Purple Rose Theatre Company

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Purple Rose Theatre
PRTC
Purple Rose Theatre Night.jpg
LocationChelsea, Michigan
Capacity168 seats
Construction
OpenedFebruary 7, 1991
RenovatedAugust 1999 - January 2001
Website
www.purplerosetheatre.org

The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a Michigan not-for-profit[1] theatre company founded in 1991[2] by Jeff Daniels[3] in an old pizza parlor/garage in Chelsea. Its name comes from the 1985 film The Purple Rose of Cairo,[4] which starred Daniels and for which he earned his first Golden Globe nomination.[5]

History[]

In the early 1900s, Jeff Daniels’ grandfather owned the building that would one day become the Purple Rose as a car and bus garage.[6] Other business in the same building included a gas station, pizza parlor, and vegetable stand.[7] In 1989, the building was renovated by Daniels to be donated to the Purple Rose.

The building is in the historic district of downtown Chelsea. The lobby features 1930′s décor – including marbled glass chandeliers and an art deco box office. In 2018, the lobby (including its bathrooms) was renovated including updated carpeting, new bathrooms, and white walls with purple accents.[8]

The Purple Rose produces 4 shows a year.[9] In 2017, the Purple Rose produced its 100th production with the revival of Vino Veritas by Michigan playwright David MacGregor.[10]

Performance space[]

In 1999, a capital campaign worth $2.2 million was launched with the aim to expand the building including the stage, lobby, and administrative spaces. During renovations, the building closed for a year and a half to reopen in January, 2001. The mortgage for the building was paid off in March, 2004.[7]

The renovated stage space is a ¾ thrust with 168 seats with each seat five rows back or less.[11]

In 2017, a two-phase roof renovation project was completed that raised the roof in the backstage area to accommodate more ceiling space above the stage – approximately 1,000 Square Feet. The project was completed with the help of the Michigan Council for the Arts & Cultural Affairs.[12]

Notable artists[]

Guy Sanville has been Artistic Director for nearly 25 years. In those 25 years, Sanville has directed over 60 productions,[13] and performed in 12 – including The Tropical Pickle, A Stone Carver and The Odd Couple as Oscar.[14]

Five actors have performed over 1,000 times on the Purple Rose stage: Wayne David “Daba” Parker,[15] Tom Whalen,[16] Rhiannon Ragland,[17] Jim Porterfield,[18] and Michelle Mountain[19] – who has over 2,000 performances.

Three stage managers have worked over 1,000 performances at the Purple Rose: Amy (Hickman) Klain,[20] Steph (Buck) Ogden,[21] and Thomas Macias.[22]

Danna Segrest has worked on over 100 productions at the Purple Rose, the vast majority as props designer.[23]

Gary Ciarkowski has worked at the theatre for over 20 years as the Master Electrician & Technical Director. He has also designed sets for 5 productions including Diva Royale and 2AZ.[24]

Dana White has worked on over 50 productions at the Purple Rose, the vast majority as lighting designer.[25] In 2015, White was awarded a Roy Bowen Lifetime Achievement Award from The Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle.[26]

Bart Bauer, one of the founding members of the theatre,[27] has designed over 35 sets for the Purple Rose including the Sherlock Holmes world premieres and Annapurna.[28]

Television stars and real-life brothers Matt & Brian Letscher both got both their acting[29] and playwriting[30] starts at the Purple Rose.[31]

Carey Crim is a Michigan playwright with 5 world-premieres produced at the Purple Rose. Crim, daughter of famed Detroit Broadcast Journalist Mort Crim, started at the Purple Rose as an actor.[32] Most recently, she had her plays Morning After Grace and Never Not Once appear on the Purple Rose stage. Morning After Grace has since had runs at Royal Manitoba Theatre Company, Asolo Rep, and Shakespeare and Co.[33]

David MacGregor is another Michigan playwright with 6 productions at the Purple Rose. MacGregor is in the process of creating a trilogy of plays about Sherlock Holmes. The first play involves Vincent Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde,[34] and the second involves Aguste Escoffier and Prince Albert Edward.[35]

Emergency! TV star Randolph Mantooth has performed in two productions at the Purple Rose: Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts[36] & the world premiere Morning After Grace by Carey Crim.[37]

Productions[]

