Sophie Kerman

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.

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  • Where illusion meets truth

    Review

    According to The Illusion, Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s L’Illusion comique, humanity is the victim of two...

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  • Boxing with yourself

    Review

    Joe Dowling does a brave thing by choosing Juno and the Paycock to close out his twenty-year tenure as the...

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  • To see the world as newts

    Review

    War With the Newts is an odd little adventure, and odd little adventures happen to be a specialty of the...

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  • Next to inaccurate

    Review

    As a critic, I am in a terrible bind: the Yellow Tree Theatre has just staged a beautiful production of...

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  • Down in the valley

    Review

    The name of the play – Pussy Valley – could evoke a fertile land of liberation, where women are free...

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  • This is your candidate

    Review

    If you don’t tend to keep up with the classical music scene, opera seems like a world apart from theater...

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  • Behind every good man

    Review
    We’ve all heard the adage, “behind every great man, there stands a great woman”. Well, Bertolt Brecht heavily relied on...
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  • What devil is this?

    Review
    Dark & Stormy Productions has just conjured up something mysterious. I don’t know who they sold their souls to, but...
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