History Center Museum Programs
We Can Do It!
Short plays about Minnesota’s Greatest Generation
Performed in the History Center’s new exhibit, Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: The Depression, The War and the Boom, these four short plays are based on materials from the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Current Schedule: No performances scheduled at this time. Performances will resume in late June 2010 and run through the summer.
The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman
by Joseph Scrimshaw
A recreation of an old radio show adventure serial detailing the life of Stuart Lindman: radio announcer, soldier, medic, engineer, television broadcaster, and civilian aide to the Secretary of Defense.
Swell!
by Craig Johnson
Explore 1930s popular culture and daily life amidst the turmoil of the Great Depression through diary excerpts, newspaper accounts and more!
The Secret Storm
by Sheri Wilner
It’s 1954 and watching a popular soap opera has become part of a suburban housewife’s daily routine. Or has a suburban housewife’s daily routine become a part of a popular soap opera?
Parachute Silk
by Carson Kreitzer
Look in on a conversation between two women during World War II as they discuss love, marriage and the waste and sacrifice of war.