World premiere Midwest premiere Revival
Season Fall Winter Spring Summer Notes
1991–'92[38] Blush at Nothing

by Lisa A. Wing

Shoe Man

by Jeff Daniels

Kuru

by Josh C. Manheimer

First performance - February 7, 1991
'92-'93[39] Ties that Bind

by Kitty S. Dubin

More Fun than Bowling

by Steven Dietz

The Tropical Pickle

by Jeff Daniels

No performances April 13-July 6
'92–'93[40] Possessed: The Dracula Musical

by Robert Marasco, music by Jason Darrow & Carter Cathcart

Necessities

by Velina Hasu Houston

National Anthems

by Dennis McIntyre

Nooner

by Kim Carney

'93–'94[41] The Vast Difference

by Jeff Daniels

Two Sisters

by T. E. Williams

Keely & Du

by Jane Martin

Stanton's Garage

by Joan Ackermann

'94–'95[42] Thy Kingdom's Coming

by Jeff Daniels

Only Me and You

by Kim Carney

Hang the Moon

by Suzanne Burr

Weekend Comedy

by Jeanne and Sam Bobrick

5th Season
'95–'96[43] Escanaba in Da Moonlight*

by Jeff Daniels

Beast on the Moon

by Richard Kalinoski

Spring Comedy Festival: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lust

A collection of short plays by Anthony Caselli, Jeff Daniels, Randall Godwin, Jeffry Herman, Dennis North, Rich Orloff, and Suzi Regan

The Harmony Codes

by Michael Grady

*1st in Escanaba Trilogy
'96–'97[44] Apartment 3A

by Jeff Daniels

Labor Day

by Kim Carney

Hot l Baltimore

by Lanford Wilson

Off the Map

by Joan Ackermann

'97–'98[45] Escanaba in Da Moonlight

by Jeff Daniels

Julie Johnson

by Wendy Hammond

Book of Days

by Lanford Wilson

Marcus is Walking

by Joan Ackermann

'98–'99[46] Boom Town

by Jeff Daniels

The Hole

by Wendy Hammond

The Big Slam

by Bill Corbett

Criminal Genius

by George F. Walker

Renovations closed the theatre from Aug. 28, 1999 - Jan. 10, 2001
2001[47] Rain Dance

by Lanford Wilson

Orphan Train: An American Melodrama

by Dennis E. North

Completing Dahlia

by Annie Martin

10th Season
'01–'02[48] Guys on Ice

by Fred Alley (Book and Lyrics) & James Kaplan (Music)

Months on End

by Craig Pospisil

Born Yesterday

by Garson Kanin

Let it Be

by Dennis E. North

'02–'03[49] Across the Way

by Jeff Daniels

Stand

by Toni Press-Coffman

Hope for Corky

by Randall Godwin

Blithe Spirit

by Noël Coward

'03–'04[50] The Good Doctor

by Neil Simon

Leaving Iowa

by Tim Clue & Spike Manton

The Underpants

by Carl Sternheim

Adapted by Steve Martin

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel

by Mitch Albom

'04–'05[51] The Mystery of Irma Vep

by Charles Ludlam

Norma and Wanda

by Jeff Daniels

Bus Stop

by William Inge

And the Winner Is...

by Mitch Albom

'05–'06[52] The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

Guest Artist

by Jeff Daniels

The Late Great Henry Boyle

by David MacGregor

Honus and Me

by Steven Dietz

15th Season
'06–'07[53] Escanaba in Love*

by Jeff Daniels

The Subject was Roses

by Frank D. Gilroy

When the Lights Come On

by Brian Letscher

Sea of Fools

by Matt Letscher

*2nd in Escanaba Trilogy
'07–'08[54] The Poetry of Pizza

by Deborah Brevoort

Vino Veritas

by David MacGregor

Growing Pretty

by Carey Crim

Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid

A play with music by Jeff Daniels

'08–'09[55] Apartment 3A

by Jeff Daniels

A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams

Bleeding Red

by Michael Brian Ogden

Wake

by Carey Crim

'09–'10[56] Escanaba*

by Jeff Daniels

Gravity

by David MacGregor

Our Town

by Thornton Wilder

Boeing-Boeing

by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Beverley Cross & Francis Evans

*3rd in Escanaba Trilogy
'10–'11[57] Best of Friends

by Jeff Daniels

Corktown

by Michael Brian Ogden

Some Couples May...

