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Ross Orenstein and Skyler Nowinski rehearse for Ich Kurbisgeist, an agricultural vengeance play for Halloween on Friday at the Red Eye Theater.

Sibyl Kempson’s “Ich, Kürbisgeist” to open at Red Eye Theater

by Joe Kellen
Published October 10, 2013
Sherwin Resurreccion and Tessa Flynn rehearse for the premier area production of Maple and Vine at the Old Arizona Theater in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening. Maple and Vine follows a couple who give up their modern Manhattan lifestyle to join the Society of Dynamic Obsolescence, a cult-like group of people who have recreated the 1950s era.

Frank Theater explores escapism in “Maple and Vine”

by Joe Kellen
Published October 10, 2013

Aural? Autumn? Awesome.

by Joe Kellen
Published October 7, 2013

Introducing Sarah Ruhl

by Joe Kellen
Published October 6, 2013
Dancers Clifford Williams and Katie Deuitch rehearse “Edifice Wrecks,” a new work by Minnesota Dance Theater’s artistic director Lise Houlton in collaboration with Dane Stauffer on Tuesday at Cowles Center.

Minnesota Dance Theater blurs lines

by Joe Kellen
Published October 3, 2013

Culture compass: Corn, thrash punk and the Greeks

by Joe Kellen
Published October 3, 2013

The Minnesota Museum of American Art objectifies the ’70s

by Joe Kellen
Published October 3, 2013

Review: “The Paper Hat Game”

by Joe Kellen
Published September 29, 2013
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
Deborah Yaffe will visit the University of Minnesota Bookstore this Thursday to share her Janeite knowledge.

Jane Austen superfan researcher visits U

by Joe Kellen
Published September 26, 2013

Jeremy Cohen brings it home

by Joe Kellen
Published September 25, 2013

Review: “Good People”

by Joe Kellen
Published September 22, 2013

Got something to say?

by Joe Kellen
Published September 21, 2013
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
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
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

Kyle Loven brings “Moon Show 143” to Dowling Studio

by Joe Kellen
Published September 12, 2013
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

Is Discussion Enough?

by Joe Kellen
Published September 8, 2013

13 Things To Do While You Wait For Pearson’s Tech Support

by Joe Kellen
Published September 6, 2013

Talking fame with Foreigner’s Tom Gimbel

by Joe Kellen
Published September 5, 2013
Local band Usonia rehearses in their space in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013.

Minneapolis indie band Usonia to start Cause residency

by Joe Kellen
Published September 5, 2013
Freeman Ryan, Decarlo Jackson, Devante Jackson, and Zosha Warpeha of the PipJazz Youth All-Stars group play together on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the Dakota Jazz Club. A fundraiser for the Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project will be hosted at the Dakota Jazz club from 4-7pm Thursday.

Local musicians put jazz on wheels

by Joe Kellen
Published May 9, 2013
Steve Epp and Nathan Keepers rehearse for Out of the Pan Into the Fire at the Southern Theater on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The show runs May 3 - 26.

The Moving Company plays with fire

by Joe Kellen
Published May 2, 2013
Midwest poet Miles Walser blends a powerful mixture of identity and society with the hopes of making What the Night Demands accessible to readers of all backgrounds.

Breaking the binary

by Joe Kellen
Published April 25, 2013
Tramplin’ the Twin Cities

Tramplin’ the Twin Cities

by Joe Kellen
Published April 18, 2013

Taking a bite

by Joe Kellen
Published April 17, 2013
The cast of Freshwater Theatres The Gifted Program rehearse Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at Nimbus Theatre in Minneapolis.

Fast Times at Freshwater High

by Joe Kellen
Published April 11, 2013
Shannon Wettstein and Patti Cudd of Zeitgeist rehearses Mikrophonie on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Studio Z in St. Paul. A sound collage created with a variety of tools, the piece is centered around one gong.

Quartet brings ‘early music’ to life

by Joe Kellen
Published April 4, 2013

Snapshot: “Deathtrap”

by Joe Kellen
Published March 31, 2013

Tangled up in vines

by Joe Kellen
Published March 31, 2013
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
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

Review: “This Clement World”

by Joe Kellen
Published March 10, 2013
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

Get sprung

by Joe Kellen
Published March 2, 2013

Propeller invades

by Joe Kellen
Published February 28, 2013
Cast and crew rehearse former University student Benjamin Brockmans 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. Brockmans 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

Review: “Elemeno Pea”

by Joe Kellen
Published February 24, 2013

Culture Compass: Eels, apples and the end of the world

by Joe Kellen
Published February 21, 2013
Grace Gealey, left, Sun Mee Chomet, center, and Laurine Price rehearse a scene from Elemeno Pea on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis.

Spelling it out

by Joe Kellen
Published February 21, 2013

Review: “Other Desert Cities”

by Joe Kellen
Published February 16, 2013
Actors Hugh Kennedy, left, and Sara Richardson rehearse a scene from Tracey Scott Wilsons Buzzer on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at the Pillsbury House Theatre. Buzzer reopens Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at the Guthrie Dowling Studio.

The Guthrie gets buzzed

by Joe Kellen
Published February 7, 2013

We’re gonna party like it’s 2005

by Joe Kellen
Published February 6, 2013

Follow Up: The “Reefer’s” well-rolled

by Joe Kellen
Published February 2, 2013
Daniel Ray Olson and Kurt Bender rehearse for Reefer Madness at the New Century Theatre on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Minneapolis. The musical comedy inspired by the 1936 film premieres Feb. 1.

Rolling out the “Reefer”

by Joe Kellen
Published January 31, 2013

Review: “Doubt: An Opera”

by Joe Kellen
Published January 29, 2013

Make My Weekend: Two Days, Five Plays

by Joe Kellen
Published January 26, 2013
The members of Bomba de Luz, fresh out of their in-studio session at the Current, get photographed by their manager.

The cool kids table

by Joe Kellen
Published January 24, 2013
Actual Wolfs Eric Pollard finishes a cup of coffee outside his favorite Minneapolis haunt, The Coffee Shop Northeast, before driving back to his native Grand Rapids, Minn., on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013.

Fangs Out: Catching up with Actual Wolf

by Joe Kellen
Published January 24, 2013

The art of conclusion

by Joe Kellen
Published January 20, 2013

Dealing with “Doubt”

by Joe Kellen
Published January 17, 2013
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