Michelle Hensley

Top 10 plays of 2012

Our critic looks back on a stellar year in theater

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Fall Arts Guide 2012

Vasa Lisa

Vasa Lisa at Open Book

A journey of discovery

Vasa Lisa

Il Campiello at Open Book

Ten Thousand Things Theater succeeds again

Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

Ten Thousand Things

Man of La Mancha

The Twin Cities' best theater productions of 2010

A year in review

Alec Soth, Kevin Kramp, Robyn, and more: Artists of the year

Influential artists of 2010

Life's a Dream at Ten Thousand Things Theater

17th-century drama full of powerful acting

Ten Thousand Things to work with New York's Public Theater

Photo courtesy Ten Thousand Things Theate​It's been a tremendous year for Ten Thousand Things Theater, the local company who brings professional performances to people who often do not have the chance to see any kind of theater, from those living in shelters to prison populations. A recent strin ... More >>

Ten Thousand Things strips down Eliza and Henry

Eliza's affection for Henry Higgins is so obvious​Ten Thousand Things made out like bandits in this year's City Pages Best of the Twin Cities, grabbing a nod for Best Small Theater and Best Director for Michelle Hensley. Tonight they're opening My Fair Lady, in a stripped-down take on the classic ... More >>

Stones in His Pockets allows actors room to play

Steven Epp and Jim Lichtscheidl harness a precious alchemy

Raskol reworks Dostoevsky's tale of a killer's battle with hisconscience

Kris Nelson playes troubled Raskol character at MN Opera Center

Best in shows: Top plays from Minneapolis theater in '08 (Act II)

Fences, Blackbird round out best plays of the year

Theater Spotlight: Twelfth Night

A Closer Look at Evil

A new production of 'Richard III' paints an intimate portrait of Shakespeare's famous villain

Just Don't Call Him a Soul Man

Jeune Lune loses the devil in the details

Of Cabbageheads and Kings

Old-World buffoonery and ancient tragedy hit local stages

Toys In The Attic

Twin Cities Greek revival continues, this time with puppets

Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

The Year in Theater

Last year my boss sent me to sit in a dark room for 150 nights. Here's what I took away from the ordeal.

Vive La Révolution

Figaro without the fig leaf; Fugard's prison drama: No curtain, just bars

A Real Nice Clambake

10K things spins 'Carousel'; MJTC resurrects grandma

King Lear

Artists of the Year

The Year in Theater

Musical Minimalism

Michelle Hensley takes a bit of Broadway to the workhouse

The Trouper

How to win over critics and lose money, sleep, and ambition: A life in local theater

The Year in Theater

The best and worst of 150 nights spent in a dark room. Plus: Dramatic hypotheses, and thespians speak out.

Land of Make Believe

Ten Thousand Things follows a madwoman; Theatre Unbound rides a subway to fabulousness

When you wish upon a city

If you could wave your magic wand and make one improvement to the Twin Cities, what would it be?

This Rough Magic

With bare-bones budgets and ambitious productions, Michelle Hensley takes theater off the stage and into the trenches

Automatic for the People

Floating Molly Brown at the Dorothy Day Center; staging Ntozake Shange in the age of the poetry slam

Dramatis Personae

Age of Innocence

The Fourth Wall

Their Eyes Were Watching Guards: 10,000 Things brings commedia dell'arte to the Hennepin County Women's Correctional Facility.