3/17/2011 Fresh Fruit

Women's History Month Special
Hosts: Dixie Treichel & John Townsend

Emily Brontë, Bloody Mary and Dido, Queen of Carthage

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.

blank slate theatre
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. The music of the opera, composed by Hollywood legend Bernard Herrmann, underscores the novel's passion, prejudice and mystery.

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