THE DOCTUH'S PRESCRIPTION FOR SUMMER ENJOYMENT

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By popular demand, DMP is bring back Lizzie: The Musical to Austin this summer. The winner of 5 B. Iden Payne Awards including Outstanding Musical and Lead Actor (Stella Frey-Ginsberg),  Lizzie, a rock musical adaption of the grizzly Borden Family murders in 1893 and the subsequent trial of Lizzie Borden. 

Lizzie: The Musical, written by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Steven Hewitt, made its premiere at New York’s Living Theater in 2009. Since then, Lizzie has “swung her axe in over 60 cities in 6 countries,” winning Best Musical honors in numerous cities.

The Lizzie cast features Stella Frye-ginsberg (Lizzie Borden), Leslie Hollingsworth (Emma Borden), Libby Detling (Bridget Sullivan), Maryanna Tollemache (Alice Russell), Madi Sipe (ensemble and understudy), and Jess Workman (ensemble and understudy). The creative team includes DMP’s artistic director Michael E. McKelvey (stage director), Ellie Jarrett Shattles (music director), Glenda Wolfe (costume designer), Sam Chesney (lighting designer), and Angelica Chesney (production stage manager). 

Dates: July 10-20, 2025

Location: Austin Playhouse, 405 W. 22nd Street, Austin, TX.

Company Email: doctuhmistuh@gmail.com

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After years of waiting for someone to bring this Off-Broadway hit musical to the ATX, the gang at DMP finally said "LET'S DO IT!" So, without further ado, we are proud to announce the Austin premiere of                                     THE TOXIC AVENGER MUSICAL. 

 Following Lizzie, Doctuh Mistuh is proud to bring the off-Broadway hit, The Toxic Avenger to the Austin Playhouse stage. The Toxic Avenger is a musical by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan of Bon Jovi and is based on the cult film series of the same title from Troma films. The story follows Melvin Ferb, whom two hoodlums throw into a barrel of toxic waste; he emerges badly disfigured but possessing superhero strength. 

Toxic Avenger will feature Joey Banks as Toxie, Madi Sipe as his blind girlfriend, Leslie Hollingsworth as the evil Mayor and Melvin's mother, and Will Reynolds and Paul Sanchez taking on a multitude of the colorful New Jersey characters.

THE TOXIC AVENGER runs July 24-August 10.

Location: Austin Playhouse, 405 W. 22nd Street, Austin, TX.

Company Email: doctuhmistuh@gmail.com

For our final production of the season, Doctuh Mistuh Productions will present the regional premiere of the docu-musical Pretty Filthy. This will be the first professional production of the musical following its successful off-Broadway run with The Civilians in 2015. Pretty Filthy focuses on the adult film industry in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, where members of The Civilians interviewed porn actors, directors, and agents for two months. With a book by Bess Wohl (Small Mouth Voices) and score by the late Michael Friedman (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson), Pretty Filthybrings the human side of the often maligned and misunderstood world of porn with humor and down-to-earth realism.        

Pretty Filthy will stars DMP favorites Stella Frye-Ginsberg, Libby Dees and Tyler Jones, as well as new members of the company: Chelsea Manasseri, Sarah Reynolds, Sebastian Vitale, Sam Kasselman and Andrew DeLaGarza.

PRETTY FILTHY runs July 31-August 10.

Location: Austin Playhouse, 405 W. 22nd Street, Austin, TX.

Company Email: doctuhmistuh@gmail.com