Andrew Newman

The Playwrights‘ Center will more than double its highly-regarded Core Apprentice program through a deepened partnership with the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), a national champion of student dramatists, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Jungle Theater opens its milestone anniversary season with the timeless wit of Noël Coward, whose work will grace the Jungle stage for the first time in the company's 20 years. BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Associate Artistic Director Joel Sass, runs through March 28.

We all have problems with our parents. Once Mom and Dad reach a certain age, the one thing everyone can agree on is that the parents drive us crazy. It's often been a topic in some of our most popular books, movies, and plays - some of them are great, some not-so-great. Others like Tina Howe's PAINTING CHURCHS, which opened Friday at the Park Square Theatre, are stuck firmly in the middle. Not bad, but not compelling enough to be great.

In celebration of MACBETH, the Guthrie Theater's 50th production of a Shakespeare play, the Theater today launched a new section of its website devoted entirely to Shakespeare at the Guthrie. The site, www.guthrietheater.org/shakespeare, contains cast lists, photos, video, play guides and more, and is designed to serve as a resource for theatergoers, artists, scholars and educators.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, will present the musical comedy GUYS ON ICE running through Sunday, February 28th, 2010.

Mu Performing Arts' YELLOW FACE Closes 2/21 at the Guthrie Theatre.

There's one thing Kneehigh Theatre wants you to know heading into BRIEF ENCOUNTER: this show is romantic. And it most certainly is - in the most British way imaginable. Director/writer Emma Rice's adaptation of the 1945 David Lean/Noel Coward film is a stunning mix of theatre, film and music that is as imaginative as it is achingly romantic.

The Jungle Theater opens its milestone anniversary season with the timeless wit of Noël Coward, whose work will grace the Jungle stage for the first time in the company's 20 years. BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Associate Artistic Director Joel Sass, opens February 12 and runs through March 28.

The Jungle Theater opens its milestone anniversary season with the timeless wit of Noël Coward, whose work will grace the Jungle stage for the first time in the company's 20 years. BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Associate Artistic Director Joel Sass, opens February 12 and runs through March 28.

Anyone walking into a production of Shakespeare's MACBETH should expect it to be a bloody affair. After all, it's one of his most gruesome plays - dark and weird and violent. Its newest incarnation at the Guthrie (the 50th Shakespeare production overall) doesn't falter on any of these; it's a taut and thrilling rendition of one of the Bard's most compelling works.

The Guthrie and Mu Performing Arts today announced that actor Randy Reyes will star in the Mu production of the Obie Award-winning play YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang, directed by Rick Shiomi. The production, proudly presented by the Guthrie, marks the second of three works by Hwang - all of which feature Reyes in leading roles - to be presented in the Twin Cities during the 2009-10 season. Reyes' performance as DHH, Hwang's alter-ego in YELLOW FACE, is bookended by his appearance in Mu's recent production of Hwang's new adaptation of FLOWER DRUM SONG, and his upcoming appearance as Song Liling in the Guthrie's production of M. BUTTERFLY.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, will present the musical comedy GUYS ON ICE, opening Friday February 5 and running through Sunday, February 28th, 2010.

History Theatre brings a world premiere to the stage about the heroic nurse who took on the male-dominated medical establishment in the 1940s and revolutionized the treatment of polio. SISTER KENNY'S CHILDREN will honor the Australian-born nurse who is remembered as a lifesaver by thousands of families in Minnesota and throughout the world who faced the crippling disease of polio.

Director Penny Metropulos transports the play to turn-of-the-century Verona, where the warring houses of Capulet and Montague first attack each other with their canes - before they unleash the blades underneath. But amidst all this strife Romeo and Juliet still find each other - in a night illuminated by fireworks. But fate doesn't let their bliss last long, as increasing violence and opposition lead the two lovers to their ultimate fate.

The Guthrie and Mu Performing Arts today announced that actor Randy Reyes will star in the Mu production of the Obie Award-winning play YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang, directed by Rick Shiomi. The production, proudly presented by the Guthrie, marks the second of three works by Hwang - all of which feature Reyes in leading roles - to be presented in the Twin Cities during the 2009-10 season. Reyes' performance as DHH, Hwang's alter-ego in YELLOW FACE, is bookended by his appearance in Mu's recent production of Hwang's new adaptation of FLOWER DRUM SONG, and his upcoming appearance as Song Liling in the Guthrie's production of M. BUTTERFLY.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the professional premier of HOLY BELLS, A DEER CAMP CHRISTMAS November 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the US premiere of HOCKEY MOM, HOCKEY DAD, January 14 - February 28, 2010.

Park Square Theatre starts the new decade with a production of Tom Stoppard's ROCK ‘N' ROLL, his deeply personal story spanning two countries and three generations. Centering on rock music's role in the fall of communism, the play touches on a multitude of emotional themes where the music of revolution, protest and liberation 'becomes a symbol of both personal and political freedom and its attendant but exhilarating dangers.' ROCK 'N' ROLL opens Friday, January 22 (previews begin January 15) and runs through February 7.

The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land singing Stille Nacht. Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, peace.

Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the professional premier of HOLY BELLS, A DEER CAMP CHRISTMAS November 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010.