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EYE OF THE LAMB, a play by Trista Baldwin with The Baghdad Cafe Band performing live
1920's Baghdad is brought to life as we hear the story of Gertrude Bell's improbable transformation from Victorian aristocrat to "queen" of Iraq. A death-defying, globe trotting adventurer, Gertrude (played by Annie Enneking) tells us how she gained "Personhood" in the Arabian Peninsula and drew the borders of modern day Iraq. EYE OF THE LAMB takes a frank look at British Imperialism in the Middle East and the contradictory woman who played a pivotal role in colonization, while simultaneously fighting against it.
Deconstructing the romanticism of the Orientalist movement of the 20's through multiple languages, music, and the lens of Gertrude Bell, we see a land on the verge of independence without the power to fully fight for it, faced with being ripped apart from within or being taken over from European powers on all sides. And in the middle of it all, the fiercely independent Gertrude, straddling sides, fighting for her own independence as she fights for the future of Iraq.
"Baghad Cafe" band LIVE onstage playing "orientalist swing", parlour songs, and Tin Pan Alley classics from the teens and twenties. Munikantha Kulasinghe on Violin, David Wilhelm on Guitar, Cory carter on bass and Jeremy Hauer on drums.
Eye of the Lamb is the fifth show directed for Workhaus by Jeremy Wilhelm (Feast of Wolves), and the first featuring Wilhelm Bros. & Co. musical integration.
STARRING
Pearce Bunting, Annie Enneking, Taous Khazem and featuring Munikantha Kulasinghe.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Trista Baldwin is a native of the woods of Washington State, and sometime-New Yorker, who makes her home in Minneapolis. Her work has been produced and developed regionally, internationally, and Off-Broadway by companies including The Flea, Women's Project, The Guthrie, New Georges, Bricolage, Live Girls!, HERE Arts Center, Circle X, SFIA, Santiago a Mil, National New Play Network, The Lark and Bay Area Playwrights' Foundation. Trista is a two-time Jerome Fellow and the recipient of a McKnight Advancement Grant, a Saison Artist Residency, a Tofte Residency and a Japan Foundation grant for her ongoing collaboration with Tokyo theater artist Shirotama Hitsujiya. Trista's plays include Angel Fat, American Sexy, Patty Red Pants, Chicks with Dicks: Bad Girls on Bikes Doing Bad Things!, and Mesujika DOE, a play in Japanese and English co-created with Shirotama Hitsujiya. Educated on the geoduck beaches of The Evergreen State College and the desert sands of Arizona State, Trista teaches dramatic writing at St. Cloud State University and is a Core Writer at The Playwrights' Center. Her work is published by Heinemann and Playscripts.
ABOUT WORKHAUS COLLECTIVE:
Unlike other theaters, each playwright member becomes the Artistic Director of the company for their production, taking complete responsibility and creative control of the artistic vision that ultimately finds its way to the stage. Workhaus members include writers Trista Baldwin, Alan Berks, Jeannine Coulombe, Carson Kreitzer, Dominic Orlando, and Stanton Wood, as well as associate members Sarah Myers and Jessica Huang. Emeritus members include Deborah Stein, Cory Hinkle, Victoria Stewart, and Joe Waechter. For more information: www.workhauscollective.org
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LocationPlaywrights' Center (View)
2301 E. Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55406
United States
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| Minimum Age: 7 |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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