Sophie Kerman is a high school French teacher in St. Paul with graduate work in theater and performance studies. She managed and wrote for Aisle Say Twin Cities from 2011-2014, when she started writing for MinnesotaPlaylist. She also plays chamber music with the Esperanza Ensemble.
Sophie Kerman
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An Evening of the New
EditorialTo me, Fringe is all about novelty. You’ve got known local artists using the shorter time slots to test out...
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Good People of Rainbow Foods
ReviewIn theater, space goes a long way towards generating magic, and unlikely though it may be, there is a lot...
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The future
EditorialAny conversation about the future is really a conversation about the present. Although the Playwrights’ Center’s Critical Conversation: Theater in...
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So much material
ReviewIf you’re really in touch with your Scandinavian heritage, maybe you’ve heard of the Kalevala, the Finnish literary epic...
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Form of resistance
ReviewSince it was written in around 441 BC, Sophocles’s Antigone has been adopted by just about every major human rights...
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Can these puppets lead us to a better world?
ReviewThis has been yet another week of horrifying national news. Yet again, police guns have been turned against innocent Black...
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Magical theater magic in a simple package
ReviewOver the summer, Kevin Obsatz and Alan Berks wrote an ongoing dialogue about theater vs. film. You should read it...
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Perspectives on Muslim identity
ReviewLocal and national politics seem to be growing more and more fragmented, and at least around here, people – and...
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