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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  • Day 5 -- Fringe Recap

    Editorial

    Space is the Place

    One of the underrated aspects of the Fringe Festival is that it’s one of the few...

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  • Holes under the sea

    Review

    The Children’s Theatre Company’s new production of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a unique creation, a physically immersive, visually...

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  • What do you know?

    Review
    There’s a moment early on in For the Loyal that made me fear I was about to watch a promising...
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  • Theater for one

    Review
    While veteran playwright and theater instructor John Olive’s Tell Me a Story in the Dark isn’t explicitly a manual for...
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  • Review: All the Lights On

    Review
    Perhaps the most daunting of the many recurring obstacles faced by Ten Thousand Things theater company in founder Michelle Hensley’s...
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