March 2010

All the world's a stage. . .

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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.

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.

Articles

Fuzzy labels

By Sheila Regan
Posted Thursday, March 4

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

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In depth

A soothing and unsettling rite

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, March 1

Tea Party Rallies are theater. So is a tragic evening at a Timberwolves game. But theater critic Quinton Skinner begins this month's column with cavemen.

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What if you reviewed church services?

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, March 8

When a theater critic visits a church service at Jefferson Community School, what's the verdict?

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Court theater

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Thursday, March 11

Courtroom procedure uses the trappings of theater to make messy reality manageable.

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Now playing

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The Spanish Tragedy

See it this week at The Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. Presented by Theatre Pro Rata.

Theater talk

Featured Artist

Eric Cohen

Eric Cohen

Eric Cohen performs in You Should Be So Lucky, by Charles Busch playing at Minnehaha United Christ-Church this month.

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