Theatre Pro Rata‘s world premiere production of “The Ever and After” is underway and we’ve been having a lot of fun in the rehearsal room.
Our stage manager Clara has connections in the insect world, and was able to bring a special guest to help with some method acting, Alyssa the cockroach! I wasn’t there for Cockroach Day, but Sofia took some pictures of everyone being very brave.
Doc, Clara, Bethany, and Ankita observe Alyssa. She did not like being petted.. 
Doc gets (very literally) in touch with some Thurston inspiration.
They’ve also been hard at work with violence choreographer Annie Enneking on all the fighting and badassery. Watching this come together is one of my favorite parts of the process (so far.)
We open December 7th in Minneapolis. Tickets are available now.