New, Unique & (Sometimes) Challenging IMMIGRANT JOURNEY PROJECT Through Aug. 20, 2017 Mu Performing Art SteppingStone Theatre (55 Victoria St. N, Saint Paul, MN) Created by artist Masanari Kawahara. This project explores the 21st-century immigrant experience using puppetry, movement, and masks. Community members will be joined by Mu actors who will play cameo roles and serve as mentors for the newly-trained performers. $20 | muperformingarts.org | 651.789.1012 VELVET SWING | Aug. 28 & 29, 2017 Savage Umbrella, Bryant Lake Bowl (810 W Lake St., Minneapolis, MN) Conceived by Alana Horton. Written & directed by Alana Horton & Megan Clark. This is a workshop of a new project inspired by the tale of Evelyn Nesbit, the original 19th Century supermodel and leading lady of the “Crime of the Century.” Velvet Swing focuses on truth and testimony, choice and circumstance, and the origin of the American Woman. $5-$20 sliding scale | savageumbrella.org EX-GAYS: NOT A STR8 REMOUNT Sept. 14–30, 2017 Savage Umbrella, SpringHouse Ministry Center (610 W. 28th St., Minneapolis, MN) By Eric F. Avery. Directed by Laura Leffler. Created with Savage Umbrella & ensembles. Set in fictional Camp Str8-N-Arrow, this is the campy story of Pastor Brian and his staff as they help campers turn off their homosexual feelings and turn on their love of the heterosexual life. $15-$25 pick your own price | savageumbrella.org WHEN I NOD MY HEAD YOU HIT IT WITH THE HAMMER | Sept. 15–23, 2017 WLDRNSS, Southern Theater (1420 Washington Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN) Created by Jon Ferguson, Sara Richardson, Lauren Anderson, John Cooper & Allison Witham. Directed by Jon Ferguson & Sara Richardson. In the depths of an antique theater, a handful of performers await their cues as they contemplate their careers and life choices. “Comic, poetic and deeply personal, this world premiere new work explores themes of self-doubt, personal adventure, wonder, and hope.” (From website) Tickets TBA| southerntheater.org | 612.340.0155 COLLECTION OF ONE ACTS 2017 | Sept. 15–21, 2017 Eden Prairie Players, Riley-Jacques Barn (9100 Riley Lake Rd., Eden Prairie, MN) $10-$20 | edenprairieplayers.com | 952.470.6300 THESE THY GIFTS | Mon., Nov. 17, 2017, 6:30PM Playwrights’ Center (2301 E Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN) By Stanley Kipper & Laura Drake. Member Stage Reading. Set in Minneapolis in 1956, this Member Stage Reading tells the story of the Kippers, a Black family hoping to move to a better, safer neighborhood. They enlist the help of their Jewish friend to buy a home in a neighborhood that will sell to Jewish people, but not to Blacks. Free | pwcenter.org | 612.332.7481 CROWN OF THE HOLLY QUEEN | Dec. 1–10, 2017 Gadfly Theatre Productions, Crane Theater Studio Space (2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN) By Eli Effinger-Weintraub. Directed by Cassandra Snow. In this theatrical retelling of Pagan myth centered around Yule, a modern-day evil energy tycoon wants to destroy a green space sacred to a group of Druids. Meanwhile, a young woman keeps falling inexplicably ill and the line between myth and fact become blurry in this modern-day fantasy. $20 | gadflytheatre.org | 651.354.5677 www.tctosca.com Exploring Theatre | 11 EX-GAYS: NOT A STR8 REMOUNT–Savage Umbrella Photo: Carl Atiya Swanson “Jon Ferguson–in my opinion, the most exciting movement theater artist in town…” ~ The Rake 2008
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