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The Guthrie and Mu Performing Arts today announced that actor Randy Reyes will star in the Mu production of the Obie Award-winning play YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang, directed by Rick Shiomi. The production, proudly presented by the Guthrie, marks the second of three works by Hwang - all of which feature Reyes in leading roles - to be presented in the Twin Cities during the 2009-10 season. Reyes' performance as DHH, Hwang's alter-ego in YELLOW FACE, is bookended by his appearance in Mu's recent production of Hwang's new adaptation of FLOWER DRUM SONG, and his upcoming appearance as Song Liling in the Guthrie's production of M. BUTTERFLY.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, will present the musical comedy GUYS ON ICE, opening Friday February 5 and running through Sunday, February 28th, 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.

Director Penny Metropulos transports the play to turn-of-the-century Verona, where the warring houses of Capulet and Montague first attack each other with their canes - before they unleash the blades underneath. But amidst all this strife Romeo and Juliet still find each other - in a night illuminated by fireworks. But fate doesn't let their bliss last long, as increasing violence and opposition lead the two lovers to their ultimate fate.

The Guthrie and Mu Performing Arts today announced that actor Randy Reyes will star in the Mu production of the Obie Award-winning play YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang, directed by Rick Shiomi. The production, proudly presented by the Guthrie, marks the second of three works by Hwang - all of which feature Reyes in leading roles - to be presented in the Twin Cities during the 2009-10 season. Reyes' performance as DHH, Hwang's alter-ego in YELLOW FACE, is bookended by his appearance in Mu's recent production of Hwang's new adaptation of FLOWER DRUM SONG, and his upcoming appearance as Song Liling in the Guthrie's production of M. BUTTERFLY.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the professional premier of HOLY BELLS, A DEER CAMP CHRISTMAS November 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the US premiere of HOCKEY MOM, HOCKEY DAD, January 14 - February 28, 2010.

Park Square Theatre starts the new decade with a production of Tom Stoppard's ROCK ‘N' ROLL, his deeply personal story spanning two countries and three generations. Centering on rock music's role in the fall of communism, the play touches on a multitude of emotional themes where the music of revolution, protest and liberation 'becomes a symbol of both personal and political freedom and its attendant but exhilarating dangers.' ROCK 'N' ROLL opens Friday, January 22 (previews begin January 15) and runs through February 7.

The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land singing Stille Nacht. Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, peace.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the professional premier of HOLY BELLS, A DEER CAMP CHRISTMAS November 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010.

Jon Cranney will adapt and direct FEZZIWIG'S FEAST, a delightful telling of A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Last weekend History Theatre sold out the Friday and Saturday evening performances of BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY and the show has played to full houses throughout the run. The last time History Theatre filled its 600-seat house like this was during 2002's production of SISTERS OF SWING.

James A. Williams, the Minneapolis Star Tribune's 2008 Artist-of-the-Year, stars as Othello in Park Square Theatre's upcoming production of the Shakespeare tragedy, directed by Park Square's Artistic Director Richard Cook.

History Theatre partners with McNally Smith College of Music to produce BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, a show that is part biography, part rock 'n' roll concert which follows the bespectacled musician on this meteoric rise from a rebellious country singer to a rock 'n' roll icon and pioneer in the 1950s, ending with the unforgettable concert with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in Clear Lake, Iowa - the day the music died.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will DEER CAMP THE MUSICAL, September 24 ? November 22, 2008.

Theater Latté Da opens their 12th season October 15 with The Full Monty at the Ordway Center McKnight Theatre. The show will run through November 8, 2009.

Actors Theater of Minnesota will bring back the wild gay comedy of 'Tony n Timothy?s Wedding' for one show only on Sunday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lowry Theater in downtown Saint Paul.

Actors Theater of Minnesota will bring back the wild gay comedy of 'Tony n Timothy?s Wedding' for one show only on Sunday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lowry Theater in downtown Saint Paul.

Theater Latté Da has announced its 2009-2010 season, which includes collaborations with the Ordway Center in St. Paul, and the Guthrie and the Hennepin Theatre Trust in Minneapolis.