Upstream Theatre's 'Antigone' Neither Avoids nor Exploits #Ferguson Echoes
Philip Boehm’s company debuts a new translation of Sophocles tragedy in a post-Ferguson St. Louis, and the resonances haven’t escaped him.
Category Archives: Plains
Dispatches from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Antarctica Comes to Minneapolis in ‘Lake Untersee’
Playwright Joe Waechter’s new play about a troubled teenager and the icy continent of Antarctica, opens at Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis.
St. Louis’s New Line Theatre Has High Fidelity to New Musicals
Led by Scott Miller, this small theatre revives mostly nontraditional musicals, giving new life to underrated shows and shining new light on contemporary classics.
We’re All in This Together, Right?
How Kansas City Actors Theatre uses a collective ethos to keep its actors and audiences happy
In The Heart Of The Beast Theatre Company Uses May Day Fest To Address Issues
Puppet theatre company uses festival as a platform for protest, awareness, and discussion.
Living out Loud
Actor/writer/composer Nick Blaemire’s pop musical “A Little More Alive,” directed by Sheryl Kaller, runs at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
‘The Uncanny Valley’ Plays In Boise
The new play by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark questions what it means to be human.
Inside the Non-Place Design of Swandive Theatre’s ‘Outopia for Pigeons’
Designers for a play told from a pigeon’s point of view give details of the set development.
A Critic Revisits a Seminal Moment in Regional Theatre History
The recently retired director of the O’Neill Critics Institute reflects on his time in Minneapolis at the Guthrie’s beginning.
Daniel Beaty’s Paul Robeson: Tall Enough to See the Truth
Daniel Beaty and Moisés Kaufman join forces to bring the legendary actor/singer/activist to vivid life in ‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest.’
