She’s extracted feminist themes from Wagner babes and Grand Ole Opry theatrics; and now Shawn McConneloug enters the world of peg legs, planks, and swashbucklers, injecting some of her own pistol-slinging flair. In 2003, this ultra-modern local choreographer immortalized Tammy Wynette in Stand On Your Man, a yodel-heavy piece incorporating dance, music, film, and rhinestone cowgirls. Now she’s reviving the tale of Grace O’Malley, the legendary sixteenth-century Irish pirate queen, in another multimedia piece set to Irish music—from traditional Celtic fare to the Pogues and Flogging Molly. Thorpe Building 1620 Central Ave. N.E., Minneapolis; 612-340-1725; www.southerntheater.org
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