By the Bog of Cats

Written by Marina Carr // Directed by Amber Bjork // March 17-April 2, 2023

Writ­ten by Mari­na Carr and loose­ly based on Euripi­des’ tragedy Medea, this is the prophet­ic tale of Hes­ter Swane, who attempts to come to terms with a life­time of aban­don­ment in a world where all her loved ones have dis­card­ed her. 

 

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.

Please note: water-based the­atri­cal fog is used in this production.

Tickets:

$16-$61, Slid­ing Scale
Tick­ets must be pur­chased online in advance

Covid pol­i­cy Details here.

Performances Dates:

Thurs­day, March 16, at 7:30pm. Preview
Fri­day, March 17, at 7:30 pm. Open­ing Night
Sat­ur­day, March 18, at 7:30pm. ASL
Sun­day, March 19, at 7:30pm. Audio Descrip­tion, Masks Required*
Fri­day, March 24, at 7:30pm.
Sat­ur­day, March 25, at 7:30pm.
Sun­day, March 26, at 7:30pm. Masks Required*
Mon­day, March 27, at 7:30 pm. Pay What You Can Performance
Fri­day, March 31, at 7:30pm.
Sat­ur­day, April 1, at 7:30pm.
**CANCELED ** Sun­day, April 2, at 3:00pm. Clos­ing Mati­nee, Masks Required*

*Masks option­al for audi­ence at all oth­er performances

PLEASE NOTE:
This production uses water-based theatrical haze throughout the performance
This activ­i­ty is made pos­si­ble by the vot­ers of Min­neso­ta through a grant from the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Region­al Arts Coun­cil, thanks to a leg­isla­tive appro­pri­a­tion from the arts and cul­tur­al her­itage fund.

Pic­tured — Emi­ly Grodzik
Pho­to Cred­it — Scott Pakudaitis
Graph­ic Design — Max Lindorfer

{ CAST }

HESTER
Emily Grodzik
CARTHAGE
Raúl Arámbula
JOSIE
Kayla Dvorak Feld
MRS. K
Jean Wolff
CAROLINE
Nissa Nordland Morgan +
XAVIER
Sean Dillon
JOSEPH
Hawken Paul
MONICA
Lynda Dahl +
CATWOMAN
Meri Golden
FATHER WILLOW
Andrew Troth +
GHOST FANCIER / WAITER
Jonathan Feld

 

{ CREW }

DIRECTOR
Amber Bjork
STAGE MANAGER
Clara Costello +
SET DESIGNER
MJ Leffler +
COSTUME DESIGNER
Mandi Johnson
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Emmet Kowler
SOUND DESIGNER
Jacob M. Davis +
PROPS DESIGNER
Madeline Achen
DIALECT COACH
Keely Wolter
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER
Carin Bratlie Wethern +
ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER
Antonia Perez
DIRECTING OBSERVER
Hannah Leatherbarrow

+ The­atre Pro Rata Com­pa­ny Member