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2025 ZEITGEIST Theater Season

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WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

By Heidi Schreck

Directed by Kendra Carlson

January 16, 17, 18, 19 & 22, 23, 24, 25 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 19th at 2pm)

ASL INTERPRETER PERFORMANCE ON WED. THE 22ND

Direct from Broadway, playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans.

Fifteen year old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Schreck’s timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway before transferring to Broadway where it received two Tony Award nominations among countless other accolades. The New York Times hailed What the Constitution Means to Me as “not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important.”

EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF 'WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME'

JANUARY 19TH – TEEN COUNCIL COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AFTER WTCMTM!

Join us and the Planned Parenthood Teen Council on Sunday, Jan 19th for an after the show discussion led by the youth of our community! We’ll be engaging in the topics and themes from What The Constitution Means To Me, directly following the matinee!

Teen Council is a comprehensive year-long youth development program in the Twin Cities, Rochester, and Duluth for youth in 10th to 12th grade. The program’s three main areas of focus are education, advocacy, and service. Council members contribute to their communities by giving formal classroom presentations to other teens, participating in community service projects, and advocating for reproductive rights.

JAN 23RD – POST SHOW

Ever want to talk to a lawyer and activist about your rights? Now is your chance!

Join us next Thursday, the 23rd directly following the show with activist, lawyer, and Gender Justice advocate, Sara Jane Baldwin for a community discussion revolving around…”Where do our rights come from and WHERE DO THEY GO!?”

Sara Jane Baldwin (she/her) is a Senior Staff Attorney at Gender Justice, a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization in St. Paul. Her legal career has run the gamut from Legal Aid and Public Defense to Municipal and Entertainment Law. Prior to becoming an attorney, Sara Jane worked in the Broadway entertainment industry as a general manager where she managed national tours. Sara Jane is passionate about running, theater, music, and dismantling white supremacy and the patriarchy. She lives in Duluth with her son Max and is a proud graduate of Macalester College (BA, Music) and Georgetown Law.

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The last of our series in community engagement and discussions surrounding What The Constitution Means To Me will be in partnership with Braver Angels Minnesota. We’ll be hosting a workshop led by them in the atrium at Zeitgeist called, “Skills for Disagreeing Better” on Feb 1st. At 2pm.

About Braver Angels:
Fed up with today’s politics? There is a better way.
We are doing something about it. Will you join us?

Braver Angels is leading the nation’s largest cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide for the good of our democratic republic. Coming out of the election, we’re bringing together “We the People” to find a hopeful alternative to toxic politics. The American Hope campaign is equipping Americans across the political spectrum to work together and demand the same of politicians from both parties.

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STRING

By Jessica Lind Peterson

Directed by Mary Fox

February 13, 14, 15, 16 & 19, 20, 21, 22 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 16th at 2pm)

This hilarious romantic comedy chronicles the unlikely courtship between a poet and a pizza delivery boy. Raina is determined to find that great love one only reads about in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnets. Unknowingly, it arrives on her doorstep one day in the form of a scruffy pizza delivery boy who flunked high school English.

Runner-up for the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award.

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AMERICAN SON

By Christopher Demos-Brown

April 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9, 10, 11, 12 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 6th at 2pm)

An estranged biracial couple must confront their feelings about race and bias after their son is detained by the local police following a traffic stop incident. Their disparate histories and backgrounds inform their assumptions as they try to find out what happened to their son.

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RENT

By Jonathan Larson

July 31, August 1, 2, 3 & 6, 7, 8, 9 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 3rd at 2pm)

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, friends in Manhattan’s East Village struggle to build the lives of their dreams. Pennilessness, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, social tension, and political unrest, among other hardships, challenge the group physically and emotionally. Facing the problems head on, they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life.

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LA RONDE

By Arthur Schnitzler

Adapted & Directed by Robert Lee

September 25, 26, 27, 28 & October 1, 2, 3, 4 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 28th at 2pm)

A provocative and fully contemporary re-imagining of Schnitzler’s notorious play Reigen, known as its French translation, La Ronde. Sexy, literate, emotional, and highly theatrical.

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GOD OF CARNAGE

By Yasmina Reza

Translated by Christopher Hampton

Directed by Justin Peck

November 13, 14, 15, 16 & 19, 20, 21, 22 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 16th at 2pm)

A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.

Tony Award winner (2009)

“[A] streamlined anatomy of the human animal…delivers the cathartic release of watching other people’s marriages go boom. A study in the tension between civilized surface and savage instinct, this play is itself a satisfyingly primitive entertainment.”

-The New York Times

“This season features bold, timely, and fearless plays—some familiar, some new, ranging from intimate to grand. Each production is crafted to spark emotion, inspire change, bring joy, and foster hope. Above all, we aim to create a genuine connection between our audiences and the writers, creators, actors, and builders behind these stories. Everyone deserves great storytelling, and you’re invited to be part of it. Here, everyone is welcome.”

Mary Fox
Producing Artistic Director

SPECIALTY LIVE SHOWS

DANCE TV

Dance TV Studio’s live shows take you behind the scenes and into the lives of the cast and crew of the fictional hit television show, DANCE TV (think Solid Gold, Club MTV, Soul Train). When cameras are rolling, the characters perform over the top production numbers, reveal the countdown of the latest hits, and share all the hottest gossip… but when they break for commercial, the backstage comedy, chaos, and relationships all come out.

New script. New music. New dances.
A whole New adventure.