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Flashback Theater Company

Giving the community a connection to outside perspectives

Krissy Brant as Rosie the Riveter in the world debut of " Rosies : The Women Who Riveted the Nation "
BY CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
Flashback Theater Co . was founded in November of 2014 and staged its first full-length production , Arlene Hutton ' s " Last Train to Nibroc ," the following February . Since then , the semi-professional theater company has gone on to produce 18 more shows through the beginning of 2022 , the most recent being the Agatha Christie favorite , " The Mousetrap ."
And those shows have featured a wide variety of material , from musicals like " Little Shop of Horrors " and the operetta " Pirates of Penzance ," to contemporary theatre like " American
Hero ," true classics like " The Importance of Being Earnest " and regionallycreated first-run pieces like " Boats Against the Current " and " Rosies : The Women Who Riveted the Nation " about Pulaski County ' s own Rose Will Monroe , a . k . a . Rosie the Riveter .
In addition , Flashback Theater Co . ( FbTC ) has hosted monthly theatre and improv games with its " Let ' s Play !" series , engaged in community outreach efforts , and participated in Music Theatre International ' s " All Together Now !" global event , featuring favorite musical numbers . For the entire theatre world , the COVID-19 era has been a challenging one . Over
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