from
September 24th through October 2nd, 2010 and will be directed by
Andy Lee.
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Higher Learning on the
Frigidaire
Yet another Institute of Higher Learning has joined the ranks of
MOTF Alumni. The theatre department of the Jackson Community
College in Michigan pulled off a successful production of the show.
Some good insights from the actors in this article from the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
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Ohio
increases it’s Lead
With the latest
production by the Drama Workshop in Cincinnati, Ohio extends its
lead as the state that has produced Messiah on the Frigidaire more
than any other.
Here’s a nice article about
it from
Cincinnati.com.
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Publishing contract signed with Samuel French
Inc.
Messiah on the
Frigidaire will now be published
by Samuel French. They will also handle the wordwide rights for
production of the play. Samuel French is the oldest and
largest publisher of plays in the world with offices in New York,
Los Angeles, London, and Toronto. "These are exciting times," says
Culbertson. "There's a certain validation you get when a company
with the reputation of Samuel French wants to publish your play. I
look forward to a long relationship."
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New York-New York
“Messiah” had its New York Unveiling at the Times Square Arts
Center with a staged reading by the Reality Aside Theatre.
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"Messiah"
Goes International
John
Culbertson's southern comedy "Messiah on the Frigidaire" will take
the stage in
a very different kind of south, Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. The long
strange trip for Culbertson's play began in Toledo, Ohio where the
Waterville Playshop was lining up a director for their spring
production of the play. John Oster was chosen to direct the play,
but Uncle Sam had other ideas. You see Oster is also known as
Sergeant John Oster in his reserve unit.
When the unit was shipped off to Iraq, Oster decided to produce the
play there, using soldiers as actors and crew. After getting
permission from the playwright, Oster began assembling his cast.
“As far as I know this is the first community theater production
being done here,” Oster said. “Most of the entertainment programs
offered are usually sports-oriented. This is different. It will be
a breath of fresh air and maybe attract some soldiers to community
theater who hadn’t been exposed to it before.” Oster and his unit
are stationed at Camp Bucca, a detention facility with more than
20,000 detainees. The play is scheduled to run for four
performances at the end of April. MORE INFORMATION in an exerpt from the MIrror
News.
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CANADIAN PREMIERE
The Canadian Premiere of M.O.T.F. featured a fine group of actors
from the Workshop Theatre in Calgary, AB.
The Show was Directed by Stuart Bentley and performed at the
Pumphouse Theatre in downtown Calgary. Be sure to check out
photographs from the show in the Photo Gallery.