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Theater

The cast of Shakespeares King Henry VI run through a dress rehearsal at the Rarig Center on Monday night. The play opens March 30 and runs through April 4.

400 years later, Henry VI restaged

by Austen Macalus
Published March 29, 2016
The University’s BFA actors will stage the political tumult of Shakespeare’s celebrated “Henry VI” at Rarig Center.
Sandra Struthers as Actress 1, John Catron as Actor, and Charity Jones as Actress 2 in The Critic, showing February 23-March 27, 2016 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

Two critical

by Danylo Loutchko
Published February 23, 2016
Back-to-back satirical one-act plays, “The Critic” and “The Real Inspector Hound,” open at the Guthrie this weekend.
Actresses, left to right, Noa Beckham-Chasnoff, Simone Williams, Holo Lue Choy, Atlee Jensen, Alyssa DiVirgilio, and Jillian Duffy of GIRL Theatre rehearse Into the Red in the Bryant Lake Bowl & Theatre on Tuesday afternoon. Into the Red premieres Thursday Feb 18 and will run until February 27.

‘What womanhood is’

by Austen Macalus
Published February 18, 2016
High school seniors Scarlett Thompson and Alexandra Hatch produce their first GIRL Theater show.
Left to right, Paul Rutledge, Paul LaNave and Spencer H. Levin.

‘Deceptively simple’

by Austen Macalus
Published February 16, 2016
Directing “The Aliens,” John Heimbuch searches for meaning in the ordinary.
The Jungle Theatres interpretation of Shakespeares The Two Gentleman Of Verona, runs from Feb. 12- March 27.

The gentlewomen of the Jungle

by Danylo Loutchko
Published February 11, 2016
An all-female production of Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” opens Friday.
Jessica Dickey in The Amish Project, written and performed by Jessica Dickey, and originally directed by Sarah Cameron Sunday. Part of the Guthrie Theaters Singular Voices/Plural Perspectives series, The Amish Project plays February 2-14 in the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis.

From tragedy to forgiveness

by Danylo Loutchko
Published February 2, 2016
Jessica Dickey performs her one-woman show, “The Amish Project,” in the Dowling Studio.

Scientifically supported fun

by Austen Macalus
Published January 28, 2016
At the intersection of science, storytelling, theatre and comedy comes “El Neato!”
Choreographer Brittany Shrimpton, center, looks on as Colleen Leeman and David Beukema rehearse a dance for upcoming show Right, Wrong or Bomb! A Dating Musical at Sandbox Theatre on Saturday morning. The musical comedy celebrates the trials, tribulations and joys of online dating.

Dating disasters on stage

by Brenda Tran
Published January 26, 2016
Musical comedy celebrates the trials, tribulations and joys of dating in the 21st century.
Joy Dolo Anfinson, (left), bAndy Hilbrands, Kory LaQuess Pullam, John Gebratatose, and Alsa Bruno of the BLACKOUT improv troupe rehearse in the Phoenix Theater on Sunday afternoon. The troupe performs on the third Friday of every month, and their next show is on Friday at 10:30pm.

A night of comedic activism

by Brenda Tran
Published December 16, 2015
An African-American comedy troupe filters current events through a humorous lens.
Syniva Whitney and Will Courtney embrace during rehearsal on Wednesday for their new project, which will be featured at the Pitch Dark Cabaret at Patricks Cabaret. Their project, Gender Tender, is an interdisciplinary performance  that prioritizes the transgender and genderqueer experience in process and presentation.

Entertainment in the dark

by Brenda Tran
Published December 10, 2015
Pitch Dark Cabaret will provide audiences with a multisensory-inspired performance.

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