Walking Shadow Theatre Company has extended "Feast" at the Black Forest Inn

 

Did you hear the good news that Walking Shadow Theatre Company has extended "Feast" at the Black Forest Inn? These are hot tickets so reserve in advance.

 

Here's what our theater bloggers had to say:

Cherry and Spoon - "This is a feast of theatrical storytelling delights." https://bit.ly/cs_feast

Lettered in Theatre - "It’s a brilliant script executed perfectly by the team." https://bit.ly/LIT_Feast

Streaming #TCTheater

 This week in Stay Home and Stream #TCTheater:

-

The Jungle Theater

's audio play MONDO TRAGIC continues

- rewatch

Walking Shadow Theatre Company

2017 production of HATCHET LADY

-

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

's annual HIP HOP NUTCRACKER this Friday

- the long-awaited

TPT - Twin Cities PBS

debut of

Theater Latté Da

's gorgeous creation ALL IS CALM - set your DVRs for Friday!

- also from the Ordway: A (Virtual) Christmas Vacation with the Griswold's: An Evening with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo

- a staged reading of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY by Larissa FastHorse, brought to us by our friends at

Great River Shakespeare Festival

Click on our EVENTS page for details on all of the above, and more!

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: THE UGLY ONE by Walking Shadow Theatre Company

The Ugly One by Walking Shadow Theatre Company is now showing at Open Eye Figure Theatre. If you haven't heard of this quick 70 minute show, consider attending to get some welcome laughter in your life. It only runs through February 16, so catch it before it's gone! Read more of our bloggers' thoughts below.

The Stages of MN: http://bit.ly/3b9liov
"The Ugly One one is a lot of fun, the cast are all game, with Sean Dillon truly nailing his two sided conversation with himself. It’s a faced paced commentary of beauty, that’s more absurd than preachy. It’s a fun time out to a theatre you may not have heard of before, but once you see them, you’ll be watching to see what they do next."

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_ugly
"The Ugly One (aka Der Häßliche auf Deutsch) is a funny and absurd little play that skewers our obsession with looks, in particular the concepts of "beautiful" and "ugly." Unfortunately the protagonist is an able bodied white male of average height and weight, which is the least likely person to be discriminated against because of looks. In the workplace, women are expected to wear make-up, people of color sometimes can't have natural hairstyles, older people are expected to color their hair to look younger, and people with different body shapes, sizes, or abilities face looks-based discrimination most often. Which makes the story of a man who's so ugly he's overlooked at work seem a little unlikely, but maybe that's the point."

Red Velvet - TCTB Review Roundup

JuCoby Johnson (photo by John Heimbuch)

Red Velvet at Walking Shadow Theatre Company at The Southern Theater through May 28. This play sparked a lot of thoughtful analysis by our bloggers.

"Weirdly, Red Velvet seems to be more about white people’s racism than it is about the person who is the recipient of it. Ira Aldridge is the most interesting character here, but there’s a whole lot of white people crowding him out of his own story."
Single White Fringe Geek:
http://bit.ly/2rh498U

"The world of theater, for the most part, is more progressive than other communities, but we are no less susceptible to blind spots, biases, and strong prejudices. Red Velvet presents a powerful story of just that and how it affects those artists trying to fight against the tide."
The Room Where It Happens:
http://bit.ly/2qVSVpn

"I always love seeing new stories find the stage, particularly ones about historical figures who are underrepresented or otherwise forgotten, and that of Ira Aldridge certainly fits the bill.
Compendium - Minneapolis
http://bit.ly/2q0W1nS

"At the center of the play is the debate about art and politics. Should art be merely escapist entertainment (which some of Ira's colleagues thought wasn't possible when they went to the theater and saw a black man, during the time when the abolition of slavery was a hot topic)? Or is art, by its very nature, a social and political commentary on the world we live in?"
Cherry and Spoon
http://bit.ly/2rQpDX2

Marie Antoinette - TCTB Review Roundup

Jane Froiland as Marie Antoinette, costume by
Kathy Kohl,photo by Walking Shadow

Marie Antoinette at Walking Shadow Theatre Company is playing until March 6th. A few bloggers saw it, they didn't all completely understand the message behind the show, but they all agreed that it was a beautiful production worth seeing. Check out the TCTB Review Roundup below:
Single White Fringe Geek says, "Strong script, equally strong cast, strong design - director John Heimbuch and Walking Shadow once again have pulled together an impressive package of theatrical elements. " Read the full review: http://bit.ly/2l6J8uW
Artfully Engaging writes, "Walking Shadow Theatre Company's Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi is well told, beautiful, and relevant." Read the full review: http://bit.ly/2ltEeaR
Cherry and Spoon says, " It's a fascinating look at a woman we think we know, but it turns out there may be more to her story than history tells us. And maybe her story is still being repeated today."
Read the full review: http://bit.ly/2mo5iZS

The River: TCTB Review Roundup

QUICK! Go see The River at Walking Shadow Theatre Company! See what our bloggers had to say here:

Cherry and Spoon says: "this fascinating exploration of love and relationships, with strong performances by the cast, fluid unhurried direction, and a spot-on detailed set is definitely entertaining."
More at: http://bit.ly/2d0MmZN

Matthew A. Everett at Single White Fringe Geek says "it's a play that doesn't let you go." "The River, better than any other play I can think of, manages to nail that terrifying but exhilarating feeling of freefall that happens when you abandon yourself to love."
More at: http://bit.ly/2cQLI0f