Jane Curry’s One-Woman Show

On May 18, 2025, the Minnehaha Food Shelf is proud to present Nokomis East resident Jane Curry in her acclaimed, one-woman show, “Samantha ‘Rastles’ the Woman Question.” Curry performs the character, Samantha, who she describes as “a rustic philosopher from the late nineteenth century” based on the humorous books by Marietta Holley. In her day, Holley was favorably compared with Mark Twain.
Among other programs she has devised, Curry has performed Samantha since the early 1980s, beginning at the 1981 Minnesota Chautauqua.
The program begins at 2 p.m. at Minnehaha United Methodist Church, located at 3701 East 50th Street in Minneapolis. The show is most suitable for ages 12 and up. Donations are requested for the performance. All proceeds go to the Minnehaha Food Shelf which, on one day a week, serves more people and distributes more food than many local food shelves that operate five days a week.
Curry describes herself as a “recovering academic.”