Quinton Skinner

Quinton Skinner is the theater critic for City Pages. He is also the author of the novels 14 Degrees Below Zero and Amnesia Nights, as well as non-fiction books on fatherhood and rock 'n' roll.

Articles by this author

The Minnesota Way

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Wednesday, January 6

Wendy Knox and Bain Boehlke. Michelle Hensley and Lou Bellamy. Do they have anything in common? Quinton Skinner tracks it down.

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Live wire

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, January 5

The state of the theater cannot be separated from the state of our culture or our lives in this country now.

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In-depth posts by this author

Posted
March 1, 2010 - 12:19am
A soothing and unsettling rite
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.
Posted
March 11, 2010 - 2:15pm
Court theater
Courtroom procedure uses the trappings of theater to make messy reality manageable.
Posted
March 7, 2010 - 11:02pm
What if you reviewed church services?
When a theater critic visits a church service at Jefferson Community School, what's the verdict?