Lights, Camera, Action!
Here at Sillycorn Valley Theatrics, we’re thrilled to share our latest media coverage with you! From glowing reviews to in-depth interviews, our passion for the performing arts shines through in every article. Join us on this exciting journey and see how we’re making our mark in Fairfield and beyond!
Iowa Source
cover story
The Lazy Show: Fred Gratzon's Musical-Comedy Leap into the Unknown.
"Fred Gratzon is an ideas guy. Entrepreneur and founder of two Iowa companies that took off like rockets back in their
day —The Great Midwestern Ice Cream Company and
Telegroup—Fred is also one of the funniest fellas I know."
Click to read the rest of Meredith Siemsen's article. https://www.iowasource.com/2025/04/28/lazy-show/
Talk of Iowa
Is laziness the key to success?
A Fairfield man says yes
"An Iowa transplant has channeled what he calls laziness into forming two successful companies, publishing a memoir and now turning that into a staged musical."
Click to listen to Charity Nebbe's interview of Fred on her Talk of Iowa radio show
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2025-05-08/is-laziness-the-key-to-success-a-fairfield-man-says-yes
Kyle Munson article
An improbable musical on the virtue of laziness has its world premiere in Iowa
"After careers in ice cream and telecommunications, why wouldn't Fred Gratzon also try his hand at ... musical theater?"
Click to read the rest of Kyle Munson's article.
https://kylemunson.substack.com/p/an-improbable-musical-on-the-virtue?utm_source=publication-search
Video of
The Lazy Show
is coming soon!
We invite you to come back and check the availability of the video of the World Premiere performance of The Lazy Show.
