Inspiration

Why I am a playwright

By Alan M. Berks
Posted Monday, May 18

What possible reason can an otherwise rational person have for devoting themselves to writing new plays? Hint: It’s not the abundance of money and respect.

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Mecca

By Allison Moore
Posted Thursday, May 14

Minnesota playwrights are often featured at the country’s premiere new play event; Allison Moore reports back from the production of her play Slasher.

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Open doors

By Marya Hornbacher
Posted Thursday, May 7

The real risk in creating new work is not that the audience won't understand our vision; the real risk is that we won't understand theirs.

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What moves you?

By Penelope Freeh
Posted Monday, May 4

Every dance possesses some combination of old and new. Dancer Penny Freeh reveals her thoughts, and dreams, on the mixture that sustains her career.

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Resurrection

By Marya Hornbacher
Posted Monday, October 6

Theater brings mystery, excitement, and romance, and that’s just when her parents first met. Then she started to see shows.

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Simplicity

By Michelle Hensley
Posted Sunday, October 26

Performing in prisons and homeless shelters teaches Michelle Hensley a few things about connecting with the audience.

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Raw honesty

By Trú Rúts Endeavors
Posted Tuesday, October 21

Shá Cage and e.g. bailey discuss how artistic expression rises from community in a highly personal way.

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Useless is useful

By Ryan Hartigan
Posted Tuesday, October 21

Grazing through other intellectual commentary on the arts, Ryan Hartigan turns Oscar Wilde’s aphorism "All art is useless" inside out.

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Administrative artists

By Kathleen Spehar-Hansen
Posted Thursday, October 16

Theater is collaborative, but the economy is competitive. Kathleen Spehar-Hansen tries to find balance in service to the community.

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A war zone

By Four Humors Theater
Posted Thursday, October 16

Four soldiers of the theater are pinned down by enemy fire in an unnamed country in an unnamed war. One of them won’t make it home.

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The Taming of the Shrew, Sept 11-26, 2010.  Theatre Pro Rata.

The Taming of the Shrew

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Brianna Belland Choreographed Innuendos and Outuendos playing at Patrick's Cabaret this month.

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