DEBUTANTE BALL, BOUNDARY WATERS & More Set for RAW STAGES New Works Festival

History Theatre will once again partner with the Minnesota History Center to present four staged readings of new scripts that are currently being developed by Minnesota artists. This year's RAW STAGES New Works Festival will include a revised script by Eric "Pogi" Sumangil about Minnesota's Filipino community (Debutante Ball), along with three newly commissioned scripts from Carlyle Brown (Boundary Waters), Jeffrey Hatcher and Chan Poling (Glensheen), and Garrison Keillor (Radio Man).

Since 1978 History Theatre has produced over 100 world premieres. History Theatre works with the best local and national playwrights and composers to develop brave, entertaining explorations of all the histories that make up our diverse community. The RAW STAGES New Works Festival is a major part of History Theatre's new play development process which consists of staged readings of four scripts-in-progress, performed by professional actors and directors. Audience feedback is used to help shape the script as it continues to progress toward future production.

Since 1978 History Theatre has produced over 100 world premieres. History Theatre works with the best local and national playwrights and composers to develop brave, entertaining explorations of all the histories that make up our diverse community. The RAW STAGES New Works Festival is a major part of History Theatre's new play development process which consists of staged readings of four scripts-in-progress, performed by professional actors and directors. Audience feedback is used to help shape the script as it continues to progress toward future production.

The RAW STAGES Festival will be held at the 3M Auditorium in the Minnesota History Center (345 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul).
For more information and tickets call History Theatre's box office: 651.292.4323

Tickets (general admission): $10 per reading or $25 for a RAW STAGES Pass

Boundary Waters » Tues, Jan. 14 @ 7 p.m.
by Carlyle Brown
directed by Marion McClinton
George Bonga is a fur trader and Voyageur of the Boundary Waters, living on the boundaries of Black, White, and Ojibwe. In the winter of 1837, over the course of five days and six nights George Bonga tracks down an Ojibwe man accused of murdering a white man at the trading post on Cass Lake. Is Bonga really tracking down a murderer or is he chasing his own demons?
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Debutante Ball » Wed, Jan. 15 @ 7 p.m.
by Eric "Pogi" Sumangil
directed by Randy Reyes
The local Filipino-American community hosts an annual Debutante's Ball, an event filled with pageantry and elegance - plus a fair amount of teen angst and rebellion. Through hip-hop and Filipino love songs, this new play explores the struggles between tradition and assimilation, parental pressure and independence.
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Glensheen » Thurs, Jan. 16 @ 7 p.m.
by Jeffrey Hatcher | music & lyrics by Chan Poling
directed by Anya Kremenetsky
The mansion. The money. The marriage. The murders. The mystery. Now - The Musical. Ivey Award-winning nationally acclaimed playwright Jeffrey Hatcher and Minnesota music icon Chan Poling of The Suburbs and The New Standards are teaming up to take on the story of the infamous Duluth estate that has piqued the nation's curiosity since 1977.
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Radio Man » Sun, Jan. 19 @ 2 p.m.
by Garrison Keillor
On a cold winter night, the creator of "A Prairie Home Companion" is visited by his characters - Guy Noir, Private Eye, the cowboys Dusty and Lefty, residents of Lake Wobegon, and his own family ghosts, who are all dissatisfied with their lives - to which he simply says, "Lighten up." Song and dance is the cure. Cheerfulness is a choice. Sorrow is generic: what truly shines is comedy.
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