In this month’s issue

Perspective helps. As the consequences of the recent economic crisis become more real to the Minnesota performing arts each day, we thought that a little perspective might be nice. We asked artists from across the spectrum to tell us about their memories of the Minnesota performing arts community. From Old Log owner and operator Don Stolz to Patrick's Cabaret creator Patrick Scully, from long-time Minnesota actors Barbara Kingsley and Stephen D'Ambrose to Playwrights Center co-founder and adaptor of the unstoppable Guthrie Christmas Carol Barbara Fields to light designer Marcus Dillard and more. Times have been tough before. Good theaters and dance companies have sadly come and gone, and new, good companies have been born every single decade. Good people putting their all into live performance endures — just as it has at the for-profit Old Log Theater for the past seventy years or the one-of-a-kind Playwrights Center for almost 40. We hope you enjoy their stories.

As always, we welcome you to email us your own recollections from Minnesota performing arts history.