Queen B: A New Work of Honeybee Futurism
- This is an outdoor performance; we encourage you to dress for the weather and bring sunscreen/bug spray. We will also have the latter available onsite if you forget!
- This show will run 90 min without intermission.
- Show is appr
St. Croix Trail Shafer 55074
MN 29836
United States
The year is 2121.
Honeybees are now extinct.
Now the only hives are the ones that humans have built for themselves.
It’s not the next revolution – it’s the one after.
100 years into the future, cities have sealed themselves under holographic domes to protect themselves from the inhospitable climate. Yet, when the robo-bee population begins to die off like their honeymaking ancestors, the fate of this new society rests upon the fading memories of the last living beekeeper, a (former?) revolutionary who goes by the name Queen B.
Written by Elle Thoni, composed by Damuen Strange, and buzzing with the sonic imagination of a multi-talented ensemble under the direction of Harry Waters Jr., QUEEN B is a fun & uplifting new outdoor musical dripping with honeybee futurism.
TICKET INFO:
Online reservations for Franconia shows are now open via Brown Paper Tickets! Tickets will also be available to purchase in-person on the day of, although it helps the organizers if you reserve in advance! Visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5147524 to reserve.
$5 Subsidized ticket/children 18 and under
$15 General Admission
$25 General Admission + jar of organic Franconia Honey (!!!)
---> Learn more about Queen B and our Summer 2021 Farm Tour at: wildconspiracy.org/queen-b
Fri - Sun August 20-22 - Franconia Sculpture Park - Schafer, MN on Dahkóta and Anishinaabe land. RSVP on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/4w3CVcNRV
Fri, August 27 - Dream Acres Farm - Wycoff, MN on Dahkóta land - FB EVENT FORTHCOMING
Sat-Sun August 28 & 29 - Squash Blossom Farm - Oronoco, MN on Dahkóta land - FB EVENT FORTHCOMING
ABOUT FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK:
Located about 45 min from the Twin Cities on Dahkóta and Anishinaabe land, Franconia Sculpture Park is the pre-eminent, artist-centered sculpture park in the Midwest. Founded in 1996, Franconia provides physically and intellectually wide-open spaces that inspire new ways of thinking through access to contemporary sculpture, installation, and land art. Part of the scenic St. Croix River Valley of Minnesota, Franconia operates a 50-acre outdoor museum, active artist residency program, and a depth and breadth of community arts programming for a diverse and engaged public. You can learn more at franconia.org.
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Featured photo by Maxwell Collyard from 2019 production at Tamales y Bicicletas Urban Farm.