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THE DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES to be Presented at History Theatre This Spring


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 31, 2023

History Theatre will present the world premiere of The Defeat of Jesse James book by Jeffrey Hatcher and music and lyrics by Chan Poling. ...

Peter Brosius Will Step Down From Children's Theatre Company


by Stephi Wild - March 13, 2023

Children’s Theatre Company(CTC) has announced that Peter Brosius, Artistic Director has decided to depart CTC on June 30, 2024, at the end of the 2023-24 Season. His artistic vision has transformed the theatre into the nation’s leading theatre that serves a multi-generational audience....

New Play I WAS A STRANGER TOO Highlights Hope Amid Danger In Asylum System


by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2023

'I Was A Stranger Too,' a new play by Cynthia L. Cooper and directed by Carolyn Levy, tells the stories of people who are seeking asylum and those who help them. The play will have four performances, Jan 26 -29, at The Neighborhood House (Wellstone Center) in St. Paul....

PRIME Productions Presents THE ROOMMATE Opening June 3


by A.A. Cristi - April 05, 2022

PRIME Productions presents The Roommate, featuring acclaimed actors Greta Oglesby and Alison Edwards in playwright Jen Silverman's dark comedy about an unlikely pair and self-reinvention. ...

Six Points Theater Inaugurates New-Play Reading Festival


by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2022

Six Points Theater inaugurates its New-Play Reading Festival with three new plays as filmed onstage readings, March 2 – 20, 2022. All performances will be shown by pay-per-view online. ...

Past Shows

Author Author
1/13 - 1/14/2020


Author Author...

December
12/9 - 12/10/2019


Marisela Trevi̱o Orta....

Cannabis Passover
10/21 - 10/27/2019


Sofya Levitsky-Weitz....

New Life
10/21 - 10/27/2019


Dan O?۪Brien....

PAN GENESIS
10/21 - 10/27/2019


Martin Gonz??lez De Le?_n....

The Dance
4/1 - 4/2/2019


Kim Euell....

Jeune Terre
1/14 - 1/15/2019


This play tells the tale of a Louisiana town grappling with the threat of rising waters in its immediate vicinity and a theater troupe, that ...

Darling Boud (as in Loud)
12/3 - 12/4/2018


Allison Gregory....

Berlin Diary
10/22 - 10/28/2018


Andrea Stolowitz....

Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda
10/22 - 10/28/2018


Ariel Stess....

Legacy Land
10/22 - 10/28/2018


Stacey Rose....

the bandaged place
the bandaged place
4/9 - 4/10/2018


Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series. the bandaged place by Harrison David Rivers ...

Tiny Houses
Tiny Houses
3/5 - 3/6/2018


Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series. Tiny Houses by Stefanie Zadravec March 5 ...

Three Quarter Inches of Sky


Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series. Three Quarter Inches of Sky by Sherry ...

How the Ghost Of You Clings, The Anna May Wong Story


Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series. How The Ghost Of You Clings, The ...

The Overcoat: a musical for non musical people


Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series. The Overcoat: a musical for non musical ...

Playwriting Fellows Showcase


Join the Playwrights' Center for our annual PlayLabs Playwriting Fellows Showcase. Sunday, October 29, 2017 at noon. Scenes from new work by: Benjamin Benne, Mia ...

In the Time of the Volcano by Jen Silverman


Join the Playwrights’ Center for a free staged reading, part of the 2017 PlayLabs new play festival. Henry has become the janitor at his kids’ ...

Take Care by Jason Gray Platt
Take Care by Jason Gray Platt
10/24 - 10/28/2017


Ella gathers her family together for the holidays to have the delicate conversation surrounding her end-of-life plans. But the emotionally strenuous conversation does not go ...

A Humbling in St. Paul by Alice Tuan


Olive Chung comes to the Twin Cities to work on a new play and reconnects with her grad school friend Liz Manuel after being out ...

Minneapolis/St. Paul
4/3 - 4/4/2017


Lee Blessing....

The Sea and the Stars
3/6 - 3/7/2017


Harrison David Rivers. Waring Jones Theater:...

Skating on Open Water


It’s 1997, the cusp of a new century – change is in the air. Nathaniel is a young, lonely, gay man, who grew up on ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, 1971
1/9 - 1/10/2017


Mat Smart. Waring Jones Theater:...

queens
1/9 - 1/10/2017


WINK
12/5 - 12/6/2016


EXIT on Taylor: Jen Silverman; dir: TBA ....

WINK
12/5 - 12/6/2016


EXIT on Taylor: Jen Silverman; dir: TBA ....

The Remains
10/17 - 10/22/2016


Ken Urban....

The Remains
10/17 - 10/22/2016


Ken Urban....

we, the invisibles
10/19 - 10/22/2016


Susan Soon He Stanton....

we, the invisibles
10/19 - 10/22/2016


Susan Soon He Stanton....

WEST OF CENTRAL
10/18 - 10/21/2016


Christina Ham....

WEST OF CENTRAL
10/18 - 10/21/2016


Christina Ham....

A Guide for the Homesick
4/4 - 4/5/2016


Ken Urban....

California Love
3/7 - 3/8/2016


Alice Tuan....

Seek
2/1 - 2/2/2016


Susan Soon He Stanton....

Encyclopedia
1/11 - 1/12/2016


Rachel Jendrzejewski....

PlayLabs Reading: SMALL TOWN VALUES by Kathryn Walat


Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 32nd annual PlayLabs new play festival. SMALL TOWN VALUES by Kathryn Walat Monday, ...

Romeo & Naomi Ramirez
4/6 - 4/7/2015


Kathryn Walat....


Idris Goodwin....

Marie and Rosetta
2/2 - 2/3/2015


George Brant....

Dust
1/12 - 1/13/2015


Qui Nguyen....

Angel Fat
10/21 - 10/26/2013


Lark BareBones Studio: - Trista Baldwin; dir: Daniella Topol....

Royal Society of Antarctica
10/21 - 10/26/2013


Mat Smart....

Scapegoat
10/21 - 10/26/2013


Christina Ham....

The Few
2/6


Four years ago, Bryan skipped town, leaving his girlfriend to run a failing truckers' newspaper. Now he’s come back to discover everything has changed. Except ...

The Arrival
10/18 - 10/23/2011

The Water Play
10/18 - 10/23/2011

Tinker to Evers to Chance
10/18 - 10/23/2011


Play ball! Lauren makes a rare trip home to Chicago to take her ailing mother to the biggest Cubs game of the year, Game 6 ...

Videos


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Ten Thousand Things (5/2 - 5/19) Tracker
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Rumors in Minneapolis / St. Paul Rumors
Commonweal Theatre Company (7/20 - 11/2)
SIX in Minneapolis / St. Paul SIX
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (7/16 - 7/28)
Giggly Squad Live: Club Giggly in Minneapolis / St. Paul Giggly Squad Live: Club Giggly
Orpheum Theatre (10/24 - 10/24)
Love And Other Things That Ruined My Life in Minneapolis / St. Paul Love And Other Things That Ruined My Life
Orpheum Theatre (2/15 - 5/18)
Jeff Arcuri: Full Bean Fall Tour in Minneapolis / St. Paul Jeff Arcuri: Full Bean Fall Tour
State Theatre (9/22 - 9/22)
Morgan Jay: Aphrodesia Tour in Minneapolis / St. Paul Morgan Jay: Aphrodesia Tour
Pantages Theatre (9/21 - 9/21)
Buddy Holly: Oh Boy! in Minneapolis / St. Paul Buddy Holly: Oh Boy!
History Theatre (6/1 - 6/1)
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