Black Label Movement & Sod House Theater Premiere THE MOTHER: A Punk Rock Dance Musical — A Defiant, Heart-Pounding Reimagining of Revolution
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 2025) — Black Label Movement and Sod House Theater, long-time innovators in Minnesota’s dance and theater scenes known for their bold, socially connected performances, are thrilled to announce the premiere of THE MOTHER: A Punk Rock Dance Musical. This riotous, hard-hitting new work runs September 3–6, 2025, at historic Sokol Hall in St. Paul, MN.
An equal collaboration between Carl Flink of Black Label Movement and Luverne Seifert and Darcey Engen of Sod House Theater, THE MOTHER features an explosive, original punk score by Annie Enneking. Inspired by Maxim Gorky’s iconic novel, this dance musical fuses gutsy live music, virtuosic choreography, and immersive theater to bring to life the struggles of working people during the Bolshevik Revolution — and to confront the forces of oppression and corporate greed that still reverberate today.
WHAT: THE MOTHER: A Punk Rock Dance Musical
WHEN: September 4, 2025 at 7:30pm, September 5 at 7:30pm, September 6 at 2pm and 7:30pm, and September 7 at 2pm
WHERE: Sokol Hall, 383 W Michigan St, St. Paul, MN 55102
About Sod House Theater
Founded by Darcey Engen and Luverne Seifert, Sod House Theater is devoted to creating immersive, site-specific theater that brings communities together. Their productions honor place, story, and the collaborative power of live performance. Sod House’s organic, egalitarian model of making theater unleashes and creates space for public dialogue and action.
THE MOTHER launches Sod House’s 2025-2026 theater season. FIVE MORE MINUTES, an original play about relationship, imagination and an onset of dementia will tour again in 2026. Stay tuned for our tour schedule. FIVE MORE MINUTES and our recent production of RARE focus on how illness and medical intervention impacts families and communities. Support Sod House Theater at Artspeople.
About Black Label Movement
Black Label Movement (BLaM) creates fiercely physical, deeply human dance theater that defies convention and invites community. Under the leadership of Carl Flink, BLaM creates work that pushes physical and intellectual limits, sparks dialogue, and connects people through shared, urgent performance.
THE MOTHER launches Black Label Movement’s bold 2025–2026 season — a slate of revolutionary projects that smash the boundaries between dance, science, and social action. The season includes Rules of Life, a world premiere exploring glioblastoma cancer research through choreography, the monumental filmed live-model scientific research performance The Battle at Huntington Bank Stadium, and new works by rising artists in Movers Make 3.0.
Support Black Label Movement’s mission to create art that is wildly physical, emotionally resonant, and socially engaged by donating at https://givebutter.com/Blacklabel.
About Annie Enneking
Annie Enneking is a Minneapolis-based composer, musician, fight choreographer, and frontwoman of the indie rock band Annie and the Bang Bang. Her genre-bending sound and fearless approach to storytelling make her a sought-after collaborator in the Twin Cities and beyond.