Big Fat Liars,'' to open this summer at American Folklore Theatre. By Warren Gerds Press-Gazette One of the state's leading theatrical talents is dead at the age of 38. Fred Alley, co-founder of American Folklore Theatre, died Tuesday night while jogging on a Door County road near his Triangle Road home. Two construction workers found his body in a ditch Wednesday morning. An autopsy performed Thursday determined he died of a massive heart attack.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
He's going to be greatly missed by this community,'' said Lt. William Larson of the Door County Sheriff's Department. Alley was a singer, actor and playwright. His colleagues are thunderstruck. Heide, co-founder of American Folklore Theater.