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Defibrillator

By Justice Theatre Consortium

Created by Jennie Ward and the Justice Theatre Consortium

On Jan 17, 2021, Jenny's heart tried to kill her. DefibRillator is a new comedy about the mystery of life: the true(ish) story of one community's dance with death and a stockpile of lasagna.
Adult language,Loud noises
The creators say this show is appropriate for ages 12-15 and up
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Fri 08/02 5:30 PM

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Tue 08/06 8:30 PM

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Cast and Crew
Jennie Ward
Director/Playwright/Producer/Sound Design
A co-founder of Justice Theatre Consortium, Jennie has directed and taught in Chicago, New York City, and Boston. Locally, she has directed and assistant-directed with Six Points Theater (formerly Minnesota Jewish Theater Company), Playwrights’ Center, Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater, and St. Croix Festival Theater. She has taught at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA Acting Conservatory, Hamline University, and St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. She is the Managing Director for Ananya Dance Theatre. Jennie earned her MFA in Directing from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training (Harvard University). She lives in Highland Park with her husband and two sons. On January 17, 2021 she experienced a sudden Cardiac arrest of no known cause. She is delighted to be not dead.
Melissa Simmons
Stage Manager/Producer
Melissa's selected Directing Credits include: Aliens with Extraordinary Skills, Gertrude Stein Christmas, 24 Hour Xtreme Theatre Smackdown (Theatre Unbound). Melissa began teaching Speech and Theatre at Providence Academy in 2002 with a BA in Theatre from North Central University and has since earned a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from St. Thomas University. She has directed over 100 productions at the educational theatre level. Before teaching, she worked with Children's Theatre Company, Illusion Theatre, and Emmrich Theatre Production Co.
Julie K. Phillips
Producer/Voiceover
A director, actor, and co-founder of the Justice Theatre Consortium, Julie is thrilled to be getting our first project onto its feet. Twin Cities Directing Credits: The Little Mermaid (Eden Prairie Players), Mary Poppins Jr. (Northern Starz Penguin Players), 46 Plays for America’s First Ladies (AD, Theatre Pro Rata), The Penelopiad, A Gertrude Stein Christmas, Motherhood Outloud, Measure for Measure (AD) (Theatre Unbound). Local Acting Credits: Circle Mirror Transformation (Theatre in the Round), Redemption (Nimbus Theatre), The Good Fight (Theatre Unbound). Julie earned her MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 and is a proud associate member of SDC.
Sarah Broude
Actor
Sarah is a local actor, director, and educator. She teaches individual acting classes, group classes, and is a regular educator at Stages Children’s Theatre. She also teaches Prospectives of Peace at Sunset Hill Elementary. Sarah is a company member of The Birth Play Project, and you can see her in their version of Measure for Measure at revolving venues in October. Sarah is currently hosting and producing Pants On Fire, a Fringe/improv game show, with a different cast each night, at HUGE Theatre.
Kayla Hambek
Actor
Kayla is a nationally-produced playwright and co-founder of Aethem Theatre. Favorite roles include Margaret Leavitt (Silent Sky, Lyric Arts), Mrs. Reynolds (The Wickhams, Lyric Arts), Actress #1 (Baskerville, Lakeshore Players) and Rosie Mulligan (Mamma Mia, Fridley Community Theatre). Kayla has an MFA in Creative Writing from Augsburg University, and makes cool stuff for a medical device company in St. Louis Park.
Danielle Krivinchuk
Actor
Danielle has a Master's in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. While there she created and performed a one-Woman Show, Shades of Living. Representative Credits include: Radiant Vermin (Lyric Arts), The Penelopiad (Theatre Unbound), The Drowning Girls (Freshwater Theater), Silent Sky (Lyric Arts), Synchronicity and The Funny (Raw Sugar), The Oresteia (Hero Now), Arcadia and Betty's Summer Vacation (Chameleon Theatre Circle), Eastern Standard (Workhouse Theatre Company), Our Country's Good (Starting Gate Theater Company), Seven and Choices (Chain Reaction Theatre Company), and multiple Fringe shows. She is also a Crisis Intervention Actor and trainer.
Stacey Poirier
Actor
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Stacey Poirier received her BFA in Theater from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She was a founding member and Artistic Director of Theatre Unbound for 17 years. That was in the "BEFORE" times. Currently she serves as the Operations Manager at a local board game company.
Tess Borgerding
Puppetry
Tess is a puppet improviser and fiber artist based in the Twin Cities. You can check out her knit, felt, and dye crafts at the Powderhorn Art Fair this August, all summer at the Northeast Farmers market, or online through her Etsy shop, TeeKaeHandmade: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TeeKaeHandmade.
Anita Kelling
Sound Artist and Designer
Anita is a Twin Cities Sound Artist whose work has been heard throughout the cities.
More Information

"MUST SEE" from the Pioneer Press! Aug 3, 2024

https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/03/fringe-review-defibrillator/?share=intoitcwftitwwl20rho

"Creative, imaginative, educational." - Twin Cities Arts Reader

https://twincitiesarts.com/2024/08/04/fringe-file-4-reviews-pt-1/

DefibRillator (dee-FIB-ril-lay-ter) is based on the true story of Jennie Ward's sudden cardiac arrest, swift response by her family, hospitalization, surgery, and recovery in January - May of 2021. This play journeys backwards in time (from regained health to the moment of crisis), through the eyes of four lasagna-bearing moms that come together to support "Jenny". Making, delivering, and eating lasagna becomes a healing ritual and helps them confront their own fears about what might lie on the other side of the door when the doorbell rings.

Watch a video promo here

 

 

 

 

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