Reading Willa Cather
The Ritz Theater
345 13th Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, MN 55413
United States
The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with Theater Latté Da for a celebration of Willa Cather (1873–1947), one of the most distinctive and enduring voices in 20th-century American literature. A peer of Wharton, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway, Cather charted her own path through determination, struggle, and artistic vision. Her groundbreaking novels — including O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, One of Ours, The Professor’s House, and Death Comes for the Archbishop — helped shape the American canon. This program explores Cather’s turbulent life, her uniquely American voice, and her continued relevance today — interwoven with dramatic readings from her fiction and letters, performed by Em Adam Rosenberg and Bradley Greenwald.
This event takes place in conjunction with the world premiere of My Ántonia, which runs June 3 through July 12, at the Ritz Theater. This Latté Da–commissioned production reimagines a beloved American story as an intimate celebration of resilience and the enduring strength of women. Learn more here.
This event is free and open to the public, but requires registration.
Em Adam Rodenberg
Em Adam is an actor, vocalist-musician, arts administrator, and visual artist based in Minneapolis, MN. Em has been rooted in the Twin Cities for the past decade. Originally from the Chicagoland area, they moved to Minneapolis to pursue a dual degree in Theatre Arts and Business Administration/Marketing at the University of Minnesota. Recent theatre credits include the Guthrie Theater, History Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Trademark Theater, Ten Thousand Things, Third Space Theater (Company Member), and The Gray Mallard Theater Company. As a queer, trans/non-binary performing artist, they embrace the fluidity, complexity, and power within their artistic expression and work to uplift all trans/GNC artists.
Bradley Greenwald
THEATER LATTÉ DA Twelve Angry Men, La Bohéme, A Little Night Music, Steerage Song, Oliver!, C. (also book and lyrics), NEXT Festival THEATER Open Eye Figure Theater: The Longest Night, Dear Lenny: Bernstein's Life in Songs & Letters; Jungle Theater: I Am My Own Wife, The Mystery of Irma Vep; Ten Thousand Things Theater: My Fair Lady, As You Like It; Children's Theater Company: A Year With Frog & Toad, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins; Park Square: The Pirates of Penzance; Artistry: A New Brain, Follies; Frank Theatre: The Threepenny Opera, Cabaret; James Sewell Ballet: Nutcracker (not so) Suite. AWARDS Minnesota State Arts Board Music Fellowship, McKnight Fellowship for Theater Artists, Ivey Award (I Am My Own Wife). ALSO libretto adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, opera by Libby Larsen; Johnny Schicchi, adaptation with Steven Epp for NEXT Festival 2022.