by Carey Crim

Consider the Oyster

by David MacGregor

20th Season
'11–'12[58] Escanaba in Da Moonlight

by Jeff Daniels

A Stone Carver

by William Mastrosimone

White Buffalo

by Don Zolidis

On Golden Pond

by Ernest Thompson

'12–'13[59] Superior Donuts

by Tracy Letts

The Meaning of Almost Everything

by Jeff Daniels

33 Variations

by Moisés Kaufman

Miles & Ellie

by Don Zolidis

'13–'14[60] The Vast Difference

by Jeff Daniels

Redwood Curtain

by Lanford Wilson

Spring Comedy Festival: Lovers, Liars, and Lunatics

A collection of short plays by Carey Crim, Jeff Daniels, Kirsten Knisely, Lauren Knox, David MacGregor, & Craig Pospisil

The Last Romance

by Joe DiPietro

'14–'15[61] Annapurna

by Sharr White

Steel Magnolias

by Robert Harling

Talley's Folly

by Lanford Wilson

2AZ

by Michael Brian Ogden

'15–'16[62] Casting Session

by Jeff Daniels

The Odd Couple

by Neil Simon

Gaps in the Fossil Record

by Matt Letscher

Morning's at Seven

by Paul Osborn

25th Season
'16–'17[63] Morning after Grace

by Carey Crim

Smart Love

by Brian Letscher

Vino Veritas

by David MacGregor

Harvey

by Mary Chase

'17–'18[64] God of Carnage

by Yasmina Reza

Translated by Christopher Hampton

Flint

by Jeff Daniels

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear*

by David MacGregor

Willow Run

by Jeff Duncan Music by Brad Phillips, Ben Daniels, Jeff Daniels, and Angie Kane

*1st in Sherlock Trilogy
'18–'19[65] Diva Royale

by Jeff Daniels

Never Not Once

by Carey Crim

All My Sons

by Arthur Miller

Welcome to Paradise

by Julie Marino

'19–'20[66] Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé*

by David MacGregor

Roadsigns**

by Jeff Daniels

Music by Ben & Jeff Daniels

Closed due to COVID-19 Closed due to COVID-19 *2nd in Sherlock Trilogy

**Closed 3 performances early due to COVID-19.[67]

Notable productions[]

In 1995, Daniels wrote Escanaba in Da Moonlight about a hunting lodge in the Upper Peninsula (The U.P.) of Michigan. This was the first of three plays Daniels wrote about “Yoopers” (residents of the U.P.), the other two being Escanaba in Love in 2006, and Escanaba in 2009.[68]

In 1997 the Purple Rose produced Hot l Baltimore written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Lanford Wilson. This production was the first play of Wilson's performed at the Purple Rose, and one of only two plays directed by Jeff Daniels.[69] Wilson eventually ended up writing Book of Days (1998)[70][71] and Rain Dance (2000)[72] for the theatre, his final two plays before he died in 2011.[73]

In 2017, the Purple Rose produced Willow Run, a play about Rosie the Riveters who worked at the Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. On August 18, nine original Rosies attended the performance.[74]

Onstage & Unplugged[]

Starting in 2001,[75] Daniels started performing a holiday concert titled “Onstage & Unplugged” where he sings and plays guitar for a limited engagement of shows as a fundraiser for the theatre.[76] Jeff plays original music and sometimes is joined onstage by close musician friends[77] such as Brad Phillips, the Ben Daniels Band, and Brian Vander Ark.[78]

Critical reception and awards[]

In 1994, Detroit News named The Purple Rose “Theatre of the Year”.[79]

In 1998, the American Theatre Critics Association awarded the “Best New Play” award to Book of Days by Lanford Wilson.[80]

The Purple Rose has won three Edgerton Foundation New Play awards – for White Buffalo (2011),[81] Gaps in the Fossil Record (2015),[82] & Willow Run (2017).[83] The award allows theaters to pay artists for a week of rehearsal and workshops.[84]

In February 2013, the Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce awarded the Purple Rose with the Large Business Leadership Award.[85]

In September 2016, during their 25th anniversary fundraiser, The Senior Senator from Michigan, Debbie Stabenow, presented a commendation to the Purple Rose, applauding its cultural and economic impact in South East Michigan.[86]

Wilde Awards[]

Since 2002, the Wilde Awards have recognized Michigan's professional theatre community.[87] The Purple Rose has won 24 of these Wilde Awards, out of a total of 129 nominations.

