Dakota prouction of 'Talking With ...' plays

Staff Reports

The Dakota Organization presents "Talking With ...," Jane Martin's character study of women's loves, loneliness and obsession is performed 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda in Minden.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, and $10 for students and seniors, available at the Copeland Cultural Arts Center in Minden, or at thedakotaorganization.com

Jane Martin's characters address the value of quirky behavior and society's indifference toward it. The play is 10 monologues by the characters of a snake handler, daughter, baton twirler, washed-up rodeo cowgirl, tattooed woman, a woman in the twilight of her years, belabored immigrant, a McDonald's devotee and ex-rodeo queen talk about the lessons they learned.

Actors in the production are Kaitlyn Agajanian, Pam Taylor, Ginger Nicolay-Davis, Ginger Volelker, Denise Wager, Diana Evans, Stephanie Grigsby, Anita Jones, Ann Swallow, and Teri Levy.

The Dakota Organization is a 501(c)3 Nevada nonprofit corporation.

Part of the proceeds of these performances will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association.