Mickee Faust Club
The Mickee Faust Club (For the Really Dramatic Arts) Tallahassee Theater is a community theater located in Railroad Square. The club was originally formed in 1987 as a response to Orlando's DisneyWorld mascot, Mickey Mouse. Mickee Faust is the "foul-mouth, illegitimate sewer rat brother" of Mickey and the mascot of the theater, inspiring its subversive brand.[1]
The Mickee Faust Club is a vaudevillian sketch comedy troupe who feature an impressive mix of performances, ranging from low-brow humor and cinematic parodies to political and musical satire. In their first years of existence, precisely between 1987 and 1999, their performances consisted primarily of political cabarets and benefit performances. [2]
The Mickee Faust Club was formed in 1987 by co-founders, Terry Galloway and Donna Marie Nudd. The theatre group is known to support and be inclusive of the gay community as well as the disabled community, according to their mission statement. In an interview, Galloway, who takes on the persona of Mickee Faust, supported the mission statement saying “I'm deaf and I'm queer. Because of my deafness more than my queerness, certain avenues in theater were closed to me ... I decided '(Bleep) you,' and I was going to do what I wanted to do.”[3]
Alongside Mickee Faust himself are the three dozen or so Club members who have named themselves the Mickee Faustkateers. This diverse group of thespians come from all different jobs and backgrounds around Tallahassee; according to their website, “firewomen and hairdressers, teens and parents, video producers and radio news reporters, biologists and nurses, university professors and students, ex-prostitutes and prosecuting attorneys, Mennonites and men in tights.”[4]
The Mickee Faust Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, and donations are tax exempt. In addition to charitable donations, the Mickee Faust Club is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.[5]
Past and Present Productions and Events
The theatre troupe has also hosted a variety of artists for various performances such as E. Patrick Johnson, Laurence Clark, Gaylen Ross, Tim Miller, S. Renee Mitchell, and Elizabeth Whitney.[6]
Each summer, the company of Mickee Faust present their annual show, Queer as Faust. The show is known to be based around current politically controversial headlines, as most Mickee Faust productions are. The Tallahassee Democrat talked it up to be a “provocative, uncomfortable and unforgettable experience.”[7]
Shakespeare and ShakesParody
·ShakesParody in the Square Performed in Railroad Square May 20, 2001. May 19, 2002.
·ShakesParody Festival Performed in Railroad Square May 1-2, 2004.
·A Moveable Midsummer Night’s Dream (2006) Performed in Railroad Square April 22-23, 29-30, 2006 and June 23-24, 2006. Reprise Performance.
ShakesParody Cabarets
·ShakesParody After Dark Performed in Railroad Square June 14-15, 2002.
·Sex, Beer, and Shakespeare Performed in Railroad Square April 16-17 and 22-24, 2010.
·Best of ShakesParody Performed in Railroad Square October 19-20 and 25-27, 2012.[8]
Plays
·The Mystery of the Violated Vagina (2019) Performed in Railroad Square November 14-16 and 21-23, 2019.[9]
Critical Reception
The Mickee Faust Club has been well received from its community and those visiting outside of it. Gaylen Ross, a writer, actress, director and producer, wrote a review of the production All Mixed Up, referring to it as “a collection of often raunchy, over the top, in your face skits as the best of cabaret should be.”[10]
Dr. Elizabeth Bell, an associate professor at the University of South Florida attended a production of A (Movable) Midsummer Night's Dream in 2006 and had nothing but positive words surrounding the performance as well as the atmosphere of the theater. Bell ends her review stating “I would venture that Mickee Faust is not only one “model” for community arts, but an exemplar. Companies around the nation ought to be learning from and emulating their practices of involvement, activism, inclusivity, and artistry.”[11]
References
- ↑ "Mickee Faust Club Theatre About Page". The Mickee Faust Club. Retrieved 12/12/19. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ Shriver and Nudd, Kristina and Donna Marie (July 2002). "Mickee Faust Club's Performative Protest Events". Text and Performance Quarterly. 22 (3): 196–216. doi:10.1080/10462930216612.
- ↑ "Terry Galloway is playing it by ear". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ↑ "Mickee Faust Club Homepage". The Mickee Faust Club. Retrieved 12/12/19. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Mickee Faust Club | Tallahassee Theater". mickeefaust.com.
- ↑ "The Mickee Faust Club - Visiting Artists". mickeefaust.com.
- ↑ "Emotion, hilarity, discomfort reign in 'Queer as Faust XI' | Theater Review". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ↑ "The Mickee Faust Club - Shakespeare & ShakesParody". www.mickeefaust.com.
- ↑ "The Mickee Faust Club - The Mystery of the Violated Vagina". www.mickeefaust.com.
- ↑ http://mickeefaust.com/Resources/Documents/Ross%20Review%20of%20All%20Mixed%20Up.pdf
- ↑ "The Mickee Faust Club - Outside Reviews". mickeefaust.com.
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