Emily Bronte, Bloody Mary and Dido Queen of Carthage, Women's History Month Special on Fresh Fruit March 17

Emily Bronte, Bloody Mary and Dido Queen of Carthage are the historic women for tonight's show celebrating Women's History Month with Fresh Fruit hosts Dixie Treichel & John Townsend on March 17 at 7pm

Guests:

Heidi Arneson, playwright, actress
Dale Johnson, Artistic Director MN Opera
Carin Bratlie, Artistic Director Theatre Pro Rata
Monica Brewster, Historic Consultant

Heidi Arneson, playwright

bloodymerryjammyparty

written by Heidi Arneson
music collaboratively created by Ian Boswell, Alberta Mirais and Heidi Arneson

Teenage Zombies, Budding Lesbians, Pillow Fights, Peeping Toms, the Total Woman and Tween Angst converge at a 1972 suburban jammy party. Party games turn deadly, the dead play Truth or Dare, Bloody Mary is conjured, and centuries of female shame transform into wild pride in this world premiere musical.

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St. Paul , April 8-16, 2011

Dale Johnson, Artistic Director

MN Opera
April 16, 17, 19, 21 and 23, 2011

Wuthering Heights by Bernard Herrmann

Wuthering Heights is based on Emily Brontë's gothic romance. Unable to bridge the chasm of social class, Heathcliff and Catherine are consumed by a love that can never be, and its legacy haunts the windswept Yorkshire moors.

Carin Bratlie, Director
Monica Brewster, Historic Consultant

Dido, Queen of Carthage
Written by Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Carin Bratlie

Theatre Pro Rata
at the Gremlin Theatre
Performing March 5th - 20th, 2011