{"id":3195,"date":"2025-07-24T20:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T01:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochesterrep.org\/wp\/?page_id=3195"},"modified":"2025-12-30T00:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:30:52","slug":"emerging-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochesterrep.org\/wp\/emerging-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bold Stories. Fresh Perspectives.<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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At The Rep, we believe that theatre thrives when it reflects the full range of voices in our community.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we\u2019re proud to launch Emerging Voices<\/strong>, a new initiative designed to elevate local talent, amplify underrepresented perspectives, and experiment with bold, artist-driven storytelling.<\/p>\n

Emerging Voices<\/strong> is the 1st step to our new Second Stage Series, a curated lineup of intimate, small-scale productions presented between our mainstage season shows. These performances take place on our beloved mainstage but with a different energy: raw, immediate, and intentionally boundary-pushing. This series is an open door for emerging playwrights, directors, and performers to test ideas, take risks, and share work that might not otherwise fit into a traditional theatre season.<\/p>\n

Over the past 40+ years, Rochester Rep has built a legacy of intimate, thought-provoking theatre. With Emerging Voices<\/strong>, we take that commitment even further: inviting our community to not just witness the future of theatre in Southeastern Minnesota, but to help shape it.<\/p>\n

Join us for a season of discovery, risk, and imagination,<\/strong>
\nBecause great stories don’t always wait their turn!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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2026 Emerging Voices Series:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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A Woman’s War<\/em>\u00a0(Staged Reading)<\/strong>
\nBy Patricia Barrier
\nInspired by A Woman\u2019s War, Too: Women at Work During World War II<\/em> by Virginia M. Wright-Peterson
\nFeb 6th and 7th, 2026\u00a0 – 7pm
\nAll Tickets $15<\/p>\n

In a bold act of defiance against being overlooked by history, a group of women with deep Minnesota roots and various connections to World War II join forces to write, direct, and perform their own story. What unfolds is a powerful mix of laughter, heartbreak, guilt, and raw honesty as these women push each other to confront the past and speak their truth in this moving rallying cry for women everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Painted Desert<\/em>\u00a0(Staged Reading)<\/strong>
\nBy Christopher G. Smith
\nMay 29th and 30th, 2026 at 7pm
\nAll Tickets $15<\/p>\n

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In the blistering heat of the Painted Desert, three strangers collide. Robby, a runaway heading west, hitches a ride with Devlin, a man with a violent past. When their car breaks down, they take shelter in a remote shack, only to be found by a suspicious Sheriff searching for its missing resident: a reclusive preacher. As tensions rise and the preacher emerges from the shadows, Robby faces a choice between Devlin\u2019s brutal path and the preacher\u2019s quiet resolve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stix and Stones: A Drag Odyssey<\/em> (Fully-Realized Production)<\/strong>
\nBy Philip Wayne-Davis; Directed by Julee Mead
\nAugust 7th and 8th, 2026 at 7pm; August 9th, 2026 at 2pm
\nAll Tickets $20<\/p>\n

From shattered silence to screaming spotlight, Stix and Stones<\/em> is the fierce, unapologetic origin story of Bundula Stix, a rock-punk goddess born of glitter, grit, and pure defiance. Blending drag and theatre, this solo spectacle tears through blistering anthems and soul-baring truths. Follow Bundula\u2019s transformation from ember to flame, and meet the soul behind<\/em> the eyeliner in a show that leaves nothing behind but rhinestones, rage, and revelation.<\/p>\n

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Bold Stories. Fresh Perspectives. At The Rep, we believe that theatre thrives when it reflects the full range of voices in our community.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we\u2019re proud to launch Emerging Voices, a new initiative designed to elevate local talent, amplify underrepresented perspectives, and experiment with bold, artist-driven storytelling. Emerging Voices is the 1st step to…<\/p>\n

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