Mormonism offers a broad-side-of-the-barn target for satirists. Just a few historical details (I can’t help myself): in the 1830s Joseph Smith dug up (on a hill in upstate NY) a set of golden plates etched with writing (“reformed Egyptian”). Using…
Reefer Madness produced by Minneapolis Musical Theatre
Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) have teamed up to present a new musical inspired by the 1936 film, Reefer Madness, which dramatizes (like the movie)  the downward spiral of clean-cut kids lured into using the “evil weed, 
Photo Set: Dan and Matt Wilson at the Pantages, 2/1/13
Circle Mirror Transformation at Yellow Tree Theatre
Fiction writers (and playwrights) are taught to construct a story that has a protagonist who wants something, is dissuaded by forces around her and ultimately either succeeds at getting what she wants or does not. In this case, the “want 
Venus In Fur at the Jungle Theater
It’s a dark and stormy night. Working in a rented and calculatedly funky New York City rehearsal studio, director slash playwright slash occasional actor Thomas is ending a long day of auditions for his adaptation of the obscure German novel…
Photo Set: Dan and Matt Wilson at Bryant Lake Bowl, 1/31/13
Photo Set: John Mark Nelson at 7th St Entry, 1/25/13
The Tiger Among Us by Mu Performing Arts at Mixed Blood Theatre
Lauren Yee‘s The Tiger Among Us (Mu Performing Arts performing at Mixed Blood Theatre, through Feb 10) sprawls. Literally: director Ellen Fenster utilizes Mixed Blood’s widest configuration and in her firm hands the play ranges from Dad’s extreme stage right…