Announcing the 2012-13 Season

Theatre Pro Rata is pleased to announce its 12th season of captivating and stimulating theater in the Twin Cities. Over the past decade, Pro Rata has produced a broad spectrum of plays ranging from the absurd to the darkly comic to the classic. The company is proud to continue its tradition of producing texts that actors can sink their teeth into and that audiences will continue to discuss long after the curtain has fallen.

Lovers and Executioners

By John Strand, based on the work of Antoine Jacob de Montfleury
Directed by Carin Bratlie
Sept 29-Oct 14, 2012

‘Til death do us part.

Betrayed by the man she loved most and then left on a desert island condemned to die, Julie returns not as a ghost but in guise of a man to exact humiliation and vengeance on her husband. In the vein of the most elegant Restoration comedies, her return to society is hailed by a web of would-be lovers, long-kept secrets, swordplay, foolish courting, and humble submission. With a new adaptation by John Strand this otherwise traditional farce holds a retinue of modern emotion and a starkly surprising finale. Hell hath no fury like a woman in drag… with a sword.

Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom

By: Jennifer Haley
Directed by Wade Vaughn
Feb 2-17, 2013

It hits a little too close to Home.

In the newest installment of the Neighborhood Video Game Series, the programmers use satellite technology to make your own neighborhood the setting for the latest round of zombies vs. you. It’s addictive, the kids talk of nothing else, and then the parents begin to disappear. Those who have reached the last House know better than to go in, although, those that do will tap into the game’s greatest achievement…

Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight

By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Carin Bratlie
June 7-22,2013

Love will be her greatest experiment.

She is a noblewoman, Voltaire’s lover, and a scientist whose research bridges the gap between Newton and Einstein. Emilie, Marquise of Châtelet, lives before and beyond her time, skirting the rules of polite society and allowing her only confines to be that of her own brilliant mind. But it is the fragile human heart which adheres to no approved rules. The Marquise examines her position on love, finds it worthy of experimentation, and accepts it as a theory her lifespan may not allow her to prove.

Download the 2012-2013 Season Announcement Press Release