Former Star-Telegram reporter’s personal story ‘I’m Proud of You: My Friendship With Fred Rogers’ is now a play at the Circle Theatre.
A story about violence on television led Tim Madigan to a friendship with one of the kindest people ever to grace a TV screen.The story of their special friendship was put into print with Madigan’s best-selling bookNow, it has been adapted into a play by Madigan and acclaimed local director and TCU professor Harry Parker, who is also helming this production, and will be presented for the first time at Fort Worth’s Circle Theatre Oct. 26-Nov. 11.
Tim Madigan, in the seats at Circle Theatre, wrote a bestseller based on his friendship with Fred Rogers. The book is now a play. Bob BoothMadigan knew Fred Rogers away from the TV spotlight. They instantly clicked when meeting on a routine assignment for Madigan, who was then working at the Star-Telegram.
“I think he made that invitation to thousands of people. Maybe I’m just one who took him up on it,” Madigan said with a smile. Tim Madigan in front of the Circle Theatre in Fort Worth, where a play based on his book about Fred Rogers opens Oct. 26. Bob BoothDuring their time as friends, Madigan experienced a reunion with his estranged brother, Steve, who had contracted lung cancer. Only a year apart in age, Steve and Tim were once close before the separation.
“Steve and his wife and children were on Fred’s daily prayer list,” Madigan said. “If he knew you he was praying for you.”Madigan is no stranger to having his work adapted for other purposes. His acclaimed novel “The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921,” a definitive account of America’s worst episode of racial violence, was primary source materialin the pilot episode of the Emmy-winning series, “Watchmen” on HBO.
Madigan said by the spring of 2022 it began to feel as if they were closing on a solid production for the stage. Then, after some actor friends read it, he realized fully what Parker had been championing. “You add these ingredients together and you realize something is cooking. Stir in some wonderful actors like Randy Pearlman and Richie Haratine , and you now have a recipe for a wonderful evening of theater.”Madigan admits seeing his life and relationships played out in front of him is something unlike anything he’s experienced before.Even more emotional is seeing Steve portrayed, he said.
“Randy is giving passionate responses about me asking him to be proud of me. I told him it’s like I’m hearing this for the first time,” Madigan said.“Harry picked them. He saw that a certain kind of person was required,” Madigan said. “But he’s that kind of person, it’s part of why he’s a great director.”
“If we can soften the hardened heart of one audience member during a performance, wouldn’t that be an incredible result? I think so,” he said.
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