Humans Of Rapid City

Joanna Lawler is a dear a friend of mine who is an incredible human being to have living here in Rapid City, SD.  Originally from Minnesota and then Pierre, South Dakota, Joanna found her passion for theatre a very young age.  As a young woman, she appeared in the Guthrie Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  From there, she went on to do a multitude of theatrical productions in Pierre under Pierre Players.  Eventually, when she began her career as a Public Defender in the city of Rapid City, she finally decided to get back into the theatre world after being a long time supporter of the local theatre scnee and she landed the emotionally complex and VERY challenging role of Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (opposite yours truly).  From there, she continued the theatre exploration around town and was recenrtly featured as the lead femme-fattlale role in The 39 Steps at Serpahim Theatrical Entertainment. Do forgive us, as we were dirinking quite a bit of Witer's Tears whisk