Leah Cooper is a freelance stage director, nonprofit administration consultant, co-founder of this here Web site, co-artistic director of Wonderlust Productions, and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Theater Alliance. She is also on the board of directors for Live Action Set and the California Institute of Contemporary Arts. From 2001 to 2006, she led the Minnesota Fringe Festival to annual attendance increases and financial stability. Up next, she is directing Shooting Star at Park Square Theatre and writing a play for Wonderlust's Adoption Play Project.
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Art imitates life at Yellow Tree Theatre
NewsExcerpt reprinted with permission from mnartists.org, by Matthew Everett
Playwright Matthew Everett heads out to Osseo to profile a...
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Intermedia Arts townhall
NewsEarlier this week, Intermedia Arts decided to hold a townhall meeting to address the financial situation within their organization and...
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In the Heart of the Beast announces temporary closing even as it celebrates “La Natividad”
NewsExcerpt reprinted with permission from TC DAILY PLANET, by Mary Turck
La Natividad, a not-to-be-missed theater experience, closes on...
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Will Intermedia Arts be next?
NewsThey’re certainly not going down without a fight, and they’re not going down alone.
After 35 years in operation, Intermedia...
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Video, pictures and more from the 2008 Sage Awards
NewsIn case you missed it, recipients included: Mary Ellen Childs, Kenna Sarge, Erin Thompson, Jessica Cressey, Stephanie Fellner, Eddie Oroyan...
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Stuffy jumps off Jeune Lune roof
NewsFormer employees of Theatre de la Jeune Lune gathered last night to bid adieu to the now defunct company’s recently...
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$6.9 million to grow arts audiences
NewsThe Wallace Foundation has announced a bunch of hefty four-year grants to help build audience participation in the arts across...
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Southern Theater names music program director
NewsKate Nordstrum, Southern's current director of marketing and communications, will add the part-time responsibilities of curating musical performances to her...
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Obama wins, Minnesota arts win
NewsThe Minnesota Secretary of State is currently projecting an 80% voter turnout by Minnesotans, leading the nation to elect Barack...
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