Free
Playwrights’ Center, 710 Raymond Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55114
In-person April 5 & 6 at 7:00 p.m. CDT
Food is scarce, and Alfie has grown up in a clan of justice warriors, hunting and eating the rich. His worldview is thrown into question when he meets Clara, a member of a clan with different dietary habits. As Alfie questions everything he thought was true, he sparks a reckoning in his mother Sheena – leader of the Cannibals. Can the matriarchs of each clan find a path forward that ensures their survival, with their full humanity intact? Eat the Rich is a revenge fantasy, an interrogation of wealth and human value, and a comedy about how we change our minds.
This play came from a place of rage. Childcare is unaffordable. Housing is unaffordable. Groceries are eating up more of my paycheck than ever before. And then I read about a group of wealthy vacationers on a cruise chipping off part of an iceberg near Greenland to put in their cocktails—at a time when melting icebergs are causing climate disasters—and I lost it. Once you start noticing all the ways the super-rich are ruining this planet for the rest of us…you can’t stop. But this is also a play about the human potential for change and transformation. Most of us would do anything to stay alive, or to keep our children alive. But then, once we’ve made it, we have to come to terms with all the things we did to survive.
This is an free, in-person, ticketed event at Playwrights’ Center on April 5 & 6. Donations are accepted and appreciated.
Please use the sign up link below to reserve your spot in advance.
If you have any questions about making your reservation, please email us at rsvp@pwcenter.org.
All seating is general admission. We recommend arriving 10-15 minutes prior to the reading to check in and find your seat. Please note, free parking is limited around the Center.
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If you are making a reservation for more than eight people, please email rsvp@pwcenter.org to arrange. If you make a reservation for more than eight, a member of our team may be in touch closer to the reading date to confirm final numbers for your group.
Gemma Irish is a playwright, educator, and occasional performer based in Minneapolis. Her plays tend to be funny and smart, with shades of magical realism. She is a proud founding member of the Twin Cities Playwright Cabal, a group of ambitious women playwrights. Gemma holds an MFA in Playwriting from Goddard College, and a BA in playwriting from Eugene Lang College, The New School. She was a 2025-2026 McKnight Fellow in Playwriting at Playwrights' Center.
