Words + Music:
Pangea Reversed

By MICHAEL HANNA, ISABELLA STAR LABLANC

“Pangea Reversed” is a collection of song and poem, written and workshopped under the same roof, by roommates Michael Hanna and Isabella Star LaBlanc. The pair met while working at The Jungle as cast members in Kate Hamill’s Little Women in the fall of 2018, and have since become frequent collaborators. The piece explores, simultaneous feelings of great loneliness and connection, vulnerability and power, anger and hope. Stand-alone pieces often written on separate floors, but fortuitously in conversation with one another, “Pangea Reversed” is a product of one uptown houses' reckoning with a year of change.

About Michael Hanna

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He/Him | Michael Hanna is a Twin-Cities' based actor and musician. He is delighted to be back at the Jungle after Ride the Cyclone, Little Women and Le Switch. He's acted in theaters across the country including The New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Third Rail Repertory in Portland, the LGBTQ Center of NY, as well as local houses such as The Guthrie Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, Park Square Theater, and others. As a musician, he's the frontman of local tribute band "Ready Freddie: A Queen Experience." (Instagram and Facebook @readyfreddiempls) as well as a performer of his own work.

About Isabella Star LaBlanc

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She/Her | Isabella Star LaBlanc (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota) is an actress and writer from Minnesota. Isabella has been seen at theaters across the country and Twin Cities, including: the Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC; Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Mixed Blood Theater; and the Children’s Theater Company. Onscreen, Isabella has been seen in a number of independent films, as well as was a participant in the inaugural CBS Drama Diversity Casting Initiative. She is thrilled to be back at the Jungle, after being seen as #00 alongside the world’s best soccer team in The Wolves and Beth March in the world premiere adaptation of Little Women.