Purple Rose Wilde Award Nominations & Wins
Year Category Nominee Play Result
2003[88] Favorite Male Performer in a Local Professional Production – COMEDY Ryan Carlson Hope for Corky Nominated
Favorite Female Performer in a Local Professional Production – DRAMA Sandra Birch Stand Nominated
2004[89] Critic's Choice Award – “A” Season of Excellence Purple Rose Theatre n/a Won
Favorite Local Professional Production – COMEDY Guy Sanville & Anthony Caselli, directors Blythe Spirit Nominated
Favorite Local Professional Production – COMEDY Guy Sanville, director The Good Doctor Nominated
Favorite Male Performer in a Local Professional Production – COMEDY John Lepard Leaving Iowa Nominated
Favorite Male Performer in a Local Professional Production – COMEDY / MUSICAL Malcolm Tulip Blithe Spirit Nominated
Favorite Supporting Female Performer in a Local Professional Production, COMEDY / MUSICAL Sandra Birch Blithe Spirit Nominated
Favorite Supporting Female Performer in a Local Professional Production, COMEDY / MUSICAL Sarab Kamoo The Underpants Nominated
Favorite Supporting Male Performer in a Local Professional Production, COMEDY / MUSICAL Randall Godwin The Underpants Nominated
Favorite Supporting Male Performer in a Local Professional Production, COMEDY / MUSICAL Jim Porterfeld Leaving Iowa Nominated
2005[90] Best Supporting Male Performer in a Local Professional Production– COMEDY John Lepard Bus Stop Won
Favorite Local Professional Production – COMEDY Anthony Caselli, director The Mystery of Irma Vep Nominated
Favorite Local Professional Production – COMEDY Guy Sanville, director Norma & Wanda Nominated
Best Supporting Female Performer in a Local Professional Production COMEDY Terry Heck Norma & Wanda Nominated
Best Supporting Male Performer in a Local Professional Production – COMEDY Grant R. Krause Norma & Wanda Nominated
Best Supporting Male Performer in a Local Professional Production – COMEDY Jim Porterfield Norma & Wanda Nominated
Best Duo in a Local Professional Production Sandra Birch & Michelle Mountain Norma & Wanda Nominated
Best Duo in a Local Professional Production John Lepard & John Seibert The Mystery of Irma Vep Nominated
2006[91] Critic's Choice Award: Best Duo in a Local Professional Production Grant R. Krause & Patrick Michael Kenney Guest Artist Won
Favorite Local Professional Production – COMEDY Guy Sanville, director The Late Great Henry Boyle Nominated
Best Lead Actor – COMEDY Grant R. Krause And The Winner Is Nominated
Best Lead Actor – COMEDY John Lepard The Late Great Henry Boyle Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – COMEDY Sarab Kamoo And The Winner Is Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – COMEDY Paul Hopper And The Winner Is Nominated
Favorite Local Professional Production – DRAMA Guy Sanville, director Guest Artist Nominated
Best Lead Actress – DRAMA Michelle Mountain The Glass Menagerie Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – DRAMA Molly Thomas The Glass Menagerie Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – DRAMA Ryan Carlson The Glass Menagerie Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – DRAMA Randall Godwin Guest Artist Nominated
2007[92] Best Local Professional COMEDY Guy Sanville, director Escanaba in Love Won
Best Actor – COMEDY Nicaolas J. Smith Honus and Me Won
Best Duo or Trio in a Local Professional Production Will David Young, Paul Hopper & Wayne David Parker Escanaba in Love Won
Best Local Professional COMEDY Guy Sanville, director Honus and Me Nominated
Best Local Professional DRAMA Quintessa Gallinat, director The Subject Was Roses Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – COMEDY or DRAMA Randall Godwin Honus and Me Nominated
Best Duo or Trio in a Local Professional Production Grant R. Krause & Patrick Michael Kenney The Subject Was Roses Nominated
Best Set Design Bartley H. Bauer The Subject Was Roses Nominated
Best Set Design Daniel C. Walker Escanaba in Love Nominated
2008[93] Best Actor – COMEDY Guy Sanville Sea of Fools Won
Best Actress – COMEDY Sandra Birch Sea of Fools Won
Best Local Professional COMEDY Matt Letscher, director Sea of Fools Nominated
Best Actor – COMEDY Phil Powers Vino Veritas Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Clyde Brown Sea of Fools Nominated
Best Technical Design (set) Vincent Mountain Sea of Fools Nominated
Best Technical Design (set) Daniel C. Walker Vino Veritas Nominated
2009[88] Best New Script Jeff Daniels Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid Won
Best Comedy Guy Sanville, director Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid Nominated
Best New Script Michael Brian Ogden Bleeding Red Nominated
Best Teamwork by a Duo or Trio John Seibert & Tom Whalen Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid Nominated
Best Design: Set Dennis G. Crawley Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid Nominated
2010[89] Critics' Choice Award: Design and Technical Excellence Award Purple Rose Theatre Gravity Won
