THEATER | Frankie and Johnny Build A Pr*son — A WORLD PREMIERE play

Schedule

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Planet Ant Black Box | Hamtramck, MI

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Planet Ant's 2024-25 season continues with an original world premiere play in the historic original Black Box space
About this Event

Would you try to run or would you hold the one you love and know that’s the best option?
When novice carpenter Frankie and incarcerated Johnny meet while building a visitation window in a county Pr*son, a security camera looms in the corner of the room, watching their every move. A work assignment gives way to romantic interest, and the two must confront their captors, their pasts, and time to be together. As the story unfolds and roles are reversed, Frankie and Johnny learn what must be sacrificed to create something new.
An innovative drama, Frankie and Johnny Build a Pr*son examines the cyclical Pr*son industrial complex and pushes the boundaries of the two-person play.
You won’t want to miss this World Premiere Play at the Planet Ant Black Box Theatre.

Written by Matt Harmon

Dates: February 14th - March 1st, 2025

Time: Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm

Price: Tickets $25 online, $30 at the door

Venue: Planet Ant Black Box, 2357 Caniff Street, Hamtramck MI

CAST:

Mikey Vultaggio as Frankie

X. Alexander Durden as Johnny

CREW:

Dani Poppe - Director

Jackson Meade- Sound Designer/Director

Alec Ehnis-Clark - Set Designer

Betsy Cooper - Poster Design


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Presented by Planet Ant Theatre | a 501(c)(3) non-profit

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Where is it happening?

The Planet Ant Black Box, 2357 Caniff Street, Hamtramck, United States

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Tickets

USD 28.52 to USD 39.19

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