{"id":2771,"date":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/?page_id=2771"},"modified":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","slug":"roadkill-on-a-stick-frozen-foods-theatre-company-1988-1992","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/roadkill-on-a-stick-frozen-foods-theatre-company-1988-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadkill on a Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company (1988-1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People who have seen the movie or listened to the LP have asked if Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em> (Movie)<\/em><\/strong> is a true story. It is true-ish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the summer of 1988, the  Roadkill!!! Live! Comedy Review<\/strong><\/em> ran for 8 weeks at the Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel in Jackson, Wyoming. That was the summer of the Yellowstone fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Handbill for the 1988 Roadkill!!! Live! <\/em><\/strong>improv sketch comedy review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By the time the troupe performed Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits!<\/strong> <\/em>on Friday the 13th, 1992, we had learned an alternate way to spell “comedy revue.” We were still in thrall to 1980s color choices, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flyer advertising the 1992 Friday the 13th show at the Pink Garter Theatre. The clip art bore a striking resemblance to Doug Henderson, who had the title role in Jackson Hole Community Theatre<\/strong> production of Harvey<\/em> <\/strong>that week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 1992, Doug Henderson, who was starring in the title role of Harvey<\/strong><\/em> in the production then running on the Pink Garter Theatre<\/strong>‘s stage, proved to be an energetic announcer. Dave Rohrer was back providing live musical accompaniment, Ed Bachtel and Stephan Alexander Parker were onstage in their final public performance under their legal partnership (dissolved shortly thereafter), and the role originated by Holly Danner in the 1988 run was played in the 1992 show by Louise Gignoux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u00a0Jackson Hole Community Theatre<\/strong> production of Harvey<\/strong><\/em>, whose set we borrowed for our comedy revue, had played earlier that evening. Our midnight madness show started at 11 pm so we could use the already-heated theatre. The props will be recognizable to audiences that attended A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em> or watch Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera Movie.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1992 Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits!<\/em><\/strong> Publicity shot with Ed Bachtel; Jonathan McLaren standing in for Dave Rohrer, who was at work at his real job; Doug Henderson; and Stephan Parker. Louise Gignoux was also at her real job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Program, 1988<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sketches in the 1988 Roadkill!!! Live!<\/em><\/strong> comedy revue by the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company<\/strong> are shown on page 2 of the 1988 program. Two sketches written by Ed Bachtel for the 1988 show, “Cod Piece Dining Room” and “Frozen Roadkill On a Stick,” were highlights of the 1992 Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! <\/em><\/strong>show at the Pink Garter Theatre<\/strong> and are in the 2024 Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera Movie<\/em><\/strong> and the 2024 Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera<\/em><\/strong> two-disc, 180-gram vinyl, gatefold LP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cast & Crew<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Press<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Open microphone at Spirits of the West Saloon<\/strong>. We spared no expense on publicity materials. Or spell check.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em>, which had its world premiere performances in January 2016 at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint<\/strong> in Washington, DC, tells the story of the hour before the first performance by the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company<\/strong> in 1988. That true-ish story is set to the 1804 music from Leonora<\/em><\/strong>, an opera composed by Ferdinando Paer, who was a direct competitor of Beethoven. A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em> is suitable for audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stage manager Marvin (Christopher Dews) presents a frozen roadkill on a stick to Stephan (David Timpane) while Dave (Alex Miletich IV) looks on with amusement in the world premiere production of A Roadkill Opera<\/em><\/strong> at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint<\/strong> in Washington DC in January 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em>, as adapted from Paer’s 1804 opera Leonora<\/strong><\/em>, has six characters; the 1988 show which it is about only had four. Added for the 2016 premiere of A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em> were the role of Debby (based on the woman who worked box office for the 1988 show) and the (non-singing) role of Marvin (based on the fellow who built the sets for the 1988 show).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em> is not a documentary… and neither is Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera<\/strong><\/em> Movie<\/em><\/strong>, which is a performance film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People who have seen the movie or listened to the LP have asked if Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera (Movie) is a true story. It is true-ish. During the summer of 1988, the  Roadkill!!! Live! Comedy Review ran for 8 weeks at the Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel in Jackson, Wyoming. That … Continue reading Roadkill on a Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company (1988-1992)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroadkillopera.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}