You know a playwright’s written a good monologue when you have the urge to yell “Thank you!” when it's over. I had that sensation during the second act of Don Zolidis’ “White Buffalo,” now having its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre. The monologue, delivered by a character named ...
Playwright Don Zolidis—author of “White Buffalo,” now having its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre—knows that while the truth is often stranger than fiction, it can also sometimes be, well, less dramatic. Take, for instance, the true story of a Janesville, Wisconsin farm family who, after a rare white ...
Matthew David and Guy Sanville in "A Stone Carver."The Purple Rose Theatre Company announced an added Valentine's Day performance of its current production, "A Stone Carver" by William Mastrosimone, on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets prices are the weekday rate of $25, with discounts available to students, seniors ...
For non-artists, there’s something innately mysterious and magical about the process of carving a sculpture out of a slab of rock. And fittingly, this same sense of joyous, breathless wonder pervades the Purple Rose Theatre’s terrific new production of William Mastrosimone’s “A Stone Carver.” Set in a home that’s scheduled ...
According to actress/director Rhiannon Ragland, Purple Rose Theatre artistic director Guy Sanville saw and read William Mastrosimone’s “A Stone Carver”—starting performances Thursday at the Rose—when it had its New York premiere in 2006, and he’s had it in his “back pocket file” ever since. For this reason, a couple of ...
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is currently in the middle of its first-ever online silent auction. Participants can bid for a premium Detroit Lions suite for 12 people; a collector’s edition football, autographed by quarterback Matthew Stafford; a Lions jersey autographed by Ndamukong Suh; and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, including a private ...
What’ll you have? Will it be the white wine? Or do you crave something stiffer—say, a deer-camp “milkshake” whose mysterious ingredients include Up-North down-under moose parts? No matter your preference or your peninsular predilections, you’re likely to get a kick out of the Purple Rose Theatre Company’s revival of Jeff ...
Just in time for deer season, the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea is reviving “Escanaba in da Moonlight,” Jeff Daniels’ popular comedy about buck hunting in the Upper Peninsula. The production, which kicks off the 2011/12 season, will run Sept. 22-Dec. 17. Guy Sanville, the theater’s artistic director and by ...
The return of "Escanaba in Da Moonlight," the popular comedy written by Jeff Daniels that spawned two prequels and a movie, leads off next seaon's lineup at the Purple Rose Theatre Co. in Chelsea. Set in an Upper Peninsula deer camp, "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" tells the tale of an ...
Michigan Capitol Confidential, a conservative website, has published a post noting that the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea reported financial losses in 2008 (nearly $200,000) and 2009 (about $65,000).
The Chelsea Standard is reporting that three staff members laid off from the Purple Rose Theatre Co. in Chelsea. One of those let go is longtime Managing Director Alan Ribant, the Standard reported.
During one scene in David MacGregor’s new play “Consider the Oyster,” now having its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre, a character argues that the world would be a better, more empathetic place if each person had to experience part of his/her life as the opposite sex. The position ...
Near the beginning of David MacGregor’s new comedy, “Consider the Oyster,” now having its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre, the Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl, and a young man (played Michael Brian Odgen) gets so swept up in the celebration that he impulsively proposes to his girlfriend ...
Two Washtenaw County organizations are among a new batch of grants announced by the National Endowment for the Arts. The University Musical Society, the nonprofit arts presenter affiliated with the University of Michigan, received $70,000, while the Purple Rose Theatre Co. in Chelsea received $20,000. The awards come under the ...
About midway through the first act of Carey Crim’s new play “Some Couples May … ,” now having its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre, I thought about how rare it is to see a happy, healthy marriage — like the one that exists between David (Bill Simmons) and ...
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