Here’s a marriage made in heaven: The very imaginative yet relentlessly unpretentious Frank Theatre company produces a new farce by Sam Shepard. Written on the eve of the 2004 election, the play has been described by Shepard as “a takeoff on Republican fascism.” This story interrupts the quiet lives of two Wisconsin dairy farmers, holdouts in a land swept by agribusiness, who start getting hounded by government operatives and the patriotism police. We can’t think of anyone better than Frank to satirize overzealous flag-wavers and Wisconsin’s barely blue countryside. 1633 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-724 3760; www.franktheatre.org
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