Best Actor – Drama Alex Leydenfrost Gravity Nominated
Best Actor – Drama Will David Young Our Town Nominated
Best Support – Comedy Stacie Hadgikosti Wake Nominated
Best Support – Drama Will David Young Gravity Nominated
Best Design – Lights Daniel C. Walker Our Town Nominated
Best Design – Sets Dennis G. Crawley Escanaba Nominated
Best New Script David MacGregor Gravity Nominated
Best Production of a New Script Guy Sanville, director Escanaba Nominated
Best Production of a New Script Guy Sanville, director Gravity Nominated
2011[94] Best Production of a New Script Guy Sanville, director Corktown Won
Best Comedy Nathan Mitchell, director Boeing-Boeing Nominated
Best Production of a New Script Guy Sanville, director Best of Friends Nominated
Best Performance, Actor – Comedy Jim Porterfield Some Couples May... Nominated
Best Teamwork Matthew David & Michael Brian Ogden Corktown Nominated
Best New Script Michael Brian Ogden Corktown Nominated
2012[95] Best Drama Rhiannon Ragland, director A Stone Carver Won
Best Performance, Actor – Drama Guy Sanville A Stone Carver Won
Best Comedy Guy Sanville, director Escanaba in da Moonlight Nominated
Best Design – Sets Daniel C. Walker A Stone Carver Nominated
Best Design – Lights Dana White A Stone Carver Nominated
Best Design – Sound Quintessa Gallinat Escanaba in da Moonlight Nominated
2013[96] Critic's Choice Award: Best Director Guy Sanville Superior Donuts Won
Best Performance, Actress – Drama Michelle Mountain 33 Variations Nominated
Best Choreography Rhiannon Ragland The Meaning of Almost Everything Nominated
Best Design - Sound or Video Quintessa Gallinat The Meaning of Almost Everything Nominated
Best New Script Jeff Daniels The Meaning of Almost Everything Nominated
2014[97] Wilde-r Award: The Best Worst First Rusty Mewha & Rhiannon Ragland Miles & Ellie Won
Best Performance, Actor, Comedy Will David Young The Last Romance Nominated
Best Performance, Actress, Comedy Priscilla Lindsay The Last Romance Nominated
2015[98] Best Design – Props Danna Segrest Annapurna Won
Best Design – Sets Bartley H. Bauer Annapurna Won
Best Drama Guy Sanville, director Annapurna Won
Best Performance, Actress-Drama Michelle Mountain Annapurna Nominated
Best Performance, Actor-Drama Richard McWilliams Annapurna Nominated
Best Design- Costumes Christianne Myers Steel Magnolias Nominated
2016[99] Best Design Sound/Video Tom Whalen & Noelle Stollmack 2AZ Won
Best Play Guy Sanville, director 2AZ Nominated
Best Performance Rising Star Nina White 2AZ Nominated
Best Performance, Lead Actor David Montee The Odd Couple Nominated
Best Performance, Supporting Actress Rhiannon Ragland 2AZ Nominated
Best Set Design Bartley H. Bauer The Odd Couple Nominated
Best Set Design Gary Ciarkowski 2AZ Nominated
Best New Script Michael Brian Ogden 2AZ Nominated
2017[100] Best Play Michelle Mountain, director Morning’s at Seven Nominated
Best Performance, Lead Actor – Play Randolph Mantooth Morning After Grace Nominated
Best Performance, Supporting Actor – Play Rusty Mewha Morning’s at Seven Nominated
Best Performance, Supporting Actress – Play Susan Craves Morning's at Seven Nominated
Best Design, Lights Reid G. Johnson Morning's at Seven Nominated
Best New Script Carey Crim Morning After Grace Nominated
2018[101] The Publisher's Award Guy Sanville, director; Jeff Daniels, playwright Flint Won
Best Design – Props Danna Segrest Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Elusive Ear Won
Best Design – Sets Bartley H. Bauer Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of The Elusive Ear Won
Best Play Guy Sanville, director Harvey Nominated
Best Original Production or One-Act Guy Sanville, director Flint Nominated
Best Performance, Lead Actor – Play Richard McWilliams Harvey Nominated
Best Performance, Lead Actress – Play Sarab Kamoo Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of The Elusive Ear Nominated
Best Performance, Supporting Actor – Play David Bendena Flint Nominated
Best Performance, Supporting Actor – Play Rusty Mehwa Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of The Elusive Ear Nominated
Best Performance, Supporting Actress – Play Michelle Mountain Harvey Nominated
Best Teamwork Michelle Mountain, Paul Stroili, Kate Thomsen, & Rusty Mewha God of Carnage Nominated
Best New Script David MacGregor Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Elusive Ear Nominated
2019[102] Best Lead Actress Michelle Mountain All My Sons Won
Best Music Direction Brad Phillips Willow Run Won
Best New Script Carey Crim Never Not Once Nominated
Best New Script Jeffery Duncan Willow Run Nominated
Best Supporting Actress K. Edmonds Willow Run Nominated
Best Design-Sets Sarah Pearline Willow Run Nominated
Best Musical Guy Sanville, director Willow Run Nominated
Best Play-Drama Guy Sanville, director All My Sons Nominated
Best Original Production Guy Sanville, director Willow Run Nominated
Best Original Production Guy Sanville, director Never Not Once Nominated

