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A fast and furious new farce!
REVIEWS Lansing State Journal
November 4, 2006
"This Farce is Most Necessary"
by Kate O'Neill

  Pride Source
November 2, 2006
"Sex, Lies and Videotape at the BoarsHead"
by Donald V. Calamia

Lansing City Pulse
November 1, 2006
"Farce Merits Necessary Laughs"
by Tom Helma

ABC 53
November 1, 2006
"Farce is a Hit"
by Jim Fordyce

Epinions.com
October 27 , 2006
"Unnecessary Farce"
by Bridgette Redman

AWARDS and NOMINATIONS AWARDS AWARD NOMINATIONS
2007
THESPIE AWARD
(Lansing State Journal, Michigan)
2007
WILDE AWARDS
(Detroit, Michigan)
Best New Show
Unnecessary Farce
BoarsHead Theater
Best Actress, Comedy
Erin Noel Grennan
Unnecessary Farce, BoarsHead Theater
Thespie Award

Best Supporting Actor
David Girolmo
Unnecessary Farce, BoarsHead Theater

PULSAR AWARD
(City Pulse, Michigan)

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Berry
Unnecessary Farce, BoarsHead Theater

 
PRESS Chicago Tribune
November 3, 2006
"Stage Ticker"
by Chris Jones

Playbill Online October 25, 2006
"Cue the Door Slams! Unnecessary Farce Begins World Premiere Run in MI"

Lansing October 19, 2006
"Spotlight on Paul Slade Smith"

Playbill Online September 22, 2006
"Don't You Love Farce? MI's BoarsHead Will Stage Unnecessary Premiere, Complete With Doors"

PRAISE from fellow authors!
Unnecessary Farce is hilarious, delightful silliness. An irresistible romp!”
-TOM MULA, author of
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol and Almighty Bob
http://www.tommula.com

 

“This play had me standing up and cheering. It is incredibly well-crafted and just out-and-out hilarious. It had me throwing my head back with laughter on almost every page. The artistry and expertise had me stunned. It has me so excited, I’m going to book a flight and go see it in Michigan. This is a farce that, in my humble opinion, is right up there with Noises Off in terms of laughs-per-minute. This play should be done, and done a lot!”
–TOM DUDZICK, author of
Over the Tavern and Greetings!
http://tomdudzick.com

 

“Paul Slade Smith has managed to observe all the rules of classical farce, while putting his own contemporary, illegally shameless and unabashed spin on the proceedings. The show breaks out of the gate and just accelerates as the evening progresses. Unnecessary Farce is a brilliant piece of comedy.”
-SEAN GRENNAN, author of
Married Alive! and A Dog’s Life
http://www.marriedalive.net

 

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