The Capitol Play Project, 2018, Minnesota State Capitol Building (Photo Credit: Lindsay Marcy)
In January 2023, Wonderlust recorded an audio version of the 2018 play Our House: The Capitol Project Play. The play was created from hundreds of true stories told by state workers, advocates, and others who have devoted their lives to making government work for people–often in non-partisan ways and even when politics makes that hard to do.
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Act 1
When a wild card new Governor is elected, the regular order on the state Capitol campus is thrown into chaos. While a chorus of activists, legislators, lobbyists, civil servants, and tour guides attempt to get their way, an idealistic new employee finds herself at the center of an unexpected controversy.
Act 2
Misunderstandings and mistaken identity lead to a crash course in the realities that both constrain and inspire the men and women who have devoted themselves to public service (inside a building brimming with idealism, cynicism, absurdity, significance, and power—plus more than a few old ghosts who have something to say).
Want to access a transcript of the play? Visit our podcast host for Act 1 and Act 2.
Performed by:
Laurel Armstrong
Latanya Boone
Ernest Briggs
Antonio Duke
Kevin Fanshaw
Pedro Juan Fonseca
Bradley Greenwald
Megan Kim
Siddeeqah Shabazz
Adam Whisner
Andrea Wollenberg
Musicians:
Elise Butler Pinkham
Dee Langley
Musical Director:
Jill Dawe
Directed by:
Alan Berks
Stage Manager:
Frances Matejcek
Post-Show Conversation:
Marianne Combs
Lyrics by:
Alan Berks
Becky Dale
Music composed by:
Becky Dale
Original production written and directed by:
Alan Berks
Leah Cooper
Photos from the rehearsal and performance of The Capitol Project Audio Play, January 2023
Special thanks to the original cast and crew of the 2018 production
Performers
Megan Kim Anderson, Ginger Commodore, Ann Daly, Andy Dawkins, Gabrielle Dominique, Rachel English, Cindy Farrell, Pedro Juan Fonseca, Frank Kohlasch, Ariel Leaf, Margie O’Loughlin, Alex Pouliot, Oogie Pushetonequa, Michael Quadrozzi, Ned Rousmaniere. Mark Shepard, Adam Whisner, David Zander
Creative and Production
Alan Berks, Leah Cooper, Becky Dale, Leah Nelson, Kari Olk, Tracy Swenson, Sarah Meister, Elizabeth Grambsch
Design
Heidi Eckwall, Andrea Gross, Zeb Hults, Peter Morrow, Abbee Warmboe