Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill’s musical masterpiece which focuses on the question the link between money and morality.
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Etta Jenks
A chronicle of a young actress’ pursuit of dreams of movie stardom, as she is derailed into the pornography industry.
The Pillowman
The Exonerated
Based on real-life stories of people who were wrongly accused and spent time in prison only to be exonerated.
Mother Courage
Brecht’s masterpiece anti-war play about a woman who makes her living from the ongoing war.
The God Of Hell
Set in a Wisconsin farmhouse, Frank and Emma’s bucolic lifestyle as dairy farmers is disrupted when they offer cover to Haynes, a long-time friend of Frank’s who is on the lam from a mysterious government project involving plutonium. When an unctuous government bureaucrat appears at their farmhouse, questioning their patriotism and knowing far more about […]
Top Girls
A highly theatrical, challenging and complex look at the price of power in women’s lives throughout history.
Venus
VENUS is based on the true life of Saartje Baartman, a woman lured from her South African home with the promise of “making a mint” as a dancer. She was then sold into a London freak show and exhibited to a voracious public, fascinated by her anatomy, especially her large posterior.
Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden
This evocative weaving of music, movement and theatre, based on the Finnish epic known as the Kalevala, explored questions of self definition, and the relationship between societal demands and individual truths. Co-presented by the?Guthrie, Walker Art Center and Frank.
The Women of Troy
A company generated adaptation of Euripides’ THE TROJAN WOMEN and HECUBA, featuring an original blues-based score composed by Marya Hart. Set on the eve of the fall of the city of Troy, THE WOMEN OF TROY retells the stories provided in Euripides’ THE TROJAN WOMEN and HECUBA. THE WOMEN OF TROY explores the impact of […]