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Alex Stene, front, Laura Hickey, and Brant Miller rehearse a scene from "Something About a Bear" on Monday, April 8, 2013, at The Thrust Stage in Rarig Center.

Bear in mind

by Lucy Nieboer
Published April 11, 2013
U students and faculty take the stage with actors from Theatre Novi Most in a whimsical Russian fairytale.
Cheryl Willis plays the role of Myra during a rehearsal for Deathtrap on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis.

Setting traps

by Joe Kellen
Published March 28, 2013
Bain Boehlke weaves a tale of power and greed in the Jungle Theater’s interpretation of “Deathtrap.”

Q&A: John Mulaney

by Spencer Doar
Published March 14, 2013
A&E talked with writing and stand-up young gun, John Mulaney.
Local playwright Katie Ka Vang rehearses her one-woman show "Hmong Bollywood" on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Pangea World Theater. The story is an expression of how she has dealt with her illness as well as her cultural identity through movement, prose, video installation and more.

Katie goes to Bollywood

by Joe Kellen
Published March 14, 2013
Local playwright and performer Katie Ka Vang combines Hmong ideology, Bollywood choreography and the power of identity in her one-woman show, “Hmong Bollywood.”

A merging of the minds

by Spencer Doar
Published March 14, 2013
Chris Bliss and J. Elvis Weinstein reunite for another iteration of their annual two-man stand-up show.
Kurt Kwan and Jeannie Lander rehearse a scene from Yellow Fever on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Mu Performing Arts' studio space in Minneapolis.

Burning up

by Joe Kellen
Published March 7, 2013
Rick Shiomi directs his final play at Mu Performing Arts as artistic director, balancing noir with cultural commentary in his detective comedy, “Yellow Fever.”

Sea Change

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published March 7, 2013
Cynthia Hopkins‘ musical “This Clement World” interrogates the climate change crisis with facts from the field after a 22-day voyage in the Arctic Ocean.

Horny for laughs

by Spencer Doar
Published March 7, 2013
Orny Adams loves doing standup, a very serious profession in his mind.

Johnny on the spot

by Spencer Doar
Published February 28, 2013
Comedian John Roy brings the laughter with a sense of urgency after heart surgery as a babe.
Cast and crew rehearse former University student Benjamin Brockman's "Lepus Nacht: A Night in the Warren" on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis. Brockman's piece details the cycles of life and death through the post-apocalyptic exploits of a group of rabbits.

Some strings attached

by Joe Kellen
Published February 28, 2013
In the Heart of the Beast brings back their PuppetLab series for a third year, conjuring trashscapes, cartoon explosions and Jersey, cow-colored dinosaurs.

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