PLAY
SIX POINTS THEATER presents
Vienna, Vienna, Vienna
A WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
Bittersweet Dramedy /
Pastry-fueled Wanderlust
/ Intercontinental Ennui
by Carey Perloff
directed by Robert Dorfman
In Vienna, the truth tastes bittersweet.
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A writer returns to her birthplace to receive an important award. Having fled Vienna as a child, she invites her equally impressive daughter and granddaughter to join her. Over espresso and pastries, these three accomplished women reckon with the past, reconcile the present and plan for a future.
Like the complex richness of really good chocolate, this beautiful new play lets us savor the joys, frustrations, and sustaining power of family love.
THEATER
Highland Park Community Center
1978 Ford Parkway
St. Paul, MN 55116
PERFORMANCES
MARCH 28 - APRIL 12, 2026
Saturday, March 28 …………….... 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 29 ………………….... 1 PM
Sunday, March 29 ………………..….. 5 PM
Tuesday, March 31 ……………….….. 1 PM
Friday, April 3 ………………..……….. 1 PM
Saturday, April 4 ………….…..….. 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 5 ……………………….. 1 PM
Sunday, April 5 ……………………….. 5 PM
Tuesday, April 7 …………………..….. 1 PM
Wednesday, April 8 …………..….. 7:30 PM
Thursday, April 9 ………….…..….. 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 11 ………….....….. 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 12 ………………….….. 1 PM
🕖 Show Run Time: 90 minutes, no intermission ➡ Content Advisory: This production contains strong language
Call 651-647-4315 for more information
CAST
LAURA ESPING
Elizabeth
Laura was previously seen at Six Points Theater as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Sisters in Law.
She is a Twin Cities actor and educator who
has performed with many local companies including the Guthrie Theater, Park Square Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, History Theatre, Old Log Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, Illusion Theater, Full Circle Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, and At the Foot of the Mountain Women’s Theater.
As an educator she has worked at the Guthrie Theater in their summer camp programs, taught in their library programs, special community request classes, and Acting
levels I and II.
Laura holds a BA from the University of Iowa, and an MFA from the University of Minnesota.
NANCY MARVY
Gabriele
Nancy has appeared on many stages in the Twin Cities including Six Points Theater, where she was in Shul and the world premiere of We Are The Levinsons by SURVIVORS playwright Wendy Kout.
She played Pearl in Pearl and Eugene,
One Last Shtick at the 2023 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Guthrie Theater, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Illusion Theater, Fitzgerald Theater, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, History Theatre and Mixed Blood Theatre.
Film and television credits include Rosa Coletti in Happy Days and Mother in Untamed Heart.
MIRIAM SCHWARTZ
Natasha
Miriam is so thrilled to return for her tenth production with Six Points Theater.
A Seattle native and graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program, she has been seen on many Twin Cities stages including the Guthrie Theater, Mixed Blood Theater, Artistry, and the Playwrights' Center.
Since moving back to the West Coast, she has worked at Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, Artists Repertory Theatre, Profile Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project, and Third Rail Theatre Company.
Thank you to Carey, Robert, and Barbara.
And to her family for their never-ending support.
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Connect with her at:
miriamschwartz.com // @mirschwartz
PRODUCTION
CAREY PERLOFF
Playwright
Carey is a director, playwright, producer and educator who served as Artistic Director of American Conservatory Theater (1992-2018) and of Classic Stage Company,
NYC (1988-1992). Her playwriting includes Vienna, Vienna, Vienna (Finalist, Jewish Play Project); Edgardo or White Fire (commiss-ioned by Williamstown Theater Festival); If God Were Blue
(Colorado New Play Summit 2025); Kinship; Higher; The Fit. Author: Pinter and Stoppard: A Director's View (Bloomsbury Methuen, 2022), Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater (City Lights Press, 2016). As a director, her most recent work includes
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov/Paul Schmidt) at the Marin Theater, and the upcoming Leopoldstadt (Tom Stoppard) at Writers Theater (Chicago.)
ROBERT DORFMAN
Director
For Six Points Theater, he has directed world premiere productions of Mathew Goldstein’s Groupthink, Avi Aharoni’s Operation Immigration later titled My Father’s Son, Sheldon Wolf’s SHUL as well as the mid-west premiere of Anat Gov’s O my God! He was also the Festival Director of Six Points New-Play Reading Festival and headed up the new play department, Wellsprings, for several
seasons. As an actor he was seen in Martin Coren’s The Moneylender’s Daughter, David Hare’s Via Dolorosa and Wendy Kout’s We Are the Levinsons.
