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Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling Receives Ivey Lifetime Achievement Award; 2015 Honorees Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2015

Joe Dowling, the Guthrie Theater's recently retired artistic director, was honored at the 2015 Ivey Lifetime Achievement Award, the celebration of Twin Cities theater, on September 21 at the Historic State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. Critically-acclaimed actor Mikell Sapp received the Emerging Artist Award.

Julia Cho's THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE Comes to Park Square, 5/8-31
by Tori Leiber - Apr 1, 2015

Park Square continues its 40th season with Julia Cho's THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE. George (Kurt Kwan*) speaks a dozen languages, but he can't communicate with his wife, Mary. Consumed by his quest to document the dying languages of disappearing cultures, George is unable to say what he needs to say so Mary sets off for a new adventure. THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE is a magical and quirky fable about finding the words that can change your world. Talkin' Broadway called it "…a tour de force… passionate, wise and wonderful."

Nearly 300 Minnesota Artists to Mount 18 Productions at Park Square in 2014-15
by BWW News Desk - Sep 5, 2014

With Sexy Laundry opening tonight, the entire cast roster for the theatre's biggest season is almost complete. Nearly 300 Minnesota artists - including actors, directors, designers and technical operators - will mount 18 productions on two stages. The season lineup confirms Park Square's commitment to the work of women writers like Amy Herzog, Michele Riml and Alice Walker. The casting emphasizes Park Square as a home for local artists of color, from returning favorites like James A. Williams, T. Mychael Rambo and Regina Williams to dozens of debuts like Dominique Wooten, Kurt Kwan and Sarah Ochs.

The Jungle Theater Presents DEATHTRAP, Opening 3/29
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 25, 2013

The Jungle Theater continues its 2013 season with DEATHTRAP, Ira Levin's 1978 Tony-nominated play, which holds the record for the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway.

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY to Open at the Jungle Theatre, 4/6
by BWW News Desk - Apr 6, 2012

Harold Pinter's celebrated play, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, appears at the Jungle Theater for the first time and features an all-star cast, including Richard Ooms and Claudia Wilkens as Petey and Meg Boles, and Stephen Cartmell as Stanley Webber, the lone lodger in the Boles' shabby English boarding house. One of the great black comedies of the 20th century, The Birthday Party will be on stage April 6-May 13 at the Lyn-Lake theater, 2951 Lyndale Av. S., in Minneapolis.

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY to Open at the Jungle Theatre, 4/6
by Max Schwager - Mar 7, 2012

Harold Pinter's celebrated play, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, appears at the Jungle Theater for the first time and features an all-star cast, including Richard Ooms and Claudia Wilkens as Petey and Meg Boles, and Stephen Cartmell as Stanley Webber, the lone lodger in the Boles' shabby English boarding house. One of the great black comedies of the 20th century, The Birthday Party will be on stage April 6-May 13 at the Lyn-Lake theater, 2951 Lyndale Av. S., in Minneapolis.

The Jungle Theater Announces THE BIRTHDAY PARTY to Replace THE PAIN AND THE ITCH
by Kelsey Denette - Jan 6, 2012

The Jungle Theater announced today that Harold Pinter's classic dark comedy THE BIRTHDAY PARTY will replace the previously announced THE PAIN AND THE ITCH in the 2012 season. The production will be on stage April 6-May 13, 2012, at the Lyn-Lake theater, 2951 Lyndale Av. S., in Minneapolis.

World Premiere of SISTER KENNY'S CHILDREN Opens 1/23 At The History Theatre
by Andrew Newman - Jan 24, 2010

History Theatre brings a world premiere to the stage about the heroic nurse who took on the male-dominated medical establishment in the 1940s and revolutionized the treatment of polio. SISTER KENNY'S CHILDREN will honor the Australian-born nurse who is remembered as a lifesaver by thousands of families in Minnesota and throughout the world who faced the crippling disease of polio.

History Theatre Presents SISTER KENNY'S CHILDREN, Opens 1/23
by BWW News Desk - Jan 23, 2010

History Theatre brings a world premiere to the stage about the heroic nurse who took on the male-dominated medical establishment in the 1940s and revolutionized the treatment of polio.

History Theatre Presents SISTER KENNY'S CHILDREN, Opens 1/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 11, 2010

History Theatre brings a world premiere to the stage about the heroic nurse who took on the male-dominated medical establishment in the 1940s and revolutionized the treatment of polio.

Gruber, Lockwood & More Star In Ordway's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, Opens 6/16
by BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2009

An all-star ensemble of performers will dance their way across the Ordway stage in a new production of 'Singin' in the Rain,' opening June 16 on the Ordway main stage. The production features some of the region's brightest talent including Michael Gruber as Don Lockwood, Christina Saffran Ashford as Kathy Selden, Tony Vierling as Cosmo, Austene Van as Lina Lamont, Richard Ooms as R.F. Simpson, and Claudia Wilkens as Dora Bailey.

Gruber, Lockwood & More Star In Ordway's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, Opens 6/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 18, 2009

An all-star ensemble of performers will dance their way across the Ordway stage in a new production of 'Singin' in the Rain,' opening June 16 on the Ordway main stage. The production features some of the region's brightest talent including Michael Gruber as Don Lockwood, Christina Saffran Ashford as Kathy Selden, Tony Vierling as Cosmo, Austene Van as Lina Lamont, Richard Ooms as R.F. Simpson, and Claudia Wilkens as Dora Bailey.

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