WORLD PREMIERE
We our honored to present the world premiere of THE FURST HOTEL. This hysterical show is written by Joanne Lopez Rock and Joyce Lopez Mink. Both lovely, talented ladies are BOI’s. Performances for this seriously funny show are January 24 and 25 at 8:00pm, January 26 at 2:30, January 30, January 31, and February 1 (all at 8:00pm). Tickets are available on our website at www.islandetc.org. If you need handicap seating or information on group rates, please contact the box office at 409-762-3556.
“Being the first theatre to produce this show is such an honor,” says the show’s director, Kim Mytelka. “Staging this show with many of your favorite ETC actors makes this very special to me. I do want to be completely transparent so yes, it is true, we have not made it through a rehearsal without every one of us cracking up.”
Frank and Carol Furstein (Pat Daugherty and Robin Lusby) have owned and run The Furst Hotel in Frankenmuth, Michigan for over ten years, but the hotel is now for sale, and they are planning their last Christmas there. A phone call from the snowed in airport asking Carol and Frank to put up a few stranded travelers until the monster snowstorm passes through. Carol excitedly gets the place in true Christmas style with the help of Tilly (Eli Kelso) and Milly (Ashe Kelso) Heuspach. The guests are brought to the hotel by Bill Beck (Matt Poole) the airport shuttle bus driver. The guests include Lorena Fenberg, a social media influencer (Ava Moore) and Lance Sulzbach, Lorena’s videographer and fiancé’ (Justin Gonzalez); Branson Breckendorf, a television sportscaster (Alex Petty); Marian Mendel, a librarian (Terri Burchfield); Sandy Kramwinckel, a social climber (Candy Howard) and her jokester husband, Karl Kramwinckel (Cameron Dunbar) and the very strange Baron von Romananov (Kyle Crawford). This unique blend of personalities must find a way to make something out of this detour. A couple of secrets and mysteries make for a great comedy.
All performances will be in ETC, 2317 Mechanic in Galveston. There are only six performances for this side-splitting comedy, so purchase your tickets right away! ETC recommends THE FURST HOTEL for all ages.