‘All Things Equal’ is a compelling play about the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG). It highlights how her life and work resonate with leaders striving for justice, equality and progress. This play is timely as women today, like RBG then, continue facing challenges of in male-dominated fields, break barriers in their own industries and face adversity in balancing family and career.
All Things Equal Show Description
Supreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the family to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and its many trials: losing her mother the day before she graduated as valedictorian of her Brooklyn high school … being one of only nine young women studying law at Harvard while also raising a daughter and helping her husband battle cancer … fighting for women’s rights in the nineteen-seventies before condescending all-male courts … and taking courageous stands for human rights as a voice of reason amid a splintering and increasingly politicized Supreme Court. An evening with a great and compassionate icon of straight-thinking American justice emerges … an RBG who is not only “notorious” but victorious as she takes a stand for ordinary people facing the many challenges of a changing world.
Michelle Azar Stars in ‘All Things Equal’
The star of the play is Michelle Azar. Michelle is humbled and thrilled to have created this role of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as penned by the esteemed Rupert Holmes. Michelle received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, as well as her MA in Drama Therapy also from NYU. She has worked as an actor and singer since her childhood in Chicago, performing with Placido Domingo in the Lyric Opera children’s choir and at the Goodman Theatre, to playing the role of Janis Joplin in the long running off Broadway show Beehive. Her move to Los Angeles awarded her several Ovation nods for her roles in both dramatic and comedic roles with her theatre company, Neurotic Young Urbanites, and garnered her the 2016 Stage Raw award for Best Actress in Eric Coble’s My Barking Dog directed by Michael Michetti.
Why Leaders in San Antonio Should Watch
Justice Ginsburg’s work was rooted in fighting for marginalized communities. And for many leaders doing the same today, they are navigating intersectionalities like gender and racial/ethnic disparities. I personally think about all the strong Latina leaders who could draw from lessons of RBG’s life and work. Many of these mujeres are deep in the fight for justice for their communities right here in San Antonio. Our beloved city is rich in culture and history and is still being one of the most economically segregated cities in the country.
This play will not only be great theatre to appreciate but also give lessons of persistence, advocacy and compassion. It could reignite a passion for one’s activisim and leadership, reminding you how individual actions and voices are the most the important pieces in the fight for justice.
I encourage you to attend and take a friend. I can’t wait to watch with my dear and civically engaged amiga. It is sure to be a special experience for us both.
Tickets to the Show
All Things Equal
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 & Wednesday, September 11, 2024
7:30PM | Doors open 6:30PM
Empire Theatre
Buy your tickets online: https://www.majesticempire.com/events/all-things-equal/ Groups of 10 or more, call 210-226-5967 for special pricing.
