I’ve always loved historical fiction, but it can be a tricky thing to get right.  Photo by Dan Norman Where is the line between taking a fictional account of history too far and hitting just the right balance? Done well, historical fiction can provide an exciting, accessible way to engage

Every year I visit the Walker Art Center’s annual Out There series…  And every year I leave with a plethora of exciting new ideas about performance art. The avant garde festival can be really intimidating for those who don’t see a lot of theater or prefer explicitly traditional forms of performance, but that’s exactly

This disaster minded drama features impeccable acting and a thoughtful plot   Photo by Dan Norman Art is supposed to reflect and explain the world around us, right? That said, with the political world in chaos these days it seems only natural that dystopian fiction and high drama should make

Representation has been an increasingly important theme in arts around the world lately. Uche Iroegbu Whether it’s melanizing the lily white world of superhero universes (here’s looking at you Black Panther) or shaking up the stale genre of rom coms (Crazy Rich Asians ruled the game this summer), groups that

How can you find a new way to indulge your love for Jane Austen?   Photo by Rich Ryan You took all the Buzzfeed quizzes about “Which Bennet are you?” and watched every Austen remake to be found thousands of times (here’s looking at you, Clueless). What’s left at this

I hate it when I’m late to the party…   Photo Courtesy of Genesia Williams But that was definitely the case at Waafrika last week. Unfortunately this little gem of a show is already closed – it was only on stage for a two week span – and I went

Here’s to hoping history stops repeating itself.   Photo by Shannon TL Kearns It’s always amazing to me how imperfectly progress on social issues is made. Causes will fight for decades on an issue with little to no improvement – or maybe even sustain severe setbacks – only to jolt

If I could take a billboard out to make the world a better place, it would say something like: stop underestimating children.   Photo by Dan Norman I think we have a tendency to think that just because kids are small sized humans and have limited vocabularies that somehow they’re

CW: This show (and review) discusses violence, assault, sexual assault and abuse.   Photo by Rich Ryan Walking out of Mixed Blood Theatre last night, all I could say was HOT DAMN. For anyone living under a rock, yesterday Dr. Christine Blasely Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary

Does an awards show even need actual awards?   Last night marked the first ever MN Theater Awards, aka The Little Show That Could that took over after the Ivey Awards folded abruptly last year. Many people in the #tctheater community were disappointed by the loss of an event to