Left to right: (top) Don Stolz, Patrick Scully, Faye Price, Judith Brin Ingber, (middle) Charles Nolte, Marcus Dillard, Barbara Field, (bottom) Carolyn Pool, Sheila Livingston, Barbara Kingsley, and Stephen D'Ambrose
"History teaches everything, including the future" (Alphonse de Lamartine). While you're enjoying the present summer and worrying about the coming future, we hope you enjoy these video interviews about Minnesota's performing arts past.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Wednesday, July 1
An interview with long-time Minnesota theater legend Don Stolz who "refuses to do a play that presents life as hopeless. . . It just isn't true."
By Joshua Humphrey
Posted Wednesday, July 1
Use this text timeline of Minnesota Theater history to follow along with this month's video interviews.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Tuesday, July 7
The creator of the Choreographers' Evening, Judith Brin Ingber has been in middle of the growth of dance in Minnesota from the 1950s to today.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, July 13
Lighting designer Marcus Dillard steps out from behind the scenes to share his recollections. "The technology is changing everything constantly."
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, July 13
How did the Guthrie's cash machine "A Christmas Carol" happen? Where did the Playwrights Center come from? Barbara Field was in the middle of it.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Thursday, July 16
Mixed Blood, Penumbra, August Wilson, New York, the Guthrie, Pillsbury House — Faye Price is on quite a journey.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, July 20
By the mid-90s, the Twin Cities suddenly appeared to be crawling with scrappy, spunky, young, and tiny independent new theaters. Carolyn Pool dove right in.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, July 20
Sheila Livingston came to Minnesota at the same time as Tyrone Guthrie. In the early days, a big G meant cereal, not theater.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Thursday, July 23
From the birth of the NEA to the battle fields in Minnesota, Patrick Scully explains the "Culture Wars" coherently, vividly, and quickly.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Thursday, July 23
How do you put politics into dance? Or build a queer-identified space where straights feel welcome? Why do it at all? Patrick Scully answers
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Saturday, July 25
Stephen D'Ambrose and Barbara Kingsley have built lives as actors in this community that so many admire. They're also such great fun to talk with.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, July 27
Charles Nolte did it all. Then he taught a lot of Minnesota performing artists how to do it too.
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TCTheater: RT @jgulden: @TCTheater Wish I could get out and see some things but I will be on stage in BCT's Master Class all weekend! #mnpl
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