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While wandering the Stone Arch Bridge Festival, photographer Scott Pakudaitus captured a growing audience as they stopped to watch a performer on stilts.

All the world's a stage. . .

The impulse to create theater from our lives—to wear costumes, tell stories, and find meaning in them—is not defined by the location of a show. This month, we search outside the conventional theater for some of the most popular theater.

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In-depth column

Court theater

In depth Courtroom procedure uses the trappings of theater to make messy reality manageable. By Quinton Skinner
Posted Thursday, March 11

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Fuzzy labels

What do three path-breaking troupes like Body Cartography Project, Skewed Visions, and Off Leash Area think they're doing? By Sheila Regan

A huddle of Greek gods

Forget the intersection of film and theater. If we can't figure out what makes theater different than film, expect theater to get run over even more. By John Middleton

Screendance

A kind of duet between dancer, choreographer, and cinematographer is beginning to emerge as an art form in the performing arts world. By Vanessa Voskuil

Greatest hits

Why community theater, or: Why my couch has been onstage more than I have

What happened to the glamorous life in the theater she was promised? Community theater has other rewards. It better! By Julianna Skluzacek

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almeberks: #mnpl Still recuperating from Music Lovers opening weekend but got a backlog of great articles that I'll be editing soon. Stay tuned.

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Where to go with your Jerome travel grant

News and notes Learn about "Art and Resistance" in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Posted Mar. 17

Conversation about Outrageous Fortune Tuesday at 1:00

News and notes Arena Stage, National New Play Network, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre discuss Outrageous Fortune live on the Web. Posted Mar. 16

Discussing outrageous fortune with live playwrights

Special focus Twin Cities Theater Connection shares their interview about the infamous, new book "Outrageous Fortune" on the sad life of the American playwright. Posted Mar. 15

First public screening of local Film "Ana’s Playground" at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

News and notes Filmed in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood with a local cast and crew, you can see it first on March 6 at 3:15 p.m. at Augusburg College. Posted Mar. 04

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Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen takes you back to the 1920s with 12 kids, an efficiency expert father who thinks a family can run like a factory and

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Sarah Guyer Brown

Sarah Guyer Brown performs in Macbeth playing at Guthrie Theater this month.

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