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Wyatt Cenac

Welcome back, Wyatt Cenac

by Chance Wellnitz
Published October 13, 2015
The former Daily Show correspondent will headline shows at Acme.
Members of the Minnesota Rollergirls participate in a league-wide scrimmage on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The Minnesota Rollergirls' season debut is Saturday at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul.

The Twin Cities’ toughest women

by Isabella Romano
Published October 8, 2015
The Minnesota RollerGirls start their home season, promising plenty of bruising.

Life as a ski rat

by Jackie Renzetti
Published August 5, 2015

Donning a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume, Abe Cass zipped along the Mississippi River on water skis, completing a few back flips along the way.   The stunt was part of the Twin Cities River...

Actor Damiian Lang poses in the backyard of his house, the future venue for his one-man show "Glorious Garbage, Good Grief!" Lang's show is a part of the greater Fringe Festival, which hosts live theater throughout Minneapolis July 30 through August 9.

Recycling the past

by Jackie Renzetti
Published July 29, 2015

Minnesota native Damiian Mario Lang’s childhood home in Dinkytown will serve as the backdrop of his show for this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival.   Since first performing the show at...

A cardboard galaxy

by Jackie Renzetti
Published April 30, 2015

Bent over a paint-splattered table, Justin Spooner and Peter Lincoln Rusk weighed whether to paint a space diamond or a DNA helix on their cardboard space computer.    The two University of Minnesota...

Sophomores on Shakespeare

by Jackie Renzetti
Published April 2, 2015
The students share their experiences of prepping for two plays.
"EF! The Musical" cast members Katie Korpi (left), Ian Meyer and Rachel Chevremont act out a scene during their dress rehearsal in the Nolte Experimental Theatre in the Rarig Center on West Bank Monday evening.

Anarchy abounds in ‘EF! The Musical’

by Jared Hemming
Published March 3, 2015
The student-performed musical took shape through collaborations between students and playwrights interested in environmentalism.
Performers Ansa Akea, Dean Holt and Reed Sigmund rehearse for Huck Finn on Sunday at The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Director Greg Banks chose to use just three actors to play all parts in the famous story, which opens on Tuesday, March 3rd.

Huck Finn to open at the Children’s Theatre Company

by Jackie Renzetti
Published March 3, 2015
Director Greg Banks brings his three actor adaptation back for another run
Actor Peter Lincolnrusk plays a singing chalkboard with other actors' hands in Davey Steinman's show "Basement Creatures" at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Coffee, halibut and whiskey: Davey Steinman’s world of puppets

by Jackie Renzetti
Published February 26, 2015
University alum David Steinman debuts his puppet rock opera at Puppet Lab.

Remebering Harris Wittels

by Jared Hemming
Published February 24, 2015

 (Harris Wittels)   On Thursday, “Parks and Recreation” writer Harris Wittels died of an apparent drug overdose, after years of using his self-described ‘drug guy’ sensibility...

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