Ira Brooker

Ira Brooker is a writer and editor residing in Saint Paul's scenic Midway neighborhood. He holds down a corporate job by day and does freelance and creative work at night. He is a former editor of Minnesota Playlist and has been published in a number of venues both local and national, several of which you may have even heard of. He occasionally prattles on about pop culture at A Talent For Idleness and maintains an archive at irabrooker.com.
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Articles by Author

  • A One-of-a-kind Event

    Review

    Call it a mini-Fringe, a Halloween anomaly, or just a chance for some established artists to get a little weird...

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  • More than words

    Review

    There are a couple of things about Hypnic Jerk’s production of Bull that an audience might take as red flags...

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  • Whose voices matter?

    Review

    You’ve got your nontraditional theater spaces and then you’ve got a play performed in multiple rooms within the Minnesota State...

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  • Starring 2017 as itself

    Editorial

    2017 was a bad year for America. I know that’s technically a subjective statement, but I’m going to go ahead...

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  • Into it

    Review

    Before attending Samantha Johns and Eric Larson’s Phlooky Voga on Sunday, I was telling a friend about a previous Johns...

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