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Friends - here are a few online and in person events to attend this week:

First,

New Dawn Theatre Company

's film A BREATH FOR GEORGE continues outdoor screenings this week at

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

(tonight),

DalekoArts

(Tuesday), and

Minnesota State University Moorhead

(Thursday). See their website for details:

http://www.newdawntheatre.org/

Another in person (appropriately distant and masked) event -

The Theater of Public Policy

is hosting a discussion this Saturday about race and being anti-racist called "Let's Get Uncomfortable," with

Elliot Park Neighborhood (EPNI)

.

https://www.facebook.com/events/278154303251823/

On the virtual front, #GRSFEverywhere continues tonight -

Great River Shakespeare Festival

's newest Artistic Associate Melissa Maxwell is hosting a company conversation called "A More Perfect Union," about "the danger of a single story."

http://grsf.org/grsfeverywhere/

And a couple of weekly faves continue:

Leslie Vincent Music

- Monday night ukulele show

Rev. Matt's Monster Science

- Thursday night show featuring "Lizards from the Dawn of Time"

The Cut-Out Bar

- nightly record listening parties

A BREATH FOR GEORGE Outdoor Screenings

Twice nightly this week, New Dawn Theatre Company is presenting an outdoor screening of a film piece they put together to honor the life of George Floyd. A BREATH FOR GEORGE includes "songs, interviews, and poems" from local artists and community leaders. It will be showing outside various theaters around town. Click the link for details.

Monday: Mixed Blood Theatre Company

Tuesday: Penumbra Theatre Company

Wednesday: Gremlin Theatre

Thursday: Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis

Friday: Penumbra Theatre Company

Saturday: Pillsbury House Theatre

Sunday: Yellow Tree Theatre

http://newdawntheatre.org/

TCTB Review Roundup: Closing Soon!

It's the last week of February, which means the clock is ticking on your chance to see lots of creative #tctheater before it's gone forever! Here's a round up of some out of the box ideas you may not have seen covered in bigger media outlets:

Medea at Theatre Elision, closing February 29

The Global Dig says "Ingenious but simple techniques were incorporated by the production team so the characters could gesture and mime the objects they needed to describe. [...] In this Medea, it is the strength of the cast, the production, and most notably the direction that helps us understand something noble in this Greek tragedy." Read more: http://bit.ly/2uJc41W

Cabal at Walking Shadow Theatre Company, closing March 1:

The Stages of MN says "Cabal is billed as a play with puzzles and I didn’t know what that meant. [...] This was more like escape rooms, as we went through multiple rooms, and we weren’t escaping them we were solving puzzles to move forward in the story. [...] This is like a real life video game, where you have to explore the environment and collect things to unlock the next level." Read more: http://bit.ly/373tiEv

The Skeleton Crew at Yellow Tree Theatre with New Dawn Theatre Company, closing March 1

Cherry and Spoon says "What better time than Black History Month for Yellow Tree Theatre to partner with New Dawn Theatre to present their first play (to my knowledge) with a black cast, director, and playwright? Looking around the suburban Osseo theater, I didn't see many people of color, but prolific and talented playwright Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, while being a specific story of the African American experience, is also a universal story of people struggling to survive and thrive in America." Read more: http://bit.ly/cs_crew

Ada and the Engine at DalekoArts, closing March 1

Cherry and Spoon says "DalekoArts is producing the regional premiere of Ada and the Engine, a play about 19th century mathematician and arguably the world's first computer programmer Ada Lovelace. This smart, funny, poignant (spoiler alert: Ada died young), insightful play is beautifully realized by DalekoArts and 100% worth the drive to charming New Prague." Read more: bit.ly/cs_ada

TCTB Review Roundup: Closing Soon!

Are you looking for something new to explore in #tctheater? Consider checking out some of the new or lesser-known companies in town to see a unique show with great local talent! All of these pieces are closing in early October, so you have a week or so to check them out.

Friends with Guns by Uprising Theatre Company (in partnership with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America), closing October 5
Twin Cities Stages says "Early on in the play I was worried that it was going to be a kind of play that I hate - a play that through conversation between characters essentially lectures to the audience about a certain topic for two hours. But this play, which is currently in its rolling world premiere (it also played The Road Theatre and is soon to open at Chapel Theatre Collective) is so far away from that." More here: http://bit.ly/2mlecJa

Crowns by New Dawn Theatre Company, closing October 6
Cherry and Spoon says "It should be illegal to have this much talent in one cast, but I'm glad it's not because they are a thrill to watch. [...] Each one of these performers can bring the roof down on their own, and their combined power, amplified in the large echoey former sanctuary space, is almost too much to bear. More here: http://bit.ly/2mkCJhm

Gypsy by Lakeshore Players Theatre, closing October 6
Cherry and Spoon says "As someone who lives in the Northeast Metro, it's such a treat to be able to see great theater without having to drive into the city and deal with construction, traffic, crowds, and parking. I'm lucky to be so close to LPT, and since Gypsy is one of my faves (I've seen it six times now) and this cast is so great, it was a lovely Friday evening enjoying theater in the 'burbs." More here: http://bit.ly/2lEFtG3

Ghost Tour by DalekoArts, closing October 12
Cherry and Spoon says "Ghost Tour takes its audience of a dozen people at a time on a walk around historic downtown New Prague. This fun and hilarious spoof of a ghost tour is chock full of local references (prune kolaches for the win!), and maybe one or two true facts of the area, but mostly it's an excuse to get outside, walk around, and experience theater in a non-traditional setting. Which this frequent theater-goer who tires of sitting for endless hours in uncomfortable seats loves." More here: http://bit.ly/2moqgJJ