SIXPACK

By Katie Ka Vang
Directed by Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT COMING NEXT WEEK!

May 31 - June 29, 2025

Pam and Jou used to be best friends. Promising star athletes on their volleyball team, they both had big dreams of moving away from Minnesota and playing in college. Jumping back and forth between their teenage years and adulthood, we see how the tensions of family, culture, and ambition shape these young women and their friendship. 

With a backdrop of the competitive world of Hmong volleyball, SIXPACK explores if a friendship can withstand the harms, betrayals, and messiness that happen when you feel your life pulling away from the future you envisioned.  

Our upcoming production FAST FWD MOTIONS has a new title: SIXPACK. 

As playwright and Jungle Cohort member Katie Ka Vang developed the script over the past year, the previous title felt like a vestige of drafts she had moved beyond. She discovered that the title SIXPACK fit the piece better, as it evokes multiple meanings that all apply to the play. In addition to connotations that viewers will uncover within the play, the term references the six players that are on a volleyball court as well as slang that is used to articulate the spinning sensation a player gets after being hit in the face with a ball while blocking. 

The playwriting process has many steps: research, writing, workshops, and many hours of rewriting and editing, and we're proud to have watched the work grow and develop over the year. We cannot wait to share the final piece and world premiere SIXPACK with you on May 31. 

We are excited to announce more information on the production in the upcoming weeks, including the cast, a look a first rehearsals, and maybe more volleyball fun facts.

PAY AS YOU ARE TICKETS

PAY AS YOU ARE pricing asks those who routinely pay $45 for theater tickets to pay that amount; it is the actual fair market value of the ticket. If an audience member needs to pay less, they can choose to do so. Likewise, by selecting to pay more than the market price, you help cover the cost of someone else’s ticket and welcome more audiences to the Jungle Theater.

PAY AS YOU ARE tickets are available for $15, $25, $35, $45 (Market Value), $55, $65, $75, $85, $95

Phone: 612.822.7063

PLEASE NOTE: Online ticket sales will close 2 hours prior to performance day of. Please check Jungle Theater socials or come to theater for walk-up tickets.

May 31 - June 29, 2025

PREVIEWS

May 28-30 | 7:30pm

ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCES

Audio Description June 18
ASL June 19
Open Caption June 14

SPECIALTY NIGHTS

Industry Mondays June 9
Monday performances added for theater/ service industry

FlexPass Preshow Reception June 12
Pre-show reception for FlexPass ticket holders and guests

40 & Under Night June 5
A more approachable performance welcoming younger audiences to come be together in our theater space, includes special pre-show reception for 40 & Under FlexPass

Jungle BASH Night June 20
NEW! Jungle BASH Nights are special expansive experiences that keep the party going with SIXPACK themed drinks and food while benefiting the Jungle. Learn more/purchase tickets.

Post-show Talkbacks Sundays
Sunday Post-show Talkbacks will feature a variety of speakers exploring the themes of the show. Schedule coming soon!

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RUN TIME
TBD

CONTENT WARNINGS
Adult language and themes.

Concerns about COVID-19 are top of mind for everyone, and when joining the Jungle for a performance, we want you to feel confident in your time with us. As protocols to protect against COVID-19 continue to evolve, the Jungle Theater is committed to caring for our people – that includes our artists, our audiences, and our staff.

For our 2024/25 Season, masks for audience members are optional but strongly recommended. Additionally, masks will be required for all Wednesday 7:30pm performances. Please note that this policy is subject to change.

Please click here to learn more about our response to the coronavirus.

This project was made possible by the Helen Gurley Brown BOLD Theater Ventures Fund.