Lisa Hu

Lisa Hu is a writer, performer, and senior at Macalester College, studying geography and global health. Raised in both Boston and the Bay Area, she loves thinking critically about performativity and resistance within structures of power the world over - in policy, in theater, and in relationships. 

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  • Making it up as they go along

    Review

    Spontaneity in theater should be nothing new; but securing a featured guest for your improv production mere hours before doors...

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  • The eye of the beholder

    Review

    The latest much-anticipated piece from playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, An Octoroon bills itself as “a full-blooded investigation of race and cultural...

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  • Mind games

    Review

    The latest from Theatre Pro Rata, A Lie of the Mind is a 1985 Sam Shepard play centered on white...

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  • Best of 2014-15: Healing and forgiveness

    Editorial

    Basking here in the sun, tasked with reflecting on the 2014-2015 season, eclectic memories float into my head. A vibrant...

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  • Day 9 -- Fringe Recap

    Editorial

    Perhaps too ambitiously, I dedicated my Fringe Friday to visiting 4 of the 9 site-specific pieces this year. As a...

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  • The dance family

    Editorial

    9x22 offers a monthly embrace of the Twin Cities dance family: instructors, performers, professors, and partners have been gathering for...

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  • Where the words are

    Review

    Joseph Stanley paints his set with words for The Language Archive—letters and characters from Mandarin, Hebrew, Greek, French, Arabic...

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  • History, repeating

    Review

    If your Facebook news feed is anything like mine, hashtags swarm the screen:

    #FreddieGray #JusticeForFreddieGray #BlackLivesMatter #Baltimore #BaltimoreUprising #BlackSpring #MNRiseUp...

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  • Unnerving, unsettling--go see it.

    Review

    When the lights dim, a man in a suit and hat starts whistling. Something about this familiar melody feels haunting...

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