Get to Know Your Violet Actors: An Interview With Bill Baer
Bill Baer’s (Ensemble) voice is a welcome and well-known sound around our town: he was a station host for Fox22, KQFX from 2013-2015 and an on-air radio host for the Zimmer Radio Group from 1995-1998. Bill has appeared on stages all over town for the last nine years. Most recently, you may have seen him here onstage at Talking Horse in Truffles and Nougat in 2016, or in the Broadway Fools cabaret on April first. He has also appeared in plays with Columbia Entertainment Compan
Get To Know Your Violet Actors: An Interview with Jen Davis
Jen Davis (Violet) is relatively new to the Columbia theatre scene. She only moved here a couple of years ago, after all. You may have seen her onstage with Talking Horse as Catherine in the dark comedy Rapture, Blister, Burn, or as Dale in CEC’s production of Five Lesbians Eating Quiche. Jen is also a theatre patron who religiously attends as many productions as possible, and remarks that “Talking Horse Theater is an amazing place to engage with cutting edge, extraordinary w
Get to Know Your Violet Actors: An Interview With Michele Curry
Michele Curry (Ensemble) is a native Columbian, who started appearing on local stages as a Hickman High student in 2004. She moved into the “community theatre circuit” in 2007, and since then, has appeared in community, professional, and educational stages all over Columbia, including with the University of Missouri, Columbia Entertainment Company—for which she is currently also the Secretary of the Board and Development Director—Maplewood Barn Theatre, and Fifth Wall Product
Interview with Actor Adam Brietzke
If Adam Brietzke, who plays Monty in Violet, looks familiar on the Talking Horse stage, it’s because even though he’s only been acting in Columbia for about a year, he’s appeared in no fewer than four shows here. You may also have seen him as Macbeth at the Maplewood Barn, or as a fight choreographer throughout Columbia for shows like Corpse! and Heathers at Columbia Entertainment Company. Adam calls himself a “classic Columbian,” who can be found participating in local festi
A Ride on Violet’s Bus
Violet’s journey takes her far from home, further than she’s ever been before, in search of healing and love. From her small hometown of Spruce Pine to big cities like Nashville and Memphis, Violet goes on an extraordinary ride through the American South. Spruce Pine was founded 50 miles NE of Asheville, NC in 1907, and became the largest town in the Toe River Valley: a center of commerce and home of mining interests like The Feldspar Company and Spruce Pine Mica. The town h
