Pillsbury House Theatre’s latest series is original, local, and a true product of our times   The show comes with several interactive elements like a quiz on the truthiness of news headlines and a vote of confidence in different media sources – brilliant stuff. Is there anything that can get

When is the last time you indulged your inner rebel?   Photo by Matthew Murphy You know the one – the one that told you not to come into work today, or to sleep in a little later, or to skip the pleasantries and really be honest about how you

What if I were to tell you…   Graphic by Ten Thousand Things …That there is a show penned by a local female playwright that is set entirely in a car wash, features a highly eclectic spectrum of characters, and it’s totally fabulous? I would be describing Park and Lake,

The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company brings precision and sass to this timely piece. Photo by Stephen Hage How much do you know about Gilbert & Sullivan? If you’re a fan of musicals you’ve likely seen the Pirates of Penzance at some point in your life, but did

Of all of the many reasons I’m proud to be a Twin Cities Theater Blogger, the #tctbconvo series is at the very top of my list.   Created as a response to the controversy over Refugia last year, #tctbconvo represents the Twin Cities Theater Blogger’s attempt to host proactive dialogues

LISTEN.   Photo courtesy of the Guthrie Theater Just, listen. That is all I can say after seeing Ifrah Mansour’s magnificent one-woman show How to Have Fun in a Civil War. In a taut, gripping 60-minute performance, Mansour tells the story of fleeing Somalia during the 1990s civil war from

What is the responsibility of great art?  Photo by Dan Norman Is it to the artist? The audience? The culture it portrays? The abstract idea of art itself?  This is an impossible question to answer; every person will approach it from a different lived perspective, and every person will find

It’s good to try new things.   Photo by Evan Frost   For example: last Friday I went to the Open Eye Figure Theater for the first time. What a cozy place! The seats are extremely comfortable, the atmosphere congenial, and the staging innovative. What I went to see was

Who doesn’t need more opportunities to laugh?   I have to say, I am absolutely loving all of the terrific comedies cycling through Twin Cities theaters lately. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good drama – but with the currently contentious state of American politics let’s be honest: we

One of the biggest buzzwords since the 2016 presidential election has been “resistance” More people are feeling disenfranchised and activated than ever, which can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. People have energy and they need to channel it somewhere. But what does