‘All Issues Equal’ is a compelling play concerning the Supreme Courtroom Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG). It highlights how her life and work resonate with leaders striving for justice, equality and progress. This play is well timed as ladies immediately, like RBG then, proceed dealing with challenges of in male-dominated fields, break obstacles in their very own industries and face adversity in balancing household and profession.
All Issues Equal Present Description
Supreme Courtroom Justice “RBG” welcomes a pal of the household to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and infrequently humorous minutes, a way of her life and its many trials: shedding her mom the day earlier than she graduated as valedictorian of her Brooklyn highschool … being one among solely 9 younger ladies learning legislation at Harvard whereas additionally elevating a daughter and serving to her husband battle most cancers … preventing for girls’s rights within the nineteen-seventies earlier than condescending all-male courts … and taking brave stands for human rights as a voice of purpose amid a splintering and more and more politicized Supreme Courtroom. A night with an awesome and compassionate icon of straight-thinking American justice emerges … an RBG who shouldn’t be solely “infamous” however victorious as she takes a stand for odd folks dealing with the numerous challenges of a altering world.
Michelle Azar Stars in ‘All Issues Equal’
The star of the play is Michelle Azar. Michelle is humbled and thrilled to have created this function of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as penned by the esteemed Rupert Holmes. Michelle acquired her BFA from NYU’s Tisch College of the Arts, in addition to her MA in Drama Remedy additionally from NYU. She has labored as an actor and singer since her childhood in Chicago, performing with Placido Domingo within the Lyric Opera kids’s choir and on the Goodman Theatre, to taking part in the function of Janis Joplin within the lengthy operating off Broadway present Beehive. Her transfer to Los Angeles awarded her a number of Ovation nods for her roles in each dramatic and comedic roles together with her theatre firm, Neurotic Younger Urbanites, and garnered her the 2016 Stage Uncooked award for Greatest Actress in Eric Coble’s My Barking Canine directed by Michael Michetti.
Why Leaders in San Antonio Ought to Watch
Justice Ginsburg’s work was rooted in preventing for marginalized communities. And for a lot of leaders doing the identical immediately, they’re navigating intersectionalities like gender and racial/ethnic disparities. I personally take into consideration all of the sturdy Latina leaders who may draw from classes of RBG’s life and work. Many of those mujeres are deep within the combat for justice for his or her communities proper right here in San Antonio. Our beloved metropolis is wealthy in tradition and historical past and remains to be being one of the vital economically segregated cities within the nation.
This play is not going to solely be nice theatre to understand but additionally give classes of persistence, advocacy and compassion. It may reignite a ardour for one’s activisim and management, reminding you ways particular person actions and voices are probably the most the necessary items within the combat for justice.
I encourage you to attend and take a pal. I can’t wait to look at with my expensive and civically engaged amiga. It’s positive to be a particular expertise for us each.
Tickets to the Present
All Issues Equal
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 & Wednesday, September 11, 2024
7:30PM | Doorways open 6:30PM
Empire Theatre
Purchase your tickets on-line: Teams of 10 or extra, name 210-226-5967 for particular pricing.
