St. Stephen's Human Services ending homelessness, zAmya Theater is presenting The Reality Roadshow: Who Wants to be a Homeless Millionaire this week at various locations in Minneapolis. The play bill describes this play as, A reality game show with a million dollar prize! With humor, drama and a song and a dance or two, we're cracking open the conversation that starts with real stories from homeless folks, but also speaks to how the current economy affects all of us.
The Justice Office attended this excellent production on Wednesday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m.. at Catholic Charities Opportunity Center. Two more performances remain in this series:
Wednesday, November 17, 7:30 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 101 East Grant Street, Minneapolis (ASL Interpretation) and Friday, November 18, 7:30 at Pillsbury House Theatre, 3501 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis.
Some quotes from the play:
1/3 of homeless are under age 12
My daughter is seven and she has never had her own bed much less a bedroom
Lack of jobs and lack of transportation and lack of health care = homelessness
Marginalized, institutionalized, streetified, victimized
Hey, are you really faking being homeless?
The voice of addiction states it is only ME keeping YOU from being ALL alone
I'm not homeless. I am residentially displaced.
Winter is the hardest. People really freeze to death.
The system is everything about profits!
My mom passed through foster homes. She put me in foster homes. I got no mom
The American dream is just slippin' away, everyone is afraid of being homeless
Closing theme: We need to change the rules, we need to unify, realize, mobilize... ... ...
For more information http://www.ststephensmpls.org/ and click on 2011 zAmya Reality Road Show to read more about this incredible experience that is told in the stories of the homeless by actors, singers some of whom have been or are homeless.
