Queen

by Erik Ehn
Saturday, June 4, 2016 - 3:30pm
Venue: 
Playwrights' Center
Cost: 
Free; no RSVP necessary

Join us for a reading of 2015-16 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient Erik Ehn's commissioned piece Queen. Saturday, June 4 from 3:30 to around 5 p.m. at the Playwrights' Center. No RSVP necessary.

Director: Alison Heimstead
Dramaturg: Shannon Scrofano
Writing consultant: Junauda Petrus
Composers: Matt Larson and Micah Fitch
Performers: Laurie Carlos, Junauda Petrus, Steve Ackerman, Julie Boada, and Masanari Kawahara
Chorus: Be Alford, Patty Gille, Margo McCreary, Esther Ouray, and Laurie Witzkowski

A grandmother suffers the loss of a grandchild, navigates grief, and retrieves memory — sharing it in a new world run by, loved by, kept whole by a solidarity of grandmothers.

Read a mini-interview with Erik »

Erik Ehn