Marion McClinton

Buzzer

Twin Cities' best plays of 2011

Hairspray, Doubt, On the Spectrum, and more

Center of the Margins Festival

Hairspray, Doubt, On the Spectrum, and more

In the Red and Brown Water at the Guthrie

Story of a poor woman's spiraling life

A Cool Drink a Water

Story of a poor woman's spiraling life

Illusion Theater's Fresh Ink 2010 kicks off three-weekend slate of shows

Java Jitters: Carolyn Pool and Shanan Custer in "2 Sugars, Room for Cream"​ Illusion Theater kicks off its 23rd annual summer Fresh Ink series tomorrow night; the festival this year includes three very different works, each with its own set of intriguing possibilities.

Pillsbury House Theatre stages story of a father's harrowing return to Africa

Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy

Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

2009 Fresh Ink Series

Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

Endgame

Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

Mixed Blood's Pure Confidence evokes era of slavery

Production delves insightfully into slavery and its aftermath

Home Run

August Wilson's story of an aging athlete thwarted by prejudice gets a masterful staging at Penumbra

Bulrusher is an everyday epic

The odd tale deftly weaves the mythic and the mundane

Theater Spotlight: Bud, Not Buddy

The odd tale deftly weaves the mythic and the mundane

Bud, Not Buddy

The odd tale deftly weaves the mythic and the mundane

Shadow and Act

Penumbra Theatre's campaign to build an ambitious new stage has the makings of an epic drama--or a nonprofit tragedy

Dramatis Personae

Penumbra Theatre's campaign to build an ambitious new stage has the makings of an epic drama--or a nonprofit tragedy

Blues So Bad

Baby, I'm a Star: Lovette George in Thunder Knocking on the Door