Really Spicy Opera’s A Pickle, a one-woman play by Deborah Yarchun, has been generating strong advance buzz from theatre critics. Matthew A. Everett of Single White Fringe Geek named it one of his Top 20 shows to see, praising the script and the chance to see “the phenomenal local actress and comedienne Angela Timberman” on stage. Pamela Espeland named it one of a dozen must-see shows.
A Pickle stars Angela Timberman as Doris and is directed by Basil Considine. The play opens at the Ritz Studio Theater in Northeast Minneapolis on Friday, August 4 at 10 PM, and also plays:
Game of Thrones: The Musical has been certified as the best-selling show of the inaugural Tampa International Fringe Festival. TiFf took place in Tampa, Florida’s Ybor City neighborhood from May 11-14, 2017. The festival featured 29 local, national, and international performing groups.
The O’ahu Fringe Festival’s Carlynn Wolfe interviewed RSO’s Basil Considine on Game of Thrones: The Musical, working in Hawaii, and more. Read the full interview here.
Please join us in congratulating Haesung Park on her appointment as a teaching artist for LA Opera. Park first performed with Really Spicy Opera in its inaugural season, ushering in works like The Temptation of Christ in the Desert and The Frat Party with skilled piano accompaniment and coaching.
Really Spicy Opera has been selected for the 2017 Orlando International Fringe Festival, which runs May 16-29 in Orlando, Florida. Further details will be announced as they become available.
Really Spicy Opera has been selected for the Montreal Fringe Festival (Festival St. Ambroise Fringe de Montréal). This festival will run May 29-June 18, 2017.
Update: Really Spicy Opera will present Kate Robards’ award-winning play Ain’t that Richat the 2017 Montreal Fringe.