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Wellstone!
by Mark Rosenwinkel with music and lyrics by Larry Long
September 2-21, 2008

Wellstone! is a carefully researched play that spans the 19-year career of Paul Wellstone, the Minnesota Senator who died in a plane crash in October 2002, just weeks before the election for his third term in the U.S. Senate. Wellstone! tracks his life as a young Jewish man, son of Ukrainian immigrants, who began his career as a student at the University of North Carolina. The play takes us through his days as a professor at Carleton College, his advocacy for farmers during the famous power line fight for Minnesota farmers, his failed run for State Auditor, and his 12 years in the Senate. It is a play about a public servant, living and working through a set of core values that were often in conflict with the institutions he served. It profiles an influential Jewish politician from Minnesota whose passion and tenacious personality led him to a life in service to the underserved.


Click here for a story about Wellstone! at the Sabes JCC on MinnPost.com

Click here for a review of Wellstone! in City Pages

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