March 2010

All the world's a stage. . .

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

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.

Articles

Fuzzy labels

By Sheila Regan
Posted Thursday, March 4

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

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In depth

A soothing and unsettling rite

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, March 1

Tea Party Rallies are theater. So is a tragic evening at a Timberwolves game. But theater critic Quinton Skinner begins this month's column with cavemen.

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What if you reviewed church services?

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, March 8

When a theater critic visits a church service at Jefferson Community School, what's the verdict?

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Court theater

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Thursday, March 11

Courtroom procedure uses the trappings of theater to make messy reality manageable.

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The last year

March 2010
All the world's a stage. . .

February 2010
Reel live

January 2010
Feeling Minnesota

December 2009
Jingle blogs

November 2009
Making art, work

October 2009
So very close. . .

September 2009
How are we doing?

August 2009
Fringe points of view

July 2009
Stories

June 2009
On the road

May 2009
What's new?

April 2009
Spring break

Now playing

Pro Rata Playreading Series

Pro Rata Playreading Series

See it this week at The Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. Presented by Theatre Pro Rata.

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Featured Artist

David Coral

David Coral

David Coral directed Enchanted April playing at Theatre in the Round this month.

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