Illusion Theater has renewed their collaborative relationship with local playwright Jeffrey Hatcher in a commissioned work that also honors producing directors Michael Robins (who directs this production) and Bonnie Morris for their commitment to developing and producing new plays. The relationship and friendship between playwright and theater, in this case, has been a long...
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Laura Schellhardt’s slice of American Gothic mines the enigmatic Midwest by weaving spooky rural tall tales in her supernatural-themed play The K of D: An Urban Legend (Illusion Theater, through October 22). This eerie coming-of-age tale features a tour-de-force performance by Renata Friedman who brings the entire town of St. Marys, Ohio to life...
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The Illusion Theater has returned to Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings, a play that received its first performance in Illusion’s Fresh Ink series and has since gone on to hundreds of performances all over the world. Set in a funeral home, three characters tell their stories and reveal their relationship to the deceased in each...
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Miss Richfield 1981 has ridden her rusty and trusty Buick sleigh into downtown Minneapolis and double parked it outside the Hennepin Center for the Arts (no cop with any instinct for self-preservation would dare ticket her). She is now ensconced at the Illusion Theater, performing her louche and rowdy Bingo Bonanza For The Holidays...
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In case you missed its first go-round, or you just can’t get enough of R&B love, the locally conceived and realized “Always & Forever” returns in all its boomer-era wonderfulness to the Illusion Theater. Set in a barber shop (it had to be set someplace, and this place is as good as any), four...
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I will admit that I wondered why Illusion Theater (528 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis) might pick this standard in American literature classes for a new adaptation. I know the book well, and even after years away from the classroom, I could recollect many images from its pages. Such is the power of Cather’s writing. Though...
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