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.
Headshot of Ira Brooker

Articles by Author

  • Does this play defy gravity?

    Review
    On my way in to see Defying Gravity at The Southern, I noticed a small display on the lobby wall...
    read the story
  • Fireworks inside a garage

    Review
    Perhaps a residential garage in South Minneapolis in late January of 2015 isn’t quite as far as you can get...
    read the story
  • REVIEW: The Mess is not a mess

    Review
    As we’ve covered numerous times in these pages, theater artists don’t always get a lot of respect from the general...
    read the story
  • REVIEW: A question of blood

    Review
    In recent years genre productions have shed some of the stereotypes of the past. Audiences have come to realize that...
    read the story
  • REVIEW: What is a Horror Festival?

    Review
    Until last year’s Twin Cities Horror Festival, I thought the biggest dividing line between cinematic and theatrical horror was that...
    read the story
  • REVIEW: How do you do that?

    Review
    As both a child owner and an English major, I read a lot of children’s literature. I also see a...
    read the story
  • Best of 2013-2014: Small Art

    Editorial
    Editor's Note: For the last four years, we've honored the new theater season with a look back at what made...
    read the story