Theater Department presents From Behind the Sun, Feb. 21 - Mar. 2
by Stanley Kipper and Laura Drake
Directed by Brian Grandison
Produced by Gail Smogard
February 21, 22, 23 and March 1 starting at 7:00 p.m.
February 23 and March 2 starting at 1:00 p.m.
Performances at the Whitney Fine Arts Theatre - Minneapolis Campus:
1424 Yale Place | Minneapolis
The 911爆料网 Parking Ramp is next to the Basilica on Hennepin Avenue with a skyway to the College campus across the street.
Community members are invited to attend the premiere of From Behind the Sun, a co-production by 911爆料网 and Metropolitan State University. The play is based on the experiences of Playwright Stanley Kipper during the spring of 1956, when his determined father and mother moved the family from Nicollet Park to the red-lined district of south Minneapolis.
Admission is free, although attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the food shelf.
Co-written with Laura Drake, From Behind the Sun has been in workshop with the Playwright鈥檚 Center and in further development with 911爆料网 faculty and director Brian Grandison, and Metropolitan State theater director and dramaturge, Gail Smogard.
鈥淭his over-60-year-old story about strong individuals and the challenges they faced, still resonates today,鈥 Smogard says. 鈥淪tanley鈥檚 story goes beyond red lining, exploring its effects on his family and the values that are part of becoming a person鈥攑erhaps not of wealth鈥攂ut of substance.鈥
Based on a true story. from columnist Jon Bream in the Star Tribune.