David Fritts
MO Rep Credits: Bob Cratchit (A Christmas Carol)
Medvendenko (The Seagull)
Brian Doyle (Laughter On the 23rd Floor)
A Doctor (The Miracle Worker)
Antipholous of Syracuse (The Comedy of Errors)
Casca (Julius Caesar)
Biff (Death of a Salesman)
Charlie (The Foreigner)
Father Riccardo (The Deputy)
Other Credits: The Unicorn: Zack (Slight Defect)
Marc (Art)
Gene (Side Man)
Pato (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
Micky (Mojo)
David (Zone 3)
Frank Sweeney (Molly Sweeney)
Roy Cohn (Angles in America)
David (Unidentified Human Remains)
Third Man (Baltimore Waltz)
Kevin (The Swan)
Homer (Ten Below)
all the men (On The Verge)
HASF: Banquo (Macbeth)
Don John (Much Ado About Nothing)
Buckingham (Richard III)
Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Hortensio (The Taming of the Shrew)
Westport Coffehouse: Zack (Desert Holiday)
New Theatre: (Rumors)
Pictures
Gene in the Unicorn's Side Man.
David as Bob Cratchit (right) in A Christmas Carol with Scrooge (left) and Tiny Tim (Spencer Wilson).
Cratchit again with Scrooge and Tiny Tim (Samuel Cordes).
David as Brian in Laughter on the 23rd Floor. You only see his eyes and arms, he is the one holding Ted Swetz (Max Prince) back.
David with Kathleen Warfel in Slight Defect at the Unicorn.
David and the rest of the cast of Slight Defect.
A fun picture David and Matthew Rapport in Slight Defect.
Postcard advertising photo for Slight Defect with David and the whole cast.
My Thoughts
Looking at the list of his credits, I realize I have seen David in a good number of productions...more than I thought I had seen him in. Whether that is a good thing or not, I don't know. I do know he was a phenomenal Banquo in Macbeth at the HASF. He had that amazing stare that struck guilt and fear into Macbeth-- and me, and I hadn't even done anything to him. He seems to be very well suited to his roles. I suppose he has not stuck out in my memory because he is not as flashy as some other actors...don't take that the wrong way. He has the amazing ability to work as part of a community, working to bring about the beauty of the whole, not just his character. It's a very important talent. I recently saw him as Zack in Slight Defect and was amazed by his ability to be a nervous, easily upsetable man. He would shake, turn red, get flustered, and just get that blank "what-in-the-world-do-I-do-now" look on his face as if it were his very own nature. You can't tell me that's an easy thing to do--especially night after night--or that that is his natural personality--because I know it is not. What I also find enjoyable about David are his program bios. As I read each one, a story of his life, both professional and personal, unfolds page by page. Not many actors have mastered the art of writing entertaining bios, but he definitely has. I almost would rather see him in non-Rep shows purely for the joy of reading his writing (Rep actors do not write their own bios anymore). Best wishes to him, Karen (his talented wife), Max (the amazing cat), and the newest addition to his family, Jack (CONGRATULATIONS!!!).
