Brenda Holden provided today's "Member Minute". Brenda was elected to the Arden Hills City Council in 2002. She says she's waiting till T-Cap plans finally come together so that she can retire from this civic responsibility. She is retired from her career which included many years in MN State government - first with the Revenue Department and then with the State Health Department. Brenda and her husband suffered a life-changing event some years ago when he fell from a ladder and broke his neck. Luckily neighbors witnessed the event and got him the necessary medical help very quickly.
Today's speaker was Greta Grosch, a familiar face on the Twin Cities entertainment scene. After graduating with a theatre degree from Mankato State University in ’89, Greta moved to New York City in 1991. She soon began touring and performing with regional theatres across the country in a wide variety of roles. After returning to the Twin Cities she became a company member of the Dudley Riggs sketch comedy troupe, followed by four years in the Twin Cities production of "Tony and Tina's Wedding". She has been featured in the hit musical "Church Basement Ladies" and has became the script writer for what turned into a very successful franchise of follow-on productions over the years. Greta has also worked as a corporate trainer, does voice-over work and appears regularly in television and radio ads. Much of her work came to a halt with the pandemic, which has no-doubt been extremely stressful but Greta spoke of an upside -- the opportunity to recharge her creative batteries after decades of non-stop work. Thanks to Mike Spellman for arranging this very entertaining speaker. We got a peek into what it takes to build a career and financial stability in the famously difficult world of regional theatre arts.