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Courtesy of Jennifer Melin Miller. Photo by Amy Melin.

Q&A: Jennifer Melin Miller, co-producer of “Hadestown” and Carlson MBA alumni

by Nina Raemont
Published July 15, 2020
“Hadestown” co-producer Jennifer Melin Miller talks Broadway and the new age of theater in a socially distanced world.
Skoog: Credits, connections and competition (or how to get away with sexual misconduct in the Minneapolis comedy scene)

Skoog: Credits, connections and competition (or how to get away with sexual misconduct in the Minneapolis comedy scene)

by Caroline Skoog
Published July 9, 2020
Sexual harassment isn't about sex. It's about doing whatever you want, then having the gall to scoff, "What are you gonna do about it?"
Censorquip members Jack Callahan, Alison Davis, Claire Nelson
Carter Starkey, Genevieve Krause, Clare Graney-Dolan, and Claire Farnham, from top left, meet virtually to discuss their upcoming show, As Seen on TV on Sunday, June 21.

UMN multimedia sketch comedy crew finds humor in staying home

by Nina Raemont
Published June 26, 2020
Censorquip’s third sketch comedy show premieres on Youtube on July 10.
Sarah Mai

Student-led theatre fields short plays about pre-COVID living

by Meg Bishop
Published June 2, 2020
Only submissions not involving the coronavirus were allowed.
Illustration by Sarah Mai

Topping 2,300 entries, theater “bakeoff” brings camaraderie to quarantine

by Alex Strangman
Published March 28, 2020
Hundreds of viewers tuned in for live readings of scripts from UMN theater students’ viral “Quarantine Playwriting Bake Off” competition.
Sarah Mai

UMN theater students’ creative quarantine competition goes viral

by Alex Strangman
Published March 15, 2020
Three University of Minnesota students created a playwriting competition in an attempt to beat isolation, one play at a time. They have since received over 2,100 entries.
Magician open mic night, held at the Comedy Corner Underground on Thursday, Feb. 27.

Mixing comedy with magic, students step up to the mic

by Meg Bishop
Published March 5, 2020
The Comedy Corner Underground presents “Magic Underground Open Mic” Thursdays.
Actress Sushma Saha tries out a new means of transportation during a break at a rehearsal for "Interstate" at MixedBlood Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The production, created by Kit Yan and Melissa Li, follows the experiences of two trans people, navigating a myriad of cultural issues.

Minnesota theaters welcome a first-ever ‘Jubilee’ year

by Norah Kleven
Published February 24, 2020
The national festival welcomes participants to strive for diversity during the 2020-21 theater season.
Courtesy of  Sophina Saggau.

“MOTH”: using the stage to process trauma

by Ksenia Gorinshteyn
Published February 6, 2020
The play will show at Bryant-Lake Bowl & Theater Feb. 28 – March 7.

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