46 Plays for America’s First Ladies

Written by Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Sharon Greene, Chloe Johnston, Bilal Dardai, and Andy Bayiates
directed by Shanan Custer // October 1–16, 2022

Fol­low­ing our pro­duc­tions of 44 Plays for 44 Pres­i­dents, (2012) and the remount­ed and updat­ed 45 Plays for 45 Pres­i­dents (2016), we have a ‘hot off the press’ and unpub­lished 46 Plays for America’s First Ladies. The show is 46 short plays (dra­mas, come­dies, even mini-musi­cals) about each of the First Ladies, from Martha Wash­ing­ton to Jill Biden. It’s simul­ta­ne­ous­ly his­tor­i­cal, poignant, edu­ca­tion­al, sil­ly, and inspiring.

Performing At:

The Crane Theater
2303 Kennedy St. NE #120
Min­neapo­lis, MN 55413

Directions
Take 35W to the Stin­son Blvd exit, go south to the Kennedy Street NE (stop­light) and turn right. The Kennedy Build­ing (where the the­ater is locat­ed) will be on your right, go just past it and turn right onto McKin­ley Place NE. The entrance to the adja­cent park­ing lot will be on your right, on the north side of the build­ing. Enter the the­ater through the yel­low door that faces the park­ing lot. Look for the The­atre Pro Rata sign at the bot­tom of the stairs.

 

Tickets:

$16-$61, Slid­ing Scale
Tick­ets must be pur­chased online in advance
MASKS REQUIRED FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE
In addi­tion, proof of COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion ‑OR- a recent neg­a­tive test are required for entry.
Details here.

Performances Dates:

Sat­ur­day, Oct 1, at 7:30 pm. Open­ing Night.
Sun­day, Oct 2, at 7:30pm. ASL/ Audio Description
Mon­day, Oct 3, at 7:30pm. Pay What You Can
Fri­day, Oct 7, at 7:30pm.
Sat­ur­day, Oct 8, at 7:30pm.
Sun­day, Oct 9, at 7:30pm.
Fri­day, Oct 14, at 7:30pm.
Sat­ur­day, Oct 15, at 7:30pm.
Sun­day, Oct 16, at 3:00pm. Clos­ing Matinee.

This activ­i­ty is made pos­si­ble by the vot­ers of Min­neso­ta through grants from the Min­neso­ta State Arts Board thanks to a leg­isla­tive appro­pri­a­tion from the arts and cul­tur­al her­itage fund.

Pho­to Credit:
Pic­tured: Heather Mey­er, Christy John­son, Sif Oberon, Anje­line Ramirez, Nis­sa Nord­land Morgan

 

{ CAST }

Christy Johnson
Heather Meyer

Nissa Nordland Morgan +
Sif Oberon

Anjeline Ramirez
Emily Rosenberg (Understudy) +


{ CREW }

DIRECTOR
Shanan Custer
STAGE MANAGER
Clara Costello +
VIDEO DESIGNER
Todd Edwards
COSTUME DESIGNER
Mandi Johnson
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Alex Clark
SOUND DESIGNER
Jacob M. Davis +
PROPS DESIGNER
Madeline Achen
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Rihannon Fiskraditz
CHOREOGRAPHER
Erinn Leibhard
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Julie K. Phillips
ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER
Ashley Stock
ASL INTERPRETATION
Rebecca Rick
Logan Yakesh
AUDIO DESCRIPTION
Michelle Storm

+ The­atre Pro Rata Com­pa­ny Member