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Theater

Steerage Song puts a microscope up to the world of Ellis Island and the powerful stories it holds.

Theater Latté Da prepares new musical “Steerage Song”

by Joe Kellen
Published September 26, 2013
Peter Rothstein and Dan Chouinard come together to musicalize Ellis Island.
Adam Carolla continues to rant his way through all aspects of life.

Adam Carolla: A man’s show

by Spencer Doar
Published September 26, 2013
Adam Carolla is the same former carpenter that landed the miracle radio gig “Loveline” almost 20 years ago: snide, clever and nasally.
Derek Mears is more than growls and machetes.

Derek Mears at ComedySportz

by Spencer Doar
Published September 26, 2013
Derek Mears makes a living playing monsters and villains, all thanks to his love of comedy.
Daniel Polnau leans towards the darker parts of sideshow antics in Strombolis Medicine Show.

Heart of the Beast brings back “Strombolli’s Medicine Show”

by Joe Kellen
Published September 19, 2013
Daniel Polnau threatens to reinvent death itself in his revival of “Strombolli’s Medicine Show.”
Sun Mee Chomet rehearses for How to Be a Korean Woman, a one-woman show written by Chomet in front of the Dowling Studio Theater at the Guthrie Theater on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013.

How to be a storyteller

by Joe Kellen
Published September 19, 2013
Sun Mee Chomet revisits “How to Be a Korean Woman” at the Guthrie Theater, sharing her story of adoption and how to grapple with identity.
Performing artist AnnaMaria Koutsostamatis rehearses for the street festival and mask pageant, Uniquinox, on Tuesday afternoon at North Loop Playground in Minneapolis. Interact Center is known for its inclusivity for artists of all types of backgrounds.

Interact Theater brings back Uniquinox festival

by Joe Kellen
Published September 19, 2013
Scotty Reynolds and Taous Khazem lead Interact Center’s third Uniquinox project, combining dance parties, visual art and theater in a quest for community.
Hope Cervantes and Virginia S. Burke rehearse Good People, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. The play is written by David Lindsay-Abaire and premieres at Park Square Theatre on September 13th.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” to make regional premiere

by Joe Kellen
Published September 12, 2013
Joel Sass returns to the Park Square Theater to direct David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy of class, “Good People.”

Kyle Loven brings “Moon Show 143” to Dowling Studio

by Joe Kellen
Published September 12, 2013
Seattle-based theatermaker Kyle Loven examines how Earth’s natural satellite connects us all in “Moon Show 143.”
Kevin Kling, writer of Humanimal,  during rehearsal at Open Eye Figure Theater on Monday evening.

“Humanimal”: Beyond Kevin Kling’s wildest dreams

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published August 7, 2013
Acclaimed local storyteller Kevin Kling returns to the Open Eye Theatre for a play about people, pets and untamed wilderness.
Actors Phillip Schramm, Brandon R. Caviness and Joel Thingvall in the play Stuck in an Elevator with Patrick Stewart featured in the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Forever on the Fringe: comedies at the fest

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published July 31, 2013
Three shows from this year’s Fringe Festival prove that outlandish comedy’s alive and well among local thespians.

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