FEBRUARY 2010
February 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 8:00 p.m.
TALK RADIO by Eric Bogosian, 8:00 p.m., Mad Genius, Inc., 279 S. Perkins, Ridgeland, MS
JANUARY 2010
MS THEATRE ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE OF THE MONSTER MONOLOGUES, JANUARY 16, The Lyric Theatre, Tupelo, MS
DECEMBER 2009
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY by Truman Capote (W/Chimneyville Readers Theatre), The Cedars Historic Home
OCTOBER 2009
THE MONSTER MONOLOGUES (WORLD PREMIERE - 6TH Annual New Play Project), The Cedars Historic Home
MAY 2009
DEATH RATTLE by Katrina Byrd (Public Reading)
APRIL 2009
POETRY IN MOTION by John Howell (World Premiere), The Cedars Historic Home
MARCH 2009
Miracle Matters: The Ten-Minute Play Project Rises Again! (Benefit for the Nicole Marquez Medical Fund)
FEBRUARY 2009
Eve Ensler's THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, The Rainbow Co-Op Plaza (Co-Production with The Jackson Free Press, Benefit for MS Coalition to Prevent Domestic Violence and The Womens Fund
OCTOBER 2008
Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, The Pix-Capril Theatre (Benefit for MS HeARTS Against AIDS)
JULY 2008
July 17 - 18 - 19
ÚÙØ: The 5th Annual New Play Project, 7:30 p.m., Rainbow Co-op Plaza
MAY 2008
FEBRUARY 2008
February 15 - One Night Only!
OCTOBER 2007
October 25-28 & November 1-3
The Mystery of Irma Vep, 7:30 p.m. Meadowbrook Mart, 4200 N. State Street (old Radio Shack location)
AUGUST 2007 EVENTS
August 31 - September 2
Why I Live at the P.O., 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 621 Duling Avenue, Jackson.
JULY 2007 EVENTS
July 25-29
Dinner with Friends, 7:30 p.m. at NewStage Theatre in Jackson.
July 12-14 at St. Luke’s Methodist Church
STOP–START: The Ten-Minute New Play Project 2007
Participate in a Festival to CREATE, REHEARSE and PERFORM NEW Ten-Minute Plays In only 48 hours!
Write, Direct, Stage Manage, Act!
Participant Registration must be received by FTW no later than Monday, July 9, 2007.
Contact fondrentheatre@hotmail.com for information and registration materials.
The FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE SATURDAY, July 14, 2007 is open to the public
$5 Admission
A portion of the proceeds will support Operation Shoestring’s arts programming for kids.
Be a part of the excitement, and expect the unexpected
OCTOBER 2006 EVENTS
Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW was held October 26-31.
SEPTEMBER 2006 EVENTS
September 21-23 & 28-30, 2006
Fondren Theatre Workshop is Joining Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS to Present Comic
Play Sordid Lives as Next Fundraiser
MS HeArts Against Aids, a non-profit, 100% volunteer organization that serves as the state’s largest fund raiser for HIV/AIDS-related issues and charities, will present the full-length comedy, SORDID LIVES by Del Shores, as its next fund-raising event, September 21, 22, 23 and September 28, 29, 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s.
AUGUST 2006 EVENTS
SUNDAY August 20, 2006
FTW announces auditions for Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW to be held on Sunday, August 20, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Lemuria Dot-Com Building, 4506 Office Park Drive, Jackson, MS (directly across the parking lot from Banner Hall & Broadstreet Bakery off the I-55 North Frontage Road). Actors should come prepared with a one-minute vocal music performance selection—a CD player will be provided. Readings from the play text and some dance or movement exercises will also be included. Performance dates will be October 25-31. For more information, please contact J.C. Patterson at jcvanhelsing@aol.com or 601-856-2143.
JULY 2006 EVENTS
THURSDAY JULY 13 through SUNDAY JULY 16, 2006
Third Annual New Play Project - Eight new plays by local playwrights have been selected from over a dozen submissions to be presented in a reader's theatre format at this year's festival, which will take place July 13-16, 2006 at the Rainbow Co-op Plaza.
Ticket prices are $7 each night or $11 for a "Weekend Pass" (all 8 plays). A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Operation Shoestring, a local children's charity, and The One: Campaign to End Poverty.
For more information, please email us or call 601-982-2217.
SUNDAY July 9 from 2-4 p.m. & MONDAY July 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR “SORDID LIVES” BY DEL SHORES
MISSISSIPPI HEARTS AGAINST AIDS with support from FONDREN THEATRE WORKSHOP announces auditions for SORDID LIVES by Del Shores. Audition times: Sunday, July 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. AND Monday, July 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at The Cedars Historic Home, 4145 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS. Please contact Diana Howell at fondrentheatre@hotmail.com or at 601-573-1251 to schedule an audition time. Auditions will be conducted via cold readings from the script. Those who wish to audition for the role of Bitsy Mae Harling need to have a one-minute country-western song prepared. This character also plays the guitar, so it’s a real plus if you can do that too, but it’s not absolutely required.
