Buttered Ghost Theatre

11/27/2024

COMING UP NEXT!

The second show in our season...

Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
By Anne Washburn
With score by Michael Friedman and lyrics by Anne Washburn

Produced by Theatre Howl and Buttered Ghost Theatre
Directed by Nathan Howe, with Musical Direction by Amanda Trapp
Assistant directed by Paige Francoeur
Starring Grahame Kent, Amanda Trapp, Kenn McLeod, Johanna Arnott, Jonathon Pickrell, Elizabeth Whitbread, Miranda Hughes-McKnight

January 2-5 and 9-12, 2025

From the producers of Dr. Frightful Presents: and Aiden Flynn Lost His Brother So He Makes Another, Mr Burns, a post electric play is an apocalyptic epic that asks: How can the stories of America’s most famous family usher humanity into a new era?

Four strangers around a fire try to piece together a tale from before the fall of humanity. What follows is the 82 year evolution of a story from pop culture to sacred myth. There will be singing and dancing and guns and shooting and fire and poison and Sideshow Bob and a chorus of ghosts and a rabid, violent cat and mouse duo and crocodiles and piranhas and darkness and devastation. But when all hope is lost, there will be Bart.

“Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

11/05/2024

First show of the Live Five Season is coming up THIS FRIDAY!

Check it out and get your season tickets because Buttered Ghost Theatre and Theatre Howl are teaming up for the next one! Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play By Anne Washburn with score by Michael Friedman and lyrics by Anne Washburn.
January 3, 2025 - January 12, 2025

Get your tickets for both at https://livefive.ca/

Coming next week!
The first show in the Live Five Season!

Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline by George F. Walker

Zastrozzi, Europe's greatest criminal, seeks revenge on Verezzi, the man who killed his mother. For this task, Zastrozzi recruits Matilda and Bernardo, fellow criminals, to help entrap, humiliate, and dispatch Verezzi. The only person keeping Verezzi alive is Victor, Verezzi’s beleaguered servant. Julia, a local aristocrat, is also pulled unknowingly into the web of deception, s*x, and violence. The struggle of nihilism, evil and virtue has begun and no one is safe.

November 8th - 10th and 14th - 17th, 2024
Pay-what-you-can Preview November 7th
Thursdays through Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @ 2pm

Get your tickets at ontheboards.ca!

07/10/2021

Meet the Cast: Part 4

Tafetta Briggs: Owner and Operator of the Local Wa'ering 'Ole.
Nothing gets by ol Taffy. If there is gossip in town, she knows it. She is always two steps of everyone. Not bad for someone from Slough.
Now pay your tab.
Played by Philippa Williams

Aristotle "Doc" Birmingham: He has the cute for what ails ya.
If you have a problem, Mr. Birmingham has a solution. With the finest panceas, cure alls and snake oils you will find anywhere. If you aren't feeling better in a few days, well then, remember this: no refunds
Played by Kenn McLeod

Aloysius Whistlesby: Your security is his top priority, as long as you have insurance.
No one is sure where Mr. Whistlesby came from or why he is here but what they do you is premiums have only been rising since he came to town. A mysterious man who wants what's best for you. Just sign this little contract.
Played by Sam Kruger

Come meet these lovely inhabitants of Little Big Town this summer with

Costuming by the amazing
Photos by .patricia

07/09/2021

Meet the Cast: Part 3

Dr. Cedrick Nickleby: The best sawbones and Dentist this town have ever known.
Don't let his big city style fool you, Dr. Nickleby is very approachable. He can fix you up and send you off with a smile. Don't you go believing those folks that say he sawed a man in half.
Played by Andrew Taylor

Hazel Star: The woman who can see your future.
Palmistry is a complicated art and Hazel does it with style and panache. She knows you better than you know yourself. At least that's what the ghosts told her.
Played by Danielle Roy

Prof. Snodgrass: Phrenology is a dangerous pseudoscience, boneology is the wave of the future!
Prof. Snodgrass may be the smartest man you know. He has multiple degrees and had been sent to assess us for a new university. "But who will teach?" He asks "a coyote?"
Played by Brennan Field

Mayor Quincy Calloway: the best mayor and the least corrupt man in town
Mayor Calloway is the real deal. Businessman, connoisseur, bon vivant and patron of the arts. Is there anything he can't do?
Now whatever salacious rumours you have heard about a mine under city hall are completely untrue.
Played by Grahame Kent

Come meet these lovely inhabitants of Little Big Town this summer with Wheatland Express - Excursion Train

