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Joan of Arc for Miss Teen Queen USA
By Melancholics Anonymous
Created by Rachel Ropella and Timothy Kelly
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Show Description
A South Dakotan beauty pageant goes off the rails when Joan of Arc suddenly appears 588 years after her execution with a new mission from God: to be crowned Miss Teen Queen USA.
Genre and Content
Comedy
Drama
Original Music
Puppetry
Historical content
LGBTQIA+ Content
Political content
Religious content
Content Warnings
The creators say this show is appropriate for ages 12-15 and up
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Cast and Crew
Anneliese Garner
AbigailAnneliese Garner, a costume designer and dramaturg, serves as the Production Manager for Melancholics Anonymous. Recent design credits include Once Upon a Mattress (Northern Light Opera Company), The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (St. Croix Festival Theatre), Hamlet (Novagrex) and Bart and Arnie (Melancholics Anonymous). She's excited to be back onstage for her fourth fringe with MA. She hopes you enjoy the play and appreciate the hours she spent perfecting her pageant walk.
Kate Cosgrove
AmberKate Cosgrove (she/her) is thrilled to be making her Fringe debut with Melancholics after playing Lulie in their production of "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche." Other recent credits include Ashley in "Endometriosis: The Musical" (Theater in the Round) and Olivia in "Twelfth Night" (ShakesQueer). She is a Literary Associate with Threshold Theater and an alumna of Sarah Lawrence College, the National Music Theater Institute, and the University of Oxford. She cannot play the clarinet.
Timothy Kelly
Chad-MichaelTimothy Kelly (he/him) is a Twin Cities-based artist and eccentric. As Managing Director and co-founder of Melancholics Anonymous, Timothy finds joy in producing local, engaging, and accessible theater and embracing his small portion of the vibrant TC arts community. He considers Minnesota Fringe home and is excited to take his Final Form in this year's Fringe show: a gay 40-something who is The Worst.
Bee Davis
Charlene and The GooseBee Davis is a Twin Cities based actor and serves as Melancholics' resident composer and literary assistant. Their recent credits include Beanie Baby Divorce Play, The World is Ending, and A Girl Scout’s Guide with Melancholics, and Hamlet with Novagrex Theatre. Outside of Melancholics, Bee is a songwriter, a karaoke fiend, and a fan of 19th century English literature.
Samantha Miller
JoanSamantha Miller (they/them) is beyond excited to be working on another Fringe with Melancholics. They serve on the board of MA as the Director of Development and have been in past MA Fringe productions as Dad in Beanie Baby Divorce Play and Fudge in A Girl Scouts Guide to Exorcism. This summer they are pondering how to bring armor and peasant garb back into style and learning how to whistle "Flight of the Bumble Bee."
Meredith Enersen
KatieMeredith Enersen (She/her) is thrilled to be back for Minnesota Fringe! She is Melancholics’ graphic designer and you may have seen her in some of their previous productions like A Girl Scouts Guide to Exorcism and Beanie Baby Divorce Play, as well as a reading of Staples Play in last year’s New Play Series. Meredith loves complicated board games and begging her coworkers to discuss overly detailed hypothetical situations with her.
Carson Uthe
Saint Michael and BarbCarson Uthe (he/him) couldn’t be more excited for his first Fringe! Recent credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Thin Air Theatre Company), The World is Ending and Maybe That’s Kinda Hot (Melancholics Anonymous), Little Shop of Horrors and As You Like It (Theatre UNI). By day, he has the coolest job ever, working in the Education Department at Children’s Theatre Company. Shoutout to his mom—the true Anti-Barb—for always cheering on the weirdest, most unique boy on stage.
Claire Chenoweth
ShelbyClaire Chenoweth (she/her) is a Twin Cities performer, teaching artist, and developing practitioner of intimacy direction. Recent projects include Bart and Arnie (MA) The Regular (TC Horror Fest), Beanie Baby Divorce Play (MA), and generally bopping around the New Play Series as one of the Melancholics literary managers. Outside of Melancholics Anonymous, Claire works as a performer, emerging intimacy director, and theater educator, instructing students across many Minnesota schools and theaters with a focus on year-long school residencies.
Rachel Ropella
DirectorRachel Ropella (she/her) is the Artistic Director of Melancholics Anonymous and has spent the past six years creating award-winning new plays for the Minnesota Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, with remounts in London, Sibiu, and Santa Cruz. Regionally, she’s worked at Milwaukee Rep, Hartford Stage, Portland Stage, and Dorset Theatre Festival. She is an alumni of St. Olaf College, DirectorWorks, and NTI. This fall, she will be directing The Last Menagerie for Twin Cities Horror Fest. Proud associate member of SDC. @rachel_ropella
Johnna Johnson
Stage ManagerJohnna Johnson is a freelance Stage Manager and stagehand in the Twin Cities and is excited to be working with Melancholics Anonymous for her second show! She has worked with a number of other organizations in Minnesota including Lakeshore Players Theatre, Gremlin Theatre, Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Theatre in the Round, and the University of Minnesota BFA Program.
Aerin O’Malley
ChoreographerAerin O’Malley cannot wait for her third Fringe with Melancholics Anonymous! Previous work with Melancholics includes: Beanie Baby Divorce Play, A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism, and Horse Girls. Other recent acting and choreography credits include West Side Story, The Three Musketeers, Singin’ in the Rain, Photograph 51, Newsies, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Bye Bye Birdie.
Mady Smith
Set/Props CoordinatorMady Smith (she/her) is proud to be Melancholics Anonymous’ very own set/props wrangler. When not buried in a mountain of half-finished crafts, she’s a registered nurse and doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, studying to become a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She aspires to be like this production’s Joan — determined, strong, and just unhinged enough to be unforgettable.
More Information
Shall I rise from the dead, and come back to you a living woman? …Must I burn again? Are none of you ready to receive me?” - Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
From the company that brought you the sold out shows Beanie Baby Divorce Play (2024) and A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism (2023) comes a glitzy new satirical romp! Inspired by films including Drop Dead Gorgeous and Miss Congeniality, Joan of Arc for Miss Teen Queen USA is a fiercely feminist skewering of the pageant industry and a love letter to the ultimate teenage girlboss in history.
(Think TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras, but all grown up with excessive glitter and angst and a holy goose.)
Melancholics Anonymous, winner of five MN Fringe awards (2024 Audience Pick, 2023 Venue Pick, Artist Pick, Audience Pick and 2022 Venue Pick), is thrilled to return to the Minnesota Fringe for their 7th year in a row! Established at St. Olaf College in 2019 and now based in the Twin Cities, Melancholics is an independent theater company dedicated to creating eccentric original works and championing new play development.
Learn more about Melancholics Anonymous at: https://www.melancholicsanonymous.org/
