Sept. 17, 2024

Contact Dillon McArdle at 608-796-3730 or dtmcardle@viterbo.edu

ALL THINGS EQUAL: THE LIFE & TRIALS OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG AT THE WEBER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SEPT. 21

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Michelle Azar will bring iconic Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to life on the Weber Center for the Performing Arts Lyche Theatre stage in All Things Equal: The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21.

In this one-woman play written by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, Justice Ginsburg welcomes a family friend to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of 90 fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and trials: losing her mother the day before she graduated as valedictorian of her Brooklyn high school; being one of only nine young women studying law at Harvard while also raising a daughter and helping her husband battle cancer; fighting for women’s rights in the 1970s before condescending all-male courts; and taking courageous stands for human rights amid a splintering and increasingly politicized Supreme Court.

“In creating this play about her richly lived life and hard-fought struggles, I came to ever more deeply marvel at her strength, tenacity, sly wit, and compassion,” wrote Holmes. “Our play also reveals the love song that ran through her remarkable life and shares the music that was her giddy delight.”

This production is recommended for ages 10 and older.

Tickets are $46, plus taxes and fees. For more information or to order tickets, contact the Viterbo box office at 608-796-3100 or visit www.viterbo.edu/tickets.

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