Southern Gothic Novel: A Solo Play ©, by Frank Blocker, sponsored by Fn Productions, a Southern comedy play for one actor or actress

"Certain to satisfy the cranky inner toddler of even the most jaded New York theatergoer." - nytheatre.com

"If Tennessee Williams had written a one-man Greater Tuna about a Mississippi town as a showcase for a chameleonic talent, the result would be as poetic and sadly funny as Novel, a nuanced tour de force for writer-performer Frank Blocker."
-- Columbus Dispatch

Southern Gothic Novel, a solo play and Southern comedy
written and performed by Frank Blocker
directed by Gabriel Shanks

August 4, September 8
October 6, November 3
8:00 pm, Mondays
at Stage Left Studio
438 W. 37th St., Suite 5A
Playright's Resume/Actor's Resume | Fn Productions | Stage Left Studios

August 4, September 8
October 6, November 3
8:00 pm, Mondays
Stage Left Studio
438 W. 37th St., Suite 5A, NYC
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Best Male Solo Performance and Best Playwright for a Solo Show

- Columbus National
Gay & Lesbian
Theatre Festival

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A theatrical tour-de-force reminiscent of Greater Tuna crossed with A Prairie Home Companion. Blocker's writing is sly, sharp, erudite and unerringly funny, and his talent for voices and characterization is simply wonderful.
- Next Magazine, David Hurst

A dazzling array of dysfunctional Southern characters that surpass anything Margaret Mitchell dreamed up for Gone With The Wind.
- Show Business Weekly, 2003

Plenty of plot twists and red herrings here, all of that mystery affording Blocker the opportunity to showcase his ample talents and keep the audience entertained.
- TheatreMania, Dan Bacalzo

Both archly satirical and sweetly ingenuous ... wry sophistication and gleeful, childlike abandon that’s certain to satisfy the cranky inner toddler of even the most jaded New York theatergoer.
- nytheatre.com, Terri Galvin

Interviews:
TheatreMania feature | Southern Voice feature

One actor hilariously performs eighteen citizens (insects and
animals, too) of Aberdeen, Mississippi, a Twin Peaks-ish town
of secrets and mystery. When Viola Haygood is kidnapped, everyone’s
got motive, opportunity, but who’s the culprit? Journey into small-
town psyches and big-time dreams!

-- 1h 5m Comedy

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October 6, November 3
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Show History

April 7, 2008 ...
The Left Out Festival, NYC, at Stage Left Studios ... specialty run extended, Monday nights in the fall 2008.

September 2004
Columbus National Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival, Ohio, at 2Co's Cabaret, a partner of Shadowbox Cabaret Companies.

September 2004
The Sky Bar, Mt. Washington Tavern, Baltimore, Maryland, two shows/one-nite only benefit performance for Creative Mechanics.

July 17, 20 & 31, 2004
Midtown International Theatre Festival, Jewel Box Theatre, NYC

Feb 11-22, 2004
Whole World Theatre, Atlanta, GA

December 2003
One-night-only performance at Rose’s Turn in the Village, NYC

October 2003
Invited to present at The Colleen Dewhurst Theatre for The Playwrights’ Project, Westchester County

August 2003
Performed as part of the 2003 NY International Fringe Festival, a production of The Present Company. The Red Room, 2nd Ave. @ 4th St.

1994-2000
A "web-serial" as the ongoing novel Viola’s Orchestration, at Mojoski and at The Very Write Reverend (now defunct).

Past information from Columbus Theatre Festival: Press Release
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