Apprenticeship Program[]

The Purple Rose offers a year-long apprenticeship program for young artists entering a career in theatre.[103] Apprentices are paid a modest stipend and work as many as 80 hours per week gaining experience in lighting, sound, stage management, design, set construction, and administrative/box office work. The seven apprentices also maintain and clean the theatre's facilities. The program was inspired by Daniels' experience as an apprentice with the Circle Repertory Company in New York City.[104]

Former apprentices currently working at the Purple Rose include Katie Hubbard (managing director), Amy Klain (company manager).[105]

Films[]

In 2001, Purple Rose Films produced Escanaba in da Moonlight,[106] based on the play of the same name written by Jeff Daniels. The film includes nine actors associated with the Purple Rose Theatre, including Jim Porterfield and Wayne David “Daba” Parker, who played Alphonse & Da Jimmer respectively in the play and the film.[45]

In 2002, Purple Rose Films produced an original movie entitled Super Sucker,[107] a story about vacuum cleaner salesmen. The film was shot entirely in Jackson, Michigan. Eleven actors in the film were associated with the Purple Rose Theatre, including Jeff Daniels, Matt Letscher, Guy Sanville, and Michelle Mountain.

In 2013, Blue Frog Productions produced Vino Veritas,[108] based on the play of the same name written by David MacGregor. The film was shot in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In 2017, Mirrorcore Productions produced Wake,[109] based on the play of the same name written by Carey Crim. The film was shot in California.

In 2017, Grand River Productions produced Guest Artist, based on the play of the same name written by Jeff Daniels.[110] The film is almost entirely cast with actors from the Purple Rose including Jeff Daniels, Richard McWilliams (Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd & All My Sons as Joe Keller) and Thomas Macias, who started at the Purple Rose as an apprentice in 2013. The film was directed by Timothy Busfield and was shot on location in New York City, New York and Chelsea, Michigan.[111]

In 2019, Doorstop Productions produced a short film called Just Desserts,[112] based on the short play of the same name written by David MacGregor. The film was shot in Orange, New Jersey.

Television[]

In October 2015, Purple Rose: 25 Years premiered on Detroit Public Television. This documentary, produced by 2188, features the story of the Purple Rose with stories and interviews from some of the artists associated with the theatre.[113]

In October 2017, the Purple Rose was featured along with Cornelia Sampson and the Guadalupe Arts and Culture Center in an episode of Detroit Performs.[114]

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