Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women - Rally for Sanity!

Island of Discarded Women is a live variety show and podcast that is all about amplifying women’s voices via personal stories, social commentary, original music and special guest conversations. For this show, we are rallying for sanity and focusing on the issues that are so important now with this election looming! I'm thrilled that documentarian Mary Beth Yarrow will be our special guest for the conversation. Mary Beth is the niece of MN Senator Eugene McCarthy and was there at the Democratic Convention in 1968! Our musical guests, Rachel Kurtz and Jaspar Lepak will share their original songs underscoring the need to vote for reproductive rights for all! LGBTQ+ rights for all! To pass the ERA! And Much More! Plus actor/writer Mo Perry, our singer/songwriter Zippy Laske and host Sue Scott!

Sue Scott Host

Mary Beth Yarrow Special Guest

Rachel Kurtz Musical Guest

Jaspar Lepak Musical Guest

Mo Perry Actor Writer

Zippy Laske Singer/songwriter

+ MORE to be announced!

+ Live Real-Time Captioning available at this show. Bring your smartphones!

Creator, host Sue Scott is a veteran actor, who for 24 years was the female cast member on the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Since 2019, Sue has been thoroughly immersed in producing Island of Discarded Women live show & podcast. Special guest Mary Beth Yarrow is a producer of social and political documentary films and television. Originally from Willmar, Minnesota, she began her producing career in 1980 with the documentary, " The Willmar 8," directed by her lifelong collaborator, Lee Grant. This is the story of eight women tellers who walked off their jobs at The Citizens National Bank in Willmar, creating the first bank strike in American history. Mary Beth has created a series of television productions for HBO, NBC, CBS, and Lifetime Channel and is currently finishing a documentary about her uncle: "Gene McCarthy: Alone in the Land of the Aardvarks." Rachel Kurtz is a magnetic stage presence. With her powerhouse voice, Rachel has found acclaim and a national audience due to her appearances at community service events held in sports arenas raising awareness for world hunger, hurricane relief, and multi-cultural reconciliation. Jaspar Lepak writes songs from the heart with a remarkable gift for melody and poetry that underscores her feminist advocacy and activism.She sings with an emotional depth with a focus on themes of choice, parenthood, and more!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Crooners Main Stage, 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, United States