Bain Boehlke

The Twin Cities' best theater productions of 2010

A year in review

Rabbit Hole: Smart and soulful

The play tracks a couple's struggles to cope with the loss of a child

Is There Any More Beautiful Relationship Than When a Freeloader Meets a Doormat?

The Jungle's Two for the Seesaw is a provocative ride

The Year in Theater

The Greeks, the geeks, the freaks, the dualistic representations of the Argentine distaff underclass--all the best of Twin Cities drama circa 2005

Spotlight: Same Time, Next Year

The Year in Theater

They laughed. They cried. They used the "F" word. They wore funny wigs... and we were there

War of the Worlds

Kent Stephens's latest project is a play about a play about a rehearsal of a play about a novel

Theater of Cruelty

LaBute brutalizes us; Lonergan displays human kindness

Dramatis Personae

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat

The Jungle Theater sends Salvador Dali through a looking glass in Lobster Alice; 15 Head presents Dracula as a messenger of modern anxiety

Touch of Evil

Three is the (un)lucky number: Margot and Tony Wendice (Suzanne Koepplinger, J.C. Cutler) welcome Max Halliday (Terry Hempleman) into their unhappy home in Dial 'M' for Murder.

Talk Is Cheap

I'll Be Your Mirror: John (Jim Lichtscheidl, right) rejects his gabby mentor, Robert (Richard Ooms, left), in David Mamet's reflexive play, A Life in the Theatre.

The Pilgrim's Progress

Six Feet High and Rising: Storyteller Jim Stowell takes measure of water under the bridge in Three Rivers Meeting.

Papal Mâché

The Jungle Always Rings Twice: Rosalie Tenseth and Bain Boehlke in the (premature?) revival of 1991's House of Blue Leaves.

Comfort Food

The Jungle Theater's production of Bus Stop is a deliciously realistic study of different kinds of love.

Shattered