<p>Two of the directors of Theater 45°, Ashawnti Ford and Nora Montañez Patterson, took to the stage in the summer of 2021, after a year away from live theater due to the pandemic, and after the civil uprisings of 2020. We discussed what theater is for in their work, and how theater encourages the growth of listening skills and empathy.</p>

Two of the directors of Theater 45°, Ashawnti Ford and Nora Montañez Patterson, took to the stage in the summer of 2021, after a year away from live theater due to the pandemic, and after the civil uprisings of 2020. We discussed what theater is for in their work, and how theater encourages the growth of listening skills and empathy.

Ep. 3 | Ashawnti Ford and Nora Montañez Patterson: Building Community through Theater

On the spiritual path, we all seek meaning: ways to connect personal fulfillment to something larger. Meaning is here as a conversation partner in our shared quest for spiritual understanding. In each episode, host Chris Bohnhoff engages members from Plymouth Congregational Church of Minneapolis in a conversation about the deeper significance of the things they do. A series of questions ends each episode, helping you to reflect on each guest’s wisdom and how it may illuminate your own spiritual path.
Plymouth is a large, vibrant, progressive Christian church on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, home to a wide spectrum of spiritual seekers. Our commitments to social justice work and the arts as an avenue to the sacred provide a rich, varied backdrop to our efforts to bridge what can sometimes feel like a huge gap between work and connection to the divine.
Plymouth is an opening and affirming church offering radical hospitality to all. Whoever you are, wherever you are on your life’s journey, we welcome you and offer you God’s love.

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On the spiritual path, we all seek meaning: ways to connect personal fulfillment to something larger. Meaning is here as a conversation partner in our shared quest for spiritual understanding. In each episode, host Chris Bohnhoff engages members from Plymouth Congregational Church of Minneapolis in a conversation about the deeper significance of the things they do. A series of questions ends each episode, helping you to reflect on each guest’s wisdom and how it may illuminate your own spiritual path. Plymouth is a large, vibrant, progressive Christian church on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, home to a wide spectrum of spiritual seekers. Our commitments to social justice work and the arts as an avenue to the sacred provide a rich, varied backdrop to our efforts to bridge what can sometimes feel like a huge gap between work and connection to the divine. Plymouth is an opening and affirming church offering radical hospitality to all. Whoever you are, wherever you are on your life’s journey, we welcome you and offer you God’s love.

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Ep. 3 | Ashawnti Ford and Nora Montañez Patterson: Building Community through Theater