LIVE Show + Podcast!

The root of the word Courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. So to exhibit courage is “to speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” Yes! We are celebrating speaking up by leading with our hearts!
 
Our special guest, transgender pioneer and fearless advocate, MN State Representative Leigh Finke, is leading with her heart RIGHT NOW in the legislative session! Speaking up for Trans rights and equality for all, Environmental protection, Gun safety, ICE accountability and so much more!
 
Our musical guest, the powerhouse singer/songwriter Andra Suchy will perform original music that personally digs deep, amplifying the triumphs over the challenges. Joining Andra will be multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Ylvisaker.
 
Violinist/creator DGS will bring us an original creation celebrating the courage of so many in the LGBTQIA+2S community who continue to speak up for true acceptance.
 
PLUS the brilliant Shanan Custer and Island fav Silvia Pontaza will be there. Zippy Laske will be performing a new powerful song. And me, your host Sue Scott will be there, too!
Doors open in the Main Stage Showroom at Crooners Supper Club at 6:30pm for dinner & cocktails!  Show is 7:30 – 9:00pm
 
LIVE Real-Time CAPTIONING is available at all of our shows!
 
Crooners Supper Club 
6161 Highway 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432

We had a very special night April 1st with these amazing women!

AND we raised $6,550 for The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund!

Pictured at top: Zippy Laske, Ann Treacy, Sarah Morris, Sue Scott, Jillian Hiscock, Dae Yang, Stephanie March & Katie Eckeberger!

Photos by Sara Erdman 

PODCAST EPISODE of this show Coming Soon!

An audacious variety show amplifying Women’s Voices through powerful storytelling, original music & inspiring conversation!

Latest Episode!

Ep. 45 The Power of One – LIVE – with Gwen Walz, Chastity Brown & Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen

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BIG NEWS: We are now a fiscally sponsored project of Springboard for the Arts! All donations to Island of Discarded Women made via Springboard for the Arts are TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

Our split of the ticket revenue pays for most of the artist & guest’s performance fees, but more support is needed to help us expand our artist roster and pay our part-time staff & crew! If you felt so moved to help us not only sustain, but thrive, please click the DONATE button below! THANK YOU!

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Ep. 45 The Power of One – LIVE – with Gwen Walz, Chastity Brown & Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen

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Ep. 44 Evidence of a Life – LIVE – with Sheila O’Connor, Jonatha Brooke, Laurie Flanigan Hegge & Autumn Mason

Sheila O’Connor’s book, “The Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts and Fictions,” is inspired by her search...

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Ep. 43 Let’s Do This! – LIVE – with Peggy Flanagan, Paula Poundstone & Amanda Grace

In this high-powered show, our special guest Peggy Flanagan, MN’s rock star Lt. Gov. and now US Senate candidate,...

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Ep. 42 It’s Personal – LIVE – with Marlene Johnson, Follow the Firefly & Aamera Siddiqui

Special guest Marlene Johnson, Minnesota’s first female Lt. Gov., shares navigating her trail blazing life in politics, honing her...

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Island of Discarded Women

A LIVE Show & Podcast created by veteran radio actor Sue Scott.

The show is recorded in a cool dinner club setting and then released a few weeks later as a podcast episode!

On the Island of Discarded Women, we’re all about speaking up, speaking out and amplifying women’s voices through personal storytelling, social commentary, original music, and inspiring guest conversations.  

Each show, Sue is joined by a diverse, all-female cast of talented actor/storytellers, passionate singer/songwriters and empowering special guests for “the conversation.” Past special guests have included Civil Rights leaders, Transgender trailblazers, Women’s Rights activists, Award-winning Authors, veteran Journalists and many more!

An Evening of Powerful Stories & Passionate Conversation + Dinner & Drinks!

Join us LIVE, or LISTEN!  Everyone is welcome!

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Read the feature on Sue Scott’s “Island of Discarded Women” at the Star Tribune.

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"...I left that show charged to embrace my own challenges like those islander performers did! To advocate for greater sisterhood and promote change as a collective voice ...To survive those waves that knock us down and to do better then tread in the waters of tolerance. To make effective big splashes in our world, ...now!"

Behind the Mic

Sue Scott

Sue Scott is a veteran stage and commercial voice over-actor, who for 24 years was the female cast member on the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion. After PHC, Sue climbed back on stage in a variety of theater roles in the Twin Cities, but is now thoroughly immersed and totally engaged in producing Island of Discarded Women!

For a little more about Sue, visit SueScottEtc.com.

Creative Team

Joining Sue in making Island of Discarded Women happen every time is an ultra talented and extremely flexible cast of actor/storytellers, passionate and gifted singer/songwriters, super skilled audio engineers and crew, accomplished photographers and PR peeps! + Amazing and dedicated volunteers! AND the most inspiring special guests anyone could hope for! Thank you to ALL for stepping up, jumping in and giving so much of our heart and souls to this live “podcast with purpose!” Detailed credits are included with each episode.

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