TRU

TRU is a play based upon the life of the eccentric Truman Capote. As a "one-man" show, this compelling, poignant drama is indeed a penultimate role for any actor. Robert Morse was the first to create this role on Broadway. To be on-stage for nearly two hours, to exhibit an extraordinary gamut of emotions, to recreate a complicated yet brilliant man whose brilliant words and odd personality have created an American anomaly and an daunting test for any actor. This gauntlet challenged Tom to possibly his greatest role to date. The result? Magnificent. While Tom was performing the one man show TRU at the Wichita Center for the Arts, the play's authoress Jay Presson Allen and her Broadway producer husband Lewis Allen saw a video tape of the production. Based on the performance, Jay Presson Allen (screen writer for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Cabaret, Marnie and Forty Carats) and Lewis Allen (producer of Annie, A Few Good Men and Master Class) selected Tom to recreate the role in the upcoming Off Broadway Production and national tour of TRU. Most recently, Tom's production received rave reviews for a pre-Off Broadway run of TRU in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Tampa Bay Tribune by Joanna Milani. Headline: Actor's Portrayal of Capote is 'Tru' to Life

"As Tru, the role for which Robert Morse won the Tony in the original Broadway production, Wichita, KS., actor Frye is not only a doppelganger of the squat, balding, Capote, but he also inhabits the soul of the perverse angry man."

St. Petersburg Times by John Fleming Headline: 'Tru' replicates original's quality

"Frye is a sweetly wistful Capote, a fey, funny man trapped in the holiday loneliness of his brightly decorated apartment, tap dancing as fast as he can to keep the darkness at bay."

Weeklyplanet by Mark E. Lieb

"Yes, Tom Frye turns in a truly brilliant impersonation of the wealth-obsessed writer." "I'll say it again: Frye is wonderfully convincing as Capote, Micromanaging the part with real panache, consummate skill."

Wichita State University College of Fine Arts by Walter J. Myers, Dean

"I enjoyed very much your spectacular performance and portrayal of Truman Capote in 'Tru' last Saturday evening. You balanced the comedy and drama of the script beautifully. And the presentation was well supported by your team of designers. This was a treat for Wichita patrons of the theatre." "Congratulations!"

The Wichita Eagle by Diane Lewis

"In the final scene, the resemblance between Frye and Capote is almost chilling. At Friday's performance Frye certainly rose to the challange of a one-person show"