Aimee K. Bryant

THE NACIREMA SOCIETY to be Presented at Guthrie Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 7, 2025

The Guthrie Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years by Pearl Cleage. Learn more!

Cast & Creative Team Set for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Guthrie Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2025

The Guthrie Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Joseph Haj. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

KEEPIN' IT REAL & More Set for Illusion Theatre 50th Anniversary 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 9, 2024

ILLUSION THEATER celebrates its 50th anniversary with a season of new plays and special performances, honoring its legacy of producing transformative theater on pressing social issues.

Illusion Theater to Present Free Outdoor Summer Series at At Lyndale Gardens
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2024

Enjoy free outdoor performances at the Amphitheater at Lyndale Gardens in Richfield, Minnesota. See who is performing!

Congo Square Theatre's Digital Offerings THE CLINIC: Season 3, and THE BLACKSiDE: Season 4 Available Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 25, 2023

The Clinic, Congo Square Theatre Company's (Congo Square) popular old-school radio drama, culminates with its third and final season with all episodes now available online.

Review: THE BULL-JEAN STORIES at Pillsbury House + Theatre
by Jared Fessler - Jan 27, 2023

What did our critic think of THE BULL-JEAN STORIES at Pillsbury House + Theatre? Pillsbury House + Theatre is thrilled to announce the bull-jean stories, the first show of the 2023 season, performing now through February 5, 2023. Continuing a series of Windham-Campbell prize winner Sharon Bridgforth's work at PH+T, the bull-jean stories stars Ivey award winner and PH+T

Detroit Rep Presents LIFE ON THE MOON
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2022

 Detroit Repertory Theatre opens its 66th season with the long-awaited World Premiere of Life on the Moon by Anna Tatelman. The production was originally slated for the 2019-20 season and was canceled due to the pandemic. It's now opening on November 18, 2022, at 8:30 PM and runs until December 18, 2022 - a limited run compared to other Detroit Rep shows.

Congo Square Theatre's Digital Sketch Comedy Series HIT 'EM ON THE BLACKSIDE Season Three Begins This Friday
by Stephi Wild - Oct 27, 2022

Congo Square Theatre Company (Congo Square), one of the nation's premier African American theatres, will present the third season of its popular Hit 'Em on the Blackside (HOTB) sketch comedy series.

Ten Artists Selected For Ordway's New Musical Theater Training Fellowship, GreenRoom
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 23, 2022

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today named 10 artistic fellows to its inaugural GreenRoom musical theater training fellowship created by and for BIPOC artists. The new program - which will operate out of the Ordway's spaces in downtown Saint Paul - received more than 60 applications.

Ordway Center For The Performing Arts Launches GreenRoom, Musical Theater Training Fellowship By And For BIPOC Artists
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2022

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today launched GreenRoom, an intensive musical theater training fellowship created by and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) artists. The six-week program will be led by seven BIPOC artists and run July 7 through Aug. 18. Applications for the 10 open fellowship positions are available now. GreenRoom is made possible by support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Artistry to Stage MEMPHIS at the Schneider Theater
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 12, 2022

Artistry will welcome audiences back to the Schneider Theater at the Bloomington Center for the Arts with its musical theater production of MEMPHIS, directed by theater artist extraordinaire and Twin Cities favorite Aimee K. Bryant (April 23 - May 15, 2022). Winner of the 2010 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Orchestrations (with music and lyrics by David Bryan, founding member of Bon Jovi), MEMPHIS will blast you out the door! 

The African American Arts Alliance Announces 2021 Black Excellence Awards Honorees
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2021

The African American Arts Alliance will host the 20th annual Black Excellence Awards, an evening celebrating Black artists, Black voices, and Black stories across various artistic disciplines, on December 27, 2021 at 7pm Central. 

Congo Square Theater Announces HIT 'EM ON THE BLACKSIDE Season 2
by Stephi Wild - Oct 19, 2021

Congo Square Theatre Company will present the second season of its popular Hit 'Em on the Blackside sketch comedy series. The cast and crew up the ante in season two by bringing back memorable characters from season one for an exciting crossover story that spans 12 new episodes.

Congo Square's Radio Drama THE CLINIC Launches Today
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2021

​​​​​​​Congo Square Theatre Company (Congo Square), one of the nation's premier African American theatres, launches its 2021-2022 season with THE CLINIC, introducing the old-school serial radio drama genre to a new, streaming audience.

Congo Square Theatre Company Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2021

Congo Square Theatre Company (Congo Square), one of the nation’s premier African American theater companies, has announced its 2021-22 season, a robust and dynamic mix of online and in-person programming, running the gamut from laugh-out-loud sketch comedy to an interactive, thought-provoking ‘community ritual’ touring Chicago neighborhoods.  

MJTC's PROMISE OF AMERICA Features Jewish Composers' Greatest Songs
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 22, 2021

Did you know that it was Jewish composers who wrote some of your favorite songs? Whether it was Take Me Out to the Ball Game or Over the Rainbow, Piano Man or Send in the Clowns, to Da Doo Ron Ron or Hold On, some of the best-known songs ever written were written by Jewish composers. 

Playwrights' Center Announces 37th Annual PlayLabs Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 13, 2020

For the 37th annual presentation of PlayLabs Festival, the premier new play incubation program, the Playwrights' Center is meeting the changing needs of the moment. Public readings will be presented online and the festival roster has expanded to include four playwrights developing their work.

Park Square Announces New Interactive Online Mystery
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2020

As theatres in Minnesota and around the country face an ongoing a?oeintermission,a?? Park Square Theatre continues to create projects that keep audiences and artists connected.

BWW Review: Gorgeous and Grim BERNARDA ALBA at Theater Latte Da
by Karen Bovard - Jan 20, 2020

This musical adaptation of Lorca's all-female play is visually arresting, aurally reminiscent of flamenco, and provides a grim dissection of misogynistic oppression within one female-headed household.

VIDEO: The Guthrie Theater Celebrates The Holidays With A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2019

The Guthrie Theater presents the perennial holiday favorite A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, adapted by Crispin Whittell and directed by Lauren Keating. A Twin Cities holiday tradition for many, this season marks the Guthrie's 45th production, making it the longest run of A Christmas Carol in regional theater history.