- Becki-Iverson
- February 26, 2018
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
- Becki-Iverson
- February 26, 2018
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
- Becki-Iverson
- February 19, 2018
Sacred cows of the theater be warned: your days of being untouchable are careening towards a swift end. Photo by Petronella Ytsma And what great news that is! Seriously, I’ve been advocating for years, ad nauseam (#sorrynotsorry), that we need to really feel comfortable revising things for the modern
- Becki-Iverson
- February 19, 2018
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
- Becki-Iverson
- February 16, 2018
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
- Becki-Iverson
- February 14, 2018
There’s been a lot made in the last year or so of people who have been left behind. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes Call them Trumpeters, or rednecks, or MAGAs, or hillbillies, or whatever you will – the stories of lower class white folks have been blowing up on screens, on
- Becki-Iverson
- February 12, 2018
Why should a nation as a whole have to pay the price for the madness of a few? Photo by Dan Norman That was the question on my mind throughout the speedy 100 minute duration of Assassins, the latest to grace the stage at the Ritz Theater via Theater
- Becki-Iverson
- February 9, 2018
When you hear the phrase “good writing,” what does it mean to you? Everyone has different answer for this question; after all, we have different tastes and preferences, different values and backgrounds, and so the style and subject matter can widely range between what are considered to be good pieces
- Becki-Iverson
- February 2, 2018
Where should forgiveness begin and end? Pictures speak louder than words. That is the question at the heart of Cardboard Piano, a gutwrenching play about the liminal nature of morality, kindness and grace when they are applied in the harshest imaginable circumstances. Who is deserving of mercy in light
- Becki-Iverson
- January 2, 2018
Start the New Year off right by learning about DACA, the DREAM Act, and how to truly help your neighbors. Photo by Mark Van Cleave If I haven’t sung the praises of Karen Zacarias enough yet, let me correct that right now: she is one of my favorite new