Starting Gate Productions presents...Man Saved By Condiments
By Mary Jo Pehl
Man Saved By Condiments is based on the true story of a man who crashed his
car and was trapped for almost five days, surviving on little more than hope, condiments, and Faith Hill.
Directed By:
Sarah Gioia
Featuring the Talents of:
Steve Lewis
Sound design by Mike Hallenbeck
August 4 - 14, 2005
Only FIVE performances!
Thursday, August 4th 8:30 pm
Saturday, August 6th 5:30 pm
Thursday, August 11th 10:00 pm
Saturday, August 13th 2:30 pm
Sunday, August 14th 7:00 pm
All Performances are at the Illusion Theatre located on the 8th floor of Hennepin Center for the Arts on 5th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis.
Tickets are $12 general, $10 students and seniors.
This show is being presented as part of the 2005 Fringe Festival. Go to www.fringefestival.org for more information.
The Talent

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Actor: Steve
Lewis
Twin Cities productions include Gremlin Theatre Company's
A Devil Inside; The Guthrie Lab's Pericles (Helicanus,
Simonides, Boult); Park Square’s Enchanted April (Mellersh),
Noises Off (Freddy) and The Mystery of Irma Vep
(Lady Enid, Nicodemus); Starting Gate’s The Grapes of Wrath
(Muley, Man Going Back, Noah, Floyd); Girl Friday’s Love
Letters (Andy) and Hate Mail (Preston); Mary Worth's
Crazyface (Mengo) and History of the Devil (Belial,
Jesus); Gray Space's Corpus Christi (James the Less);
Mixed Blood's Zastrazzi (Bernardo); Arena Theatre's
Rocky Horror Show (Narrator); and TRP’s I Hate Hamlet
(Gary). Steve also starred in the award-winning, short film,
Suspension. |

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Director: Sarah
Gioia
Sarah Gioia has directed and dramaturged over 50 productions
and readings all over the Twin Cities including at The Guthrie,
The Children’s Theatre Company, The Playwrights’ Center, Eye
of the Storm Theatre, Pillsbury House Theater’s Chicago Avenue
Project, Starting Gate Productions, the Center for Hmong Arts
and Talent, The Bryant-Lake Bowl and The History Theatre,
where she is also the New Works Associate. Her work has been
seen in New York and Seattle as well as the Twin Cities. She
has most recently directed “Murderers” at The Illusion Theater.
Sarah is also the Casting Associate at the Playwrights’ Center.
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Playwright:
Mary Jo Pehl
Mary Jo Pehl is a former writer and actor for Mystery Science
Theater 3000 on the Sci-Fi Channel. She has been a contributor
to NPR's All Things Considered and The Savvy Traveler
on Public Radio International. Her writing has appeared Life
Is A Stitch, an anthology of humor, and many other publications,
including Minnesota Monthly, Minneapolis Star Tribune and
the Rake. She has appeared around the country as a storyteller/monologist
and her book, I Lived With My Parents And Other Tales of
Terror was published in 2004 by Plan 9 Publishing. |
Promotional Photos:

Photo featuring Steve Lewis
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Photo by Starting Gate Staff Photographer John Autey
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