What excites you about VELVET SWING?

The Velvet Swing Workshop Presentation is just around the corner (Monday and Tuesday!), and we asked the ensemble what most excites them about the work:

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This story intrigues me because there has been so much said about this woman, but it still feels like she needed the chance to own​ her story.

​- Mickaylee Shaughnessy

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So many historical women have had their stories sugar-coated. It's an honor to excavate the story of Evelyn Nesbit, and illuminate the nuances of her life and her journey. Her story deserves to be told truthfully, not just prettily. Her truth is familiar and foreign to me, and connecting to a woman form the past brings me comfort and deeper understanding.

- Leslie Vincent

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I'm excited by this ensemble and team in Velvet Swing. So many ideas and so much talent in the room. It's challenging; it's fun; it's sweaty; it's goofy; it's emotional. It's woman-driven, woman-focused. It's an experiment.

​- Jessie Scarborough-Ghent

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Because this is a devised piece, the script has become a part of all of us and our experience... which makes this production very special to me.

​- Antonia Perez

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What excites me is that we get to be part of the process of reclaiming the story; a story that is - in some form or another - a part of every woman's story.

​- Nayely Becerra

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VELVET SWING
WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

August 28 & 29, 2017
7:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
at Bryant-Lake Bowl & Theater
810 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Tickets are sliding scale $5 - $20 in advance and at the door.
​Food and bev available for purchase! Full menu in the theater!

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW > > >

Conceived by Alana Horton
Written and Directed by Alana Horton and Megan Clark
Created with Savage Umbrella and the ensemble: Nayely Becerra, Antonia Perez, Jessie Scarborough-Ghent, Mickaylee Shaughnessy, and Leslie Vincent

​See you under the umbrella!