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Hello friends! Post-Labor Day typically marks the beginning of a new #TCTheater season, but as we all know, this is not a typical year. Some companies have announced seasons that incorporate virtual events, some are on a sort of wait-and-see plan. We are continuing to collect virtual performance art events on our events page, so just go to our Facebook page and click on "Events" to see a list of upcoming virtual shows, which this week include:

Frank Theatre

's new conversation series "Frankly Speaking," the first episode about whiteness in theater

Mixed Blood Theatre Company

's "Zealous Hellions" featuring Kenny Leon

Children's Theatre Company

's virtual fundraiser "Curtain Call Ball"

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Hi friends. A reminder that we're still collecting Facebook event pages for virtual #TCTheater events on our EVENTS page. Please click on EVENTS for details on this week's shows, including:

Great River Shakespeare Festival

's weekly series continues with a new play reading tonight.

Somerville Productions

is back with more "songs for feeling better" tonight! You can also view videos of past shows on the Facebook page.

Events by

The Theater of Public Policy

and

Story Club Minneapolis

.

Theater Mu

's Friday night Mu-tini hour will feature new plays by pairs of Black and Asian playwrights.

Rev. Matt's Monster Science

is hosting a benefit for

Minnesota Fringe

on Friday, featuring performances by many Fringe faves.

Weekly faves continue:

Leslie Vincent Music

- Monday night ukulele show

Rev. Matt's Monster Science

- Thursday night show about Sasquatch and Nessie

The Cut-Out Bar

- nightly record listening parties

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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

#TCTheater Gives Back

Two local theaters are collecting donations to help people in the neighborhoods affected by the recent fires and looting.

Click the link for the schedule of donations at Mixed Blood Theatre Company, along with weekly "video, image, and textual responses to this crime born from systemic racism and fear."
https://mixedblood.com/community/mixed-blood-responds/

The image below details when and what you can drop off at Theater Latté Da (the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis).

You can also check this map for donation drop-off locations near you:

https://twin-cities-mutual-aid.org/

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/

Theater Crush Thursday: Black-Led Arts Organizations

For this week's #TheaterCrushThursday, we are focusing not on a specific company but uplifiting the collective black #tctheater community. Thanks to MPR News for rounding up this list of black-owned arts organizations, all of whom needed our help anyway, but especially need our support (and our dollars) now.

It can be easy to forget just how lucky we are here in the Twin Cities to have so many independent black-run companies. That is *not* a common thing in other major U.S. cities, and that's a diversity we treasure and want to preserve.

I can confidently say that many of these organizations count among the favorite local arts organizations for our bloggers, and we want to see them stick around for many more years to come. Please click through to find some you love (and some new to you!) to donate some money today as part of your anti-racism work. And if you have stories to share about your favorite black-run companies, we'd love to hear them in the comments below!

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/06/03/twin-cities-black-artists-need-broad-community-support-more-than-ever

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Thoughts from our #TCTheater leaders on justice and art.

https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/06/01/tired-but-not-daunted-in-the-twin-cities/