Fronkensteen Experimental Theatre Group Presents Last Play of its First Season

Clarksville, TN – Fronkensteen Experimental Theatre Group is proud to announce that they will be putting on the last play of their first season, “Last Hope for Twenty Miles” at The Coup starting on Thursday December 15th through Saturday the 17th. All performances are at 4:00pm and tickets are only $4.00.

Directed by Sara Schichtel this play, written by Fronkensteen’s founder, Ricky Steven Young Jr., is an excellent capstone to Fronkensteen’s first season. “We have had so many stops and starts, gotten so many bumps and bruises along the way that this performance is almost a celebration that we have made it through this year.

Last Hope for Twenty Miles is a play based on Alfred Noyes’ The Highwayman, an early American romantic poem. The Main character of Virginia is desperate to escape the harsh surroundings of the old roadside hotel and bar that her deceased father left to her. She is so desperate to find an escape and obtain her fairy tale ending that she is willing to try anything even if that anything is a slightly crazy and ever dangerous roadside crook that assumes the role of her knight protector. Virginia soon learns that living on the wild side has dangerous consequences and that fairy tale endings are never what they appear to be.

Starring Lauren Cobb, Zach Mcelroy, Sara Schichtel, and Ricky Young Fronkensteen invites the audiences to share in the celebration with them and help them herald in their new season which will be announced at the performance. Fronkensteen’s literary arm, The Inklings, just closed its first term of open submissions receiving plays from playwrights from all over the state and even the nation.

“I’m really excited about the plays that we received and about the fresh faces that we get to work with,” says Young, “We’ve decided to partner with an out of state playwrights lab which will connect our local playwrights with the national theater world and bring exciting new voices to the Clarksville Stage.”

The new plays, the partnerships, and much more will be announced next week at the performance. Fronkensteen hopes that this is only the first of many years that they can give Clarksville the gift of Theatre.

The Coup is located at 819 Crossland Avenue.

For more information email Fronkensteentheater@gmail.com