Category Archives: Plains

Dispatches from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Theater Mu’s New Incubator Is Called—What Else?—the Mu Tang Clan

An initiative to foster community among Asian American playwrights, creating a supportive space for artists to grow their networks and skills.

The Minnesota theatre has created a four-member artist cohort focused on fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Building bridges between young artists and theatre institutions in the Twin Cities, she also wrote smart, heartful plays and adaptations.

This year’s recipients are Ashembaga (Ashe) Jaafaru, Margaret Ogas, and Alys Ayumi Ogura.

Core Writers include Mathilde Dratwa, L M Feldman, Franky D. Gonzalez, Yilong Liu, TyLie Shider, Deborah Yarchun, and Nathan Yungerberg.

The theater will reopen its lobby and outdoor spaces ahead of a limited-run production in October.

The season will feature a world premiere from Kate Hamill and a community tour of a story based on the life of boxer Jack Johnson.

This year’s festival will feature a series of short plays in response to the rise of anti-Asian violence in the country.

Reuler will depart in July 2022 after helping the company transition to a new model around social justice.

The artistic director of the Twin Cities’ Penumbra reflects on an outrageous paradox: that Black vulnerability could exculpate white violence.