Costuming by the amazing Noctifer Studios
Photos by Patricia Holdsworth

07/08/2021

Meet the Cast: Part 2

Matilda Walsh: Owner, Operator and Editor in Chief of the Little Big Tribune.
If there is a story to be told you better believe Ms. Walsh will be on the case. Nothing escapes her keen reporter eyes.
Played by Johanna Arnott

Lucky LaChance: Rogue-ishly handsome leader of the LaChance Outlaw Gang.
They don't call him Lucky for nothing. He is the rough and tumble charismatic leader of a gang of ruffians and he hates to lose. Coming to a robbery near you!
Played by Luke Pennock

Georgina "George" Davies: Local Handy Person, Farmer and all around dependable.
Whether you need a table, animal or for fixed, she is the one to call. George is always looking for any odd jobs you are hiring for. She can do the work of two men before noon too.
Played by Katelyn Polischuk

Come meet these lovely inhabitants of Little Big Town this summer with Wheatland Express - Excursion Train

Costuming by the amazing Noctifer Studios
Photos by Patricia Holdsworth

07/07/2021

Meet the Cast: Part 1

Sheriff Breakstone: The toughest sheriff in this side of town. He is quick on the draw and even quicker to send in a deputy first. Don't cause no trouble ya hear?
Played by Jacob Yaworski

Maximilian Wheatland: Rich, wealthy, a man of means. What more could you want? Do you know who his father is? He owns the train you know.
Played by Jonathon Pickrell

Adeline St Laurent: A socialite like no other. She is new to town and wants to meet you. Don't ask about her last dozen husbands, her streak of bad luck and their untimely demises are a touchy subject.
Played by Paige Francoeur

Come meet these lovely inhabitants of Little Big Town this summer with Wheatland Express - Excursion Train

Costuming by the amazing Noctifer Studios
Photos by Patricia Holdsworth

03/02/2021

Good evening my dear listeners....

We at the podcast are trying to secure funding and sponsorships for season 2!
If you could send us any kind words or comments it would help us immensely.
Send via DM, text or email us at [email protected].

Thank you and stay ghoulish!

10/02/2020

The world is changed.
I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air....

*sniff* *sniff*
DR. FRIGHTFUL IS BACK
And this time in podcast form.

Yes my dear listeners, after a long wait (due to a few demonic possessions, a broken alchemy set and one loose banshee) we are ready to launch our podcast.
Set your spines to chilled
Your hearts to stopped
And your pants to peed in.

Every Weird Wednesday the good Doctor will deliver a new episode of his terrifying tales right to your podcast device.

Can't wait? Well we have good news, an introductory episode is already out in the world on Spotify and Buzzsprout.
Or maybe on your favorite podcast app right now (we are not sure when they will be finished being reviewed, the internet is a confusing and scary place oooooooo 👻)

Spotify: search "Dr. Frightful Presents: A Podcast"
Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1387585

Abandon all hope, ye who subscribe here
*Evil laugh* *Evil Laugh* *Evil Laugh*

08/11/2020

Missed out on our Creepy Crawly Fringe show?

Do not fret! You can stream the whole show online for FREE until the 15th.

Check us out at:
http://www.25thstreettheatre.org/unboxednightmaretours/

Tips are welcome if you have some to spare

Thanks to 25th St Theatre for the opportunity to create!

08/06/2020

Sad that you missed the show last Thursday?
No need to worry, you still have one more chance to see the Terror Tour live tonight!
Thursday Aug 6 at 730 CST

UnboxedNightmareTours.com
Presented by Am2 Productions and Buttered Ghost Theatre

Its all digital and FREE!
There is also a tip jar if you want to support our doomed participants as well.

Everything is hosted on 25th Street Theatre's website so you only need to head over there to start your TERRIFYING haunted house tour!

http://www.25thstreettheatre.org/unboxednightmaretours/

08/04/2020

Tonight is the night!

Come check out a sample staged reading of West of Nowhere: A Western Western
Tonight at 9 pm at 25thstreettheatre.org

Follow the link and check out our show as well as Fight of Flight Theatre's show The Unforgettables for FREE!

Big thank you to SPC for organizing this reading!

Want to see more West of Nowhere news? Keep your eyes peeled as we will be journeying out sooner than you think!

West of Nowhere: A Western Western

Written by Grahame Kent and Amanda Trapp

Featuring (in order of apperance)

Grahame Kent as The Storyteller and Goon 1
Andrew Taylor as The Balladier and Goon 2
Amanda Trapp as The Entire Band
Kenn Mcleod as Bosiah Logan
And
Johanna Arnott as Annie Blackburn

Image by Maureen Schimnowsky