STORY DESCRIPTION: As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for the funeral of their matriarch, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of their "sordid lives." Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, and two polar-opposite sisters struggling over the fate of their loved ones and their dead mother’s fox stole. By turns both hilarious and poignant, SORDID LIVES reveals the family at both its worst and its best as they come to grips with their grief – and with each other.
SORDID LIVES will be produced cabaret-style in the back room of Hal & Mal’s during the last two weeks of September (tentative dates are September 21-24 and 28-Oct 1) as a fund raising event for Mississippi HeARTS Against Aids, a non-profit, 100% volunteer organization that serves as the single largest fundraiser in Mississippi for HIV/AIDS related issues.
13 ROLES AVAILABLE INCLUDE:
BITSY MAE HARLING, Age 30-50, guitar-playing, ex-con singer
TY WILLIAMSON, 27, a struggling young gay actor on a reluctant journey home
for his grandmother’s funeral
SISSY HICKEY, Around age 50–Sister of the deceased who picked the wrong day
to quit smoking
LATRELLE WILLIAMSON, Early 50's, Ty’s uptight, proper mother & daughter of
the deceased
LAVONDA DUPREE, Late 40's, Latrelle’s liberal-minded, worldly sister
EARL INGRAM, a/k/a “Brother Boy,” Late 40's, Tammy Wynette-obsessed son of
the deceased who was shipped off to the state mental hospital some 20 years
before for “dehomosexualization.”
DR. EVE BOLINGER, Late 40's, the oversexed, pill-popping, alcoholic therapist
G.W. NETHERCOTT, Late 40's, distraught, cheating, legless Vietnam vet
NOLETA NETHERCOTT, 40-something angry, overweight, betrayed housewife
WARDELL OWENS, Late 40's, former gay-bashing but now remorseful bartender
O’DELL OWENS, Mid-40's, Wardell’s worthless, story-telling brother
JUANITA BARTLETT, 50-something hard-core barfly (or maybe she’s 30 but looks
50...)
REV. BARNES, Southern Baptist preacher
JUNE 2006 EVENTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 3 at 10:00 a.m.
Casting call for the 2006 New Play Project, at The PIX (Capri Theatre).
30 roles are available for anyone 14-years-old and up. Eight new plays by local playwrights have been selected from over a dozen submissions to be presented in a reader's theatre format at this year's festival, which will take place July 13-16, 2006. This is an ideal opportunity for those with limited experience to come give acting a try, as well as for those who don't have enough spare time for a standard full-length production, since there will be no staging or memorization required, and about 8 to 10 rehearsals total will be required prior to production week. For more information, please email us or call 601-982-2217.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 1-3
American Buffalo, continues at 7:30 p.m., at The PIX (Capri Theatre), written by David Mamet, directed by Chris Roebuck. This play features the talents of Daniel Dauphin, JC Patterson, and Opie Cooper.
MAY 2006 EVENTS
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 25-28 (also JUNE 1-3)
American Buffalo, 7:30 p.m., at The PIX (Capri Theatre), written by David Mamet, directed by Chris Roebuck. This play features the talents of Daniel Dauphin, JC Patterson, and Opie Cooper.
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Download trailer [WMV 2.9Mb]Ticket prices are $12.00 for adults, and $10.00 for FTW members, seniors, and students 16 & older with I.D. Seating is limited and reservations are strongly encouraged (credit card required). For reservations or information, please call 601-982-2217.
NOTE: This play contains frequent mature language which is not recommended for children under 17.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., and is made possible in part by the Fondren Renaissance Foundation, with a portion of the proceeds going to the "Save the Pix/Capri" fund.
"Brilliantly distinctive dialogue, which turns street language into mesmerizing urban poetry." — Daily Telegraph
"A darkly comic indictment of greed and deception." — The Washington Post
APRIL 2006 EVENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 3
AUDITIONS FOR DAVID MAMET'S American Buffalo to be directed by Chris Roebuck will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Fondren Renaissance Foundation Office, 3318 N. State Street, Jackson, MS. Three (3) male roles, age 18 & up. Production dates are the weekends of May 25-28 and June 1-3 (six performances). If you can't come at 6:30 or have questions, please call 601-982-2217 or email fondrentheatre@hotmail.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
An Evening of Beckett, 7:30 p.m., at The Rainbow Co-op Plaza. Come help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the most celebrated playwrights of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett. Free to the public. If you'd like to participate as an actor/reader, please email Joe Frost at fondrentheatre@hotmail.com. More info: email us or call 601-982-2217.
APRIL 30, 2006 - DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS for the 2006 NEW PLAY PROJECT
FTW will host its 3rd Annual New Play Project again this summer, and the deadline for submitting works for consideration was April 30, 2006. Works should be submitted via email to fondrentheatre@hotmail.com, or you can snail-mail them to Fondren Theatre Workshop, 4094 Pine Hill Drive, Jackson, MS 39206. Selections from the works submitted for inclusion at the festival will be at the sole discretion of the FTW committee based on quality of writing and suitability of material. More info: email us or call 601-982-2217.
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