Here’s the deal: I need a decent banner for the page and my graphic design skills are woeful. Abysmal. Non-existent. So instead of designing something that will ultimately come out underwhelming (if not crappy), I’ve decided to do a little contest and let YOU do it. As compensation for this grand contest, I have...
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Heather Stone and Paul von Stoetzel return to talk about the upcoming The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, starting May 20th at Bryant Lake Bowl. 00:00-05:56: Paul leaps right in with a mini-biography on Rainer Werner Fassbinder–which is helpful, as we return to him throughout the podcast. 05:56-09:19: We transition into talking more...
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The Summer of Shakespeare begins! Leah Adcock-Starr, Justin Alexander, Eric Holm, Ariel Pinkerton, Joseph Papke, and Randy Reyes share their connections to Shakespeare and talk about their respective shows, playing this summer throughout the Twin Cities. 00:00-01:18: The panelists introduce themselves and we transition into the show rundowns. 01:18-04:24: Ariel Pinkerton speaks to Cromulent Shakespeare‘s...
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As my twitter followers know, I was trying to get my officemate to Bedlam and Live Action Set’s The Happy Show. I saw it myself on the Saturday before it closed, so I spent all week word-of-mouthing, talking it up, and taking him through my own Happy Show journey: being a sympathetic thug, visiting...
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Reginald Edmund and Jessica Huang drop in to discuss The Unit Collective and Minneapolis Madness, playing monthly at the Playwrights Center. The Unit Collective is a group of playwrights of color, endeavoring to support one another in the creation of new work. Their May 18th show centers on the theme “loss of innocence.” They’ll...
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The founders of Theatre Novi Most–Lisa Channer and Vladimir Rovinsky–serve as our able guides in today’s podcast, and talk about their most recent work, Mayakovsky and Marinetti. Mayakovsky and Marinetti runs at Open Eye Figure Theatre from May 14th to the 24th. 00:00-04:06: Lisa and Vladmir discuss how they met and started working together...
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Walking Shadow’s own John Heimbuch talks about The Transdimensional Couriers Union, its creation, and what to expect onstage. The Transdimensional Couriers Union plays from May 7 to the 29 at the People’s Center Theatre near the University of Minnesota Rarig space. Tickets can be reserved here. 00:00-04:15: John discusses what he wanted to accomplish...
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Today’s episode features Steve Schroer, Wormwood and absinthe goodness, and playing catch-up with Hardcover Theater. Hardcover specializes in adaptations, predominantly from literature to the stage. Wormwood, an adaptation from the novel by Marie Corelli, is no different, and leads us on a hallucinogenic trip through the absinthe-soaked mind of Gaston Beauvais. 00:00-07:00: Steve and...
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It’s time again to visit with Urban Samurai, talk about Eric Coble’s Bright Ideas, and to meet some new friends. b 00:00-07:18: There’s some chuckling over podcast “traditions” before we get into talking about Jimmy, Courtney, Marcia and their work as artists. 07:18-11:00: We move into talking about Urban Samurai’s production of Bright Ideas,...
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