WENDY WECKWERTH
Dramaturg
Wendy Weckwerth is a freelance dramaturg, editor, writer, translator, and educator based in Minneapolis, where she has collaborated on workshops and productions at the Playwrights’ Center, Theatre Novi Most, History Theatre, Pillsbury House + Theater, Theater Latté Da, and the Guthrie, in addition to other venues nationally. Her translations have been produced at Yale Rep
(Bergman’s Autumn Sonata) and August Strindberg Rep (Kristina). Wendy has taught at Yale, Dartmouth, Colby, Mount Holyoke, Bard, and Macalester Colleges. She is a former McKnight Theater Artist Fellow at the Playwrights' Center. wendyweckwerth.com
MICHAEL HOOVER
Scenic Design
Michael returns to Six Points Theater after designing An Act of God,
The Messenger, Torch Song, Sisters in Law, Two Jews Walk Into A War...,
O my God!, Shul, Actually, The Last Schwartz, We Are the Levinsons,
The Whipping Man, Bad Jews,
and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, among others.
Michael has designed for Guthrie Theater, Theater Latté Da,
Park Square Theatre, History Theatre, Sidekick Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre (Sarasota, FL), The Naples Players (Naples, FL), ZACH Theatre (Austin, TX) and The Fifth Avenue Theatre (Seattle, WA).
PAUL EPTON
Lighting Design
Paul has designed frequently for Six Points since the beginning. Favorites include The Whipping Man, My Name is Asher Lev, Photograph 51, The Triangle Factory Fire Project, Rose, and Old Wicked Songs. Other companies he's designed for, in town and out-state, include Commonweal Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, and Off-Leash Area. He also hangs lights at the Guthrie Theater, Children’s
Theatre Company, and others. You can sometimes tell where he’s working when you see his bicycle with its fairing parked outside.
BO RAINFORD
Costume Design
Bo is elated to be working at Six Points Theater once again, after having helped create costumes for The People's Violin.
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They have also designed for the Normandale Theatre Club, Theatre 301, and the feature film Faerie.
They also serve as the Costume Assistant at the Children’s Theatre Company.
C ANDREW MAYER
Sound Design
C. Andrew has designed over a dozen shows at Six Points Theater, including An Act of God, The Moneylender’s Daughter, Sisters in Law, The People's Violin, Significant Other, Actually, and Photograph 51. He has worked at many other theaters in the Twin Cities and elsewhere. He was a McKnight Theatre Artist Fellow in 2025, and serves as the Producing Director of
the Acadia Repertory Theatre on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
BOBBIE SMITH
Properties Design
Bobbie is happy to be back at
Six Points Theater for his twelfth show, having designed for
An Act of God, Torch Song,
and Trayf.
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He has designed props for over twenty six shows at Theatre in the Round, and has designed props for Sidekick Theatre, Walking Shadow Theatre Company,
and Tedious Brief Productions.
BRADY WHITCOMB
Technical Director
Brady is returning to Six Points Theater having, worked on An Act of God, The Messenger, Just for Us, Torch Song, The Moneylender's Daughter, and Sisters in Law.
Brady works as a Scenic Designer and Technical/Build Director for multiple Twin Cities theaters and schools.
Credits include: Stages Theatre Co., Lyric Arts, Lakeshore Players Theatre, and SOAR Regional Arts. He is also an artist of many mediums including photography, mixed media, and animation.
BECCA KRAVCHENKO
Stage Manager
Becca returns for her ninth show
with Six Points Theater where she has previously worked on The Last Yiddish Speaker, An Act of God,
The Messenger, Torch Song,
Sisters in Law, and more.
Additional theater companies she has collaborated with include History Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Skylar Opera
Theatre, and Theatre Mu. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Augsburg University.
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SAMANTHA FAIRCHILD POPPEN
Assistant Stage Manager
Sam returns to Six Points, having previously worked on The Messenger. Sam is a stage manager, actor, singer, theatre administrator, and has additional backgrounds in education and disability advocacy.
She is a company member of Wonderlust Productions and administrator for TigerLion Arts. Some of her other local credits
include Theatre Novi Most, Wonderlust, Mixed Blood, Old Log Theatre, Playwrights' Center, Interact Center for Performing Arts, Theatre in the Round, Classical Actors Ensemble, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, and Theatre Coup D'état.
DONALD C. HART
Assistant Director
Don is excited to be making his debut as a Six Points Theater artist. Don is a Twin-Cities based theatre director, actor, and playwright. He’s also Six Points Theater’s former Manager of Audience Services.
He received his BA in acting from UW-La Crosse (2013) and his MFA in theatre directing from Minnesota State, Mankato (2018).
Don is also a proud associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Season Producers
Anonymous (x2)
Rhoda & Don Mains
Ann Wynia
Producers Circle
Anonymous (x2)
Susan & Bill Robiner
Mary Anne Ebert & Paul Stembler