Images by Nadia Morales for Here's To You by A. John Boulanger, FronteraFest at the Blue Theatre, January 28 - February 5

Received directly or found at FaceBook, images by Nadia Morales for the

presentation of

Here's to You, an old comedy

by A. John Boulanger

FronteraFest 2012 at at the Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale Road

Saturday, January 28 @ 9:15 pm
Wednesday, February 1 @ 9:15 pm
Saturday, February 4 @ 7:15 pm
Sunday, February 5 @ 4:15 pm

Tickets are $8, available on-line through Hyde Park Theatre

Newlyweds Steven and Ellen Gellar pop into a psychic parlor to see what lies ahead for them as husband and wife. Skeptical Steven fears the worst, as eager Ellen awaits the arrival of Madame Orida Mozelle, psychic extraordinaire (and stage star of yesteryear). With each c...ard (and after a few cocktails) Madame O reveals devastating predictions for a marriage that might not last its first night.

Here's to You stars Judd Farris, Kim Adams, and Michelle Cheney as Madame O.

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Upcoming: Here's to You, Imagine That Productions at FronteraFest, January 28 - February 5

Received notice via Twitter and Facebook:

Here's to you, an old comedy

by A. John Boulanger

FronteraFest 2012 at at the Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale Road

Saturday, January 28 @ 9:15 pm
Wednesday, February 1 @ 9:15 pm
Saturday, February 4 @ 7:15 pm
Sunday, February 5 @ 4:15 pm

Tickets are $8, available on-line through Hyde Park Theatre

Newlyweds Steven and Ellen Gellar pop into a psychic parlor to see what lies ahead for them as husband and wife. Skeptical Steven fears the worst, as eager Ellen awaits the arrival of Madame Orida Mozelle, psychic extraordinaire (and stage star of yesteryear). With each c...ard (and after a few cocktails) Madame O reveals devastating predictions for a marriage that might not last its first night.

Here's to You stars Judd Farris, Kim Adams, and Michelle Cheney as Madame O.

Upcoming: Down the Drain by John Boulanger, Hyde Park Theatre, August 11 - 28

Found on-line:

Imagine That

presents its latest production

Down the Drain

written and directed by A. John Boulanger

August 11 - 28, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.
Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd Street at Guadalupe (click for map)

Click to purchase tickets on-line ($15 and $20)

When an earthquake in China (coupled with a bottle of vodka) forces Teddy to his bathroom floor, he doesn’t think his life could sink any lower. And then it does.

After the successful premiere of House of Several Stories, Boulanger teams up again with Austin sweethearts Martin Burke and Meredith McCall for the development of a new play, Down the Drain. The cast also includes Breanna Stogner (seen in Boulanger’s A Writer’s Vision(s)) and Judd Farris. Costume design by Jillan Hanel; set design by Ia Enstera.

Kickstarter Appeal by John Boulanger: Down the Drain, Hyde Park Theatre in August

Notification received via Twitter:

John Boulanger, author of House of Several Stories, has recruited Austin actors Meredith McCall and Martin Burke for Down the Drain, planned by his company Imagine That! Productions for the Hyde Park Theatre in August. He's asking via www.kickstart.com fr pledges of financial backing of $3750 to do the show. To read the whimsical pseudo-interview and view the video in a larger format, click here to go to the Down the Drain page on Kickstarter.

House of Several Stories, Imagine That Productions at Austin Playhouse, August 6 - 23

Think Bart Simson meets Betty Crocker on LSD, with a confident cast and decisive playwright/director who steer a comedy of infantile, broken characters through ambiguous plots and overlapping time to crisis and a touching resolution.

House of Several Stories, John Boulanger's MFA project at Texas State, had a reading at the university and played for just a flicker of time in early October, 2008 at the Blue Theatre in Austin. In April it won the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre competition for best student-written play. Boulanger's back in town under the aegis of a new sponsor, Imagine That Productions, and they have done up his script in style.

Members of this cast crackle with charisma. They play in a haunting 1950s- style interior in serene whites and greens designed by Griffon Ramsey. Sue, the mom, is a destroyed prom dreamboat who wears costumes in pink and in spangled green designed by Jillan Hanel. You might consider settling in your seat as soon as the house opens to enjoy 15-20 minutes of bright time-warp vocal pop put together by Craig Brock.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: House of Several Stories, Imagine That Productions at Austin Playhouse, August 6 - 23

Click for ALT review of August 7

UPDATE: Jeanne Claire van Ryzin's interview of playwright John Boulanger, Statesman's Austin 360 "Seeing Things" blog, August 6

Received directly and explored on-line:

Imagine That Productions
presents its inaugural production

House of Several Stories: a tragedy in two acts of nonsense
winner of the 2009 Kennedy Center Student Playwriting Award
written and directed by A. John Boulanger

August 6-23, 2009
Thur-Sat, 8 p.m., Sundays. 5 p.m.
Austin Playhouse at Penn Field
3601 S. Congress

$20 general admission, $15 students,
special champagne opening Friday August 7--$30
tickets available through www.austinplayhouse.com
Media Contacts: www.it-productions.org or (512) 476-0084

Thanksgiving isn’t what it used to be in the absurdist play about an eccentric family and their unusual guests. House of Several Stories explores how stories (whether true, false, or borrowed) help fill the vacuum in our lives caused by death, loss, and dysfunction.

House of Several Stories won the honor of this year’s National Student Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The Austin professional premiere stars the Lauren Lane (CBS's The Nanny, Zach Scott's The Clean House), Martin Burke (Take Me Out, The Santaland Diaries) Meredith McCall (Caroline or Change, Urinetown) , Adam Pearson and Kelli Schultz (High School Musical) with lighting by Jason Amato, costumes by Jillan Hanel, and set by Griffon Ramsey.

John Boulanger received his BFA in directing from Texas State in 2005 and his MA in playwriting in 2009. House Of Several Stories was originally selected as one of seven productions presented at the regional American College Theatre Festival held at Texas State this past January. It was then chosen as one of four to make it all the way to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. This marked the first time a Texas State production had advanced to the national festival and the first time a Texas State student received the National Student Playwriting Award. Past award recipients include Paula Vogel, James Leonard, and Lee Blessing.

Texas State Playwright Wins Kennedy Center Competition

From the Texas State University Star:

Theater graduate student wins national playwriting award

Apr 20 2009 - 10:16pm | By Morgan Wilson

John Boulanger was shocked to learn his play was going to be featured at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

The cast of “House of Several Stories” performed for the final time this weekend in the American College Theater Festival competition.

“Winning this year’s National Student Playwriting Award is a huge honor,” said John Boulanger, theater graduate student. “One that I’m not quite sure has fully sunk in yet. I am still dumbfounded when I recall some of the names of past winners.”

Texas State hosted the Annual Region VI American College Theater Festival in February. Boulanger’s play, “House of Several Stories,” was one of Texas State’s entries in the competition.

Read more at the Texas State University Star online

Theatre Department announcement

Kennedy Center listing of The House of Several Stories, performed April 18 by The Search Party