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.
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?
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.
By Quinton Skinner
Posted Sunday, March 7
When a theater critic visits a church service at Jefferson Community School, what's the verdict?
By Quinton Skinner
Posted Thursday, March 11
Courtroom procedure uses the trappings of theater to make messy reality manageable.
See it this week at The Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. Presented by Theatre Pro Rata.

Mike Rylander performs in The Saved By the Bell Show playing at Bryant-Lake Bowl this month.
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