Pictured L to R: Marcela Michelle, Alayne Hopkins, and Catherine Justice

Photo by Lindsay Marcy

NORMA JEANE BAKER OF TROY

BY ANNE CARSON

DIRECTED BY LEAH COOPER

FEATURING ALAYNE HOPKINS*, CATHERINE JOHNSON JUSTICE*, AND MARCELA MICHELLE*

SOUND DESIGN BY TAJ RULER

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY MARCELA MICHELLE

COSTUME DESIGN BY KATHY KOHL

STAGE MANAGEMENT BY GABRIEL PENAZOLA-HERNANDEZ

Regional Premiere

July 1st - 18th 2021

A thrilling and thoughtful meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoetic force.

MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S TRAIN SHED SPACE

MRAC

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.