The Sandwich Ministry by Miranda Rose Hall
Plenty of free onsite parking (video showing the way HERE) / ADA accessible / performing at the Little Theatre at Kennedy Catholic High School, 140 S 140th St., Burien, WA.
April 18 through May 11, 2025.
The Pacific Northwest premiere of this hit from L.A. Following a once-in-a-century storm, three women come back together to make sandwiches for neighbors who have been displaced. Together, despite their differences, they look for purpose in a time of uncertainty and try to provide support to each other and others.
This touching story of hope and healing will brighten your day. Sandwiches made during performances will be donated to Transform Burien to feed our neighbors in need.
REVIEWS:
The Burien Actors Theatre presentation of The Sandwich Ministry is the direct result of what happens when three things come together at once, a superbly constructed and well written play, a solid design, and extremely good acting. The story of three women coming back together, after drifting apart, to help their neighbors after a flood ravaged their town is one of friendship, forgiveness, and hope, the kind of story that is the antidote for our current world climate. A play that challenges us to put our differences aside and calls upon us to use what joins us, rather than what separates us, to become better people, is even more impactful when it’s told by a cast as good as this one is, and under the direction of Maggie Larrick the three women on stage who tell this story while making sandwiches at the same time are truly exceptional at presenting what turns out to be a truly modern day parable.
The message of ‘The Sandwich Ministry‘ is extremely apt for our times, when so many struggle to feel accepted, supported and safe. The show explores how traditions and institutions may have failed us, but in the end, it’s us as individuals who have the power to make a choice, show up, and lead our lives with love.
To make a ticket reservation via email, please email us HERE. If ticket price is a barrier, please let us know. Theater should be for all.
The Sandwich Ministry runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, April 18 through May 9, 2025.
A huge thank you to Lavish Roots Catering and Hospitality for their kind and generous donation toward the purchase of supplies for the sandwiches
Run Time: about 90 minutes with no intermission. (Note the NEW 7:30 pm start time on Fridays and Saturdays.)
The Sandwich Ministry contains some adult language.
MEET THE CAST:
Brynne Garman is pleased to return to Burien Actors Theatre. Some of her favorite productions with this company have included: A Piece of My Heart, Hay Fever, Run For Your Wife, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, The Clean House and Church and State. More recent favorite roles include Irene Adler in Holmes and Watson at Second Story Repertory, Queen Elizabeth 1 in Shakespeare in Love at Valley Centerstage, and the title role in The Hatmaker’s Wife at Centerstage in Federal Way. Brynne dedicates this role to her deceased mother, Marilyn Pedersen, a mighty woman who was: fearless, forward-thinking, generous, independent, collaborative and kind – her inspiration for the character of Joyce. Next up: Brynne invites you all to North Bend to watch her perform in Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, set in the Wild Wild West, opening in May at Valley Centerstage. Thank you for supporting live theatre!
Shawna Petty is thrilled to be back at BAT playing the role of Hannah in The Sandwich Ministry. Her most recent role was Letter Writer #3 in BAT’s 2023 production of Tiny Beautiful Things. Shawna is a Seattle suburb native who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cornish College of the Arts in 2014. Since then, she has participated in performances ranging from burlesque to 24-hour play festivals to full-stage productions at different theatre companies in the Greater Puget Sound area. Beyond acting, Shawna is passionate about pin-up and boudoir modeling as well as snuggling her dogs, finding new and interesting podcasts, and hanging out with her family.
Devin Rodger is so excited to be back on stage in Burien, working with this lively, talented, ridiculously charming bunch of artists! Devin was last onstage with BAT in the one-woman show “The 12 Dates of Christmas,” and earlier that year, she directed “Tiny Beautiful Things.” Currently, she is working on a play about down-and-out superheroes living on the edge of a wasteland as well as a young adult novel full of science fiction adventures.
Maggie Larrick (Stage Director, Costume Designer, Co-Production Manager) was initially sucked into the theater vortex to paint sets for a high school play, which led to acting, directing, design, and more at Seattle-area theaters, including Triad Ensemble Theatre, Theatre Schmeatre, and Latino Theatre Projects. She has directed nine plays for BAT, starting with Dazzle Your Eyes for BAT’s Playwrights Festival and Art in 2006. Previously, she co-directed 13 plays for BAT with her longtime collaborator and good friend Rochelle Flynn, including most recently On the Market and The Twelve Dates of Christmas. Recent costume designs include BAT’s The Play’s the Thing, On the Market, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Beginning.
Stage Manager: Melissa Carter Melissa enjoys all things theater and is happy to be here as stage manager for her first show with BAT. Most recently, she was onstage in Shakespeare In Love, Man of La Mancha, and Treasure Island, with a pivot to directing Arsenic and Old Lace – all at Valley Center Stage in North Bend. To our amazing cast and production team, and dedicated to my parents, Thank You!
Miranda Rose Hall (she/her) is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn, NY.
Her plays include A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction (finalist for the 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, commissioned by LubDub Theatre Co), Plot Points in Our Sexual Development (finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award in Drama), The Kind Ones, and Menstruation: A Period Piece. She has written for television on ABC’s Alaska Daily and Showtime’s American Rust. Recent projects include The Sandwich Ministry produced at Skylight Theatre in LA, and now at BAT (Burien Actors Theatre)
A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction is currently touring internationally as part of the Sustainable Theatre? project created by British director Katie Mitchell, French choreographer Jérôme Bel, and Théâtre Vidy in Lausanne, Switzerland. It has traveled to Théâtre Vidy, Piccolo Teatro in Milan, Dramaten in Stockholm, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Théâtre de Liège, and the National Performing Arts Center in Taipei among other venues. It toured in the UK in spring and summer 2023, produced by Headlong Theatre, beginning at the Barbican in London, and traveling to Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, Shakespeare North in Prescot, New Vic in Newcastle, and Theatre Royal in Plymouth.
Miranda’s work has also been produced by theaters including LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater in New York, Baltimore Center Stage, the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, and Centaur Theatre in Montreal. She has written commissioned works for Yale Repertory Theater, Playwrights Horizons Soundstage, Baltimore Center Stage, Concord Theatricals, and LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater as a Berwin Lee New York London Commissioned Playwright. In 2020, she was honored with a Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award.
In addition to writing, Miranda is a founding member and artistic leader of LubDub Theatre Co, a New York-based physical theater company that animates stories of science, myth, and magic.
She holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
Artistic Director Notes:
A dear friend of BAT was in the world premiere of The Sandwich Ministry in LA. Jayne Taini played Joyce. They loved the role and the show.
Jayne reached out and said we had to read The Sandwich Ministry. It took a bit to track down Miranda Rose Hall’s agent. But once we got a copy of the script, it was clear why Jayne wanted us to read it. The entire committee that helps BAT select the scripts it produces loved The Sandwich Ministry.
In times of turbulence, producing a show about overcoming the storms outside and inside our lives is rewarding.
The director, stage manager, cast, and the creative team of The Sandwich Ministry brought the script to life, inviting you into Joyce, Hannah, and Claudia’s lives and path to overcoming their differences and facing their fears. I cannot thank them enough.
BAT is also pleased that all 500+ sandwiches made during The Sandwich Ministry are being given to Transform Burien to help feed those in need. Transform Burien is a longtime friend of BAT’s, and if you are looking for an organization that walks the walk to make the world a little kinder, please support them.
Thank you for joining us for The Sandwich Ministry, and we look forward to seeing you at one of our free shows in the park this Summer.