Initially banned from performance and skewered by critics as “half Biblical, half p*rnographic,” and “bloodily degenerate,” Oscar Wilde’s 1893 play retells the story of Salomé and John the Baptist in a fever dream of poetic eroticism, laying bare issues of gender, religion, obsession, power, and censorship. Partnering with PAIKKA through their inaugural Creative Cohort, stage director Grant Sorenson reimagines Wilde's scandalous masterpiece as a semi-immersive piece of event theater, inviting the audience into Herod's banquet -- a charged world where spectacle and intimacy coexist, mirroring the play’s erotic tension and moral decay. This new production marks the play's first professional production in the Twin Cities, running February 20-28, 2026 at PAIKKA in St. Paul.
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Kimberly Akimbo
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (2/24 - 3/1) | |
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Les Miserables
Orpheum Theatre (2/18 - 2/18) | |
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Calum Scott at Fillmore Minneapolis
Fillmore Minneapolis (5/3 - 5/3) | |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation
Symphony Hall (6/7 - 6/7) | |
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Explorasaurus: A Dinosaur Adventure
Stages Theatre Company (8/5 - 8/23) | |
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TBD
Theatre in the Round (3/27 - 4/19) | |
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Explorasaurus: A Dinosaur Adventure
Stages Theatre Company (8/5 - 8/23) | |
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Student Matinee: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Featuring TU Dance
Northrop (10/2 - 10/30) | |
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