Minnesota Theater Talk
StoneArchAug2005b.jpg

While wandering the Stone Arch Bridge Festival, photographer Scott Pakudaitus captured a growing audience as they stopped to watch a performer on stilts.

All the world's a stage. . .

The impulse to create theater from our lives—to wear costumes, tell stories, and find meaning in them—is not defined by the location of a show. This month, we search outside the conventional theater for some of the most popular theater.

This month's talk

In-depth column

Court theater

In depth Courtroom procedure uses the trappings of theater to make messy reality manageable. By Quinton Skinner
Posted Thursday, March 11

Recent articles

Fuzzy labels

What do three path-breaking troupes like Body Cartography Project, Skewed Visions, and Off Leash Area think they're doing? By Sheila Regan

A huddle of Greek gods

Forget the intersection of film and theater. If we can't figure out what makes theater different than film, expect theater to get run over even more. By John Middleton

Screendance

A kind of duet between dancer, choreographer, and cinematographer is beginning to emerge as an art form in the performing arts world. By Vanessa Voskuil

Greatest hits

Laws of the Jungle

Jungle Theater Artistic Director Bain Boehlke and Associate AD Joel Sass explain in a video interview how they think about the plays they put on the stage. By MinnesotaPlaylist

More editor's picks

Playlist tweets

SidSolomon: Great Strib piece on @almeberks and MUSIC LOVERS, with a significant shoutout to #MNPL. Can't wait to see the show. http://bit.ly/c0rUUG

More Playlist tweets

Playlist blogs

First public screening of local Film "Ana’s Playground" at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

News and notes Filmed in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood with a local cast and crew, you can see it first on March 6 at 3:15 p.m. at Augusburg College. Posted Mar. 04

When did "like theater" become an insult?

The vom "If our political process were actually like theater at all that would be an exceptionally good thing." Posted Mar. 01

Play-by-Play Theater Bookstore is moving

News and notes Only three months after opening, Play-by-Play needs to move to a new space. Anyone want to help? Posted Feb. 21

You need to go to the capital on March 2

News and notes Artists are not politicians, but every year we need to trek down to the capital to remind politicians that artists are citizens. Posted Feb. 19

Now playing in Minnesota
Now showing

Now Hear This! 2nd Annual 1-Act Play Festival

Featuring 5 new and developing works by emerging playwrights Raymond Luczak (THE DARKEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE,JACKHAMMER,UNHAPPILY EVER

All Minnesota performances
All audience reviews
All critics’ reviews

Audience reviews

No one has reviewed this show yet. Write your review now!

Talent List

Featured artist

Sarah Bauer

Sarah Bauer

Sarah Bauer stage manages Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn playing at Illusion Theater this month.

Talent list

Find talent for your next project. Get hired. The talent list works:

“The talent list on MinnesotaPlaylist is a great resource for acting talent in the Twin Cities.”

—David Mann, freelance director

More talent profiles
Post your own
Interact

Twitter #mnpl

theatreprorata: RT @cwethern: Listen to us talk about The Spanish Tragedy w/ @TCTheater: http://bit.ly/d16639 We open this Saturday! #mnpl #tprst

SidSolomon: Whoa. LaBute to write new prologue for SHREW at Chicago Shakes. Thoughts? http://bit.ly/a6jUCM #mnpl

SidSolomon: Great Strib piece on @almeberks and MUSIC LOVERS, with a significant shoutout to #MNPL. Can't wait to see the show. http://bit.ly/c0rUUG

More #mnpl

Facebook

Minnesota Playlist
on Facebook
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>