2006 Roadshow

Ten You Win / Ten You Lose was collaboratively created by a company of homeless and housed individuals, under the guidance of Twin Cities’ theater artists Maren Ward (co-artistic director of Bedlam Theatre) and Josef Evans (creator of this year’s Fringe hit Love in a Time of Rinderpest). It toured shelters, churches, schools and theaters in the metro area during National Hunger and Homelessness Week, November 12-18, 2006.

The premise: it’s the year 2016. Prince is the mayor, its 125 degrees in the January shade, and robot newscasters are reporting that the problem of homelessness has been solved. In uniquely interactive fashion, zAmya’s diverse company of community actors tell you how it happened-- putting pieces of their lives onstage and revealing moments that are by turns poignant, profound and surprisingly hilarious.

Edmund Surrat, Kristi Ternes and Crystal Spring at the Minnesota Coaches Association performance.

Audience members participate in a "values clarification" exercise from Michael Rohd's Theatre for Community, Conflict and Dialogue.