Category Archives: Theater

The Liminal Being

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Dates: Thu-Sat, Jan 10-12, 2019 at 7:30 pm & Sun, Jan 13 at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $10
Ages: Ages 16+
Duration: 60 mins.

The Liminal Being
written and performed by Mai Rose
(presented by Mai Rose as a part of the Theaterwalla program)

An earlier version of this play was presented at Dreamland Arts in 2017.

Take a journey through the absurd, tragic, and beautiful life of Mai Rose. Each chapter weaves through their story with the rhythm of life and brings us closer to an understanding of what it means to be human. Pieces of the picture fall into place, bringing poverty, disability, child abuse and sexual assault into stark relief. It reminds us that tragedy and injustice doesn’t only happen to other people, it can also happen to us. Their story may be painful at times, but it is imbued with hope and promise; a testament to the human spirit in us all. This show inspires the audience to be the heroes that the world is crying out for.

About Mai Rose: Mai studied Theater and English at Drake University and has performed as an actor and singer from the Des Moines Playhouse to First Avenue. They graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Sociology and Communications. Mai spent the last few years building a career as a speaker and writer, with a focus on personal growth as a tool for social change. They are currently working on their second feature length screenplay. Learn more about Mai’s work at https://realizingthesun.com/

The Cool Train

Date: Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15. SOLD OUT
Ages: Ages 13+
Duration: 1 hr. approx.

The Cool Train
a solo performance by Lunga Sinuka
Written by Lunga Sinuka and Zaraawar Mistry
Directed by Zaraawar Mistry

The Cool Train was first presented at Dreamland Arts in 2009.
Lunga Sinuka speaks with Euan Kerr on MPR

The Cool Train is Lunga Sinuka’s memoir of growing up in South Africa during the repressive era of apartheid. From his childhood in a Xhosa village with no electricity or running water, to working as a glass cleaner at one of South Africa’s best hotels, and eventually joining the African National Congress in the violent struggle for freedom, Lunga’s journey reflects the lives of many black South Africans before the end of apartheid in 1994. The Cool Train is a one-man storytelling piece, told through songs and stories filled with warmth, humor and love. Recommended for ages 13+.

Lunga Sinuka was born in South Africa and emigrated to the United States in 1992. He has a B.A. in Public Administration from Cape University of Technology in South Africa and a B.A. in Business Management from Hope College in Michigan. In America, he is currently involved in health care, social services, and social justice. The Cool Train is his first play.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Hand in Hand

Dates: Fri-Sat, Dec 7-8, 2018 (Fri at 7:30 pm & Sat at 1:00 pm)
Tickets: $10 suggested donation
Ages: Ages 9+
Duration: 60 minutes, followed by discussion

Hand in Hand
written and performed by Leslye Orr

First performed in 1982, Hand in Hand is a play in which audience members experience a heightened awareness of their own senses. They are seated in a spiral configuration, asked to close their eyes, and brought in touch with the world of Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who was legally blind. A myriad of objects are passed around the spiral while actress Leslye Orr tells a riveting story inspired by the profound letters and witty lectures of the great educator and her spirited pupil. Orr, herself legally blind since birth, created Hand in Hand to share her belief in the “possibilities of disabilities.” Watch video

This workshop-performance has been presented for schools, colleges, at staff trainings for organizations such as Serve Minnesota (Americorps) and for human resources departments at places like the Walker Art Center and Carlson School of Management. In 2012, Leslye traveled to Lithuania, Latvia and Israel with Hand in Hand as a speaker and specialist for the U.S. State Department.

Wake-Up Calls

Dates: Nov 16-18, 2018 (Fri-Sat at 7:00 p.m. & Sun at 2:00 p.m.)
Tickets: $15 ($13 students/seniors)
Ages: Ages 10+
Duration: 70 minutes approx.

Du-Al Theatrics presents
Wake-Up Calls
a collection of one-act plays

“On the other hand, most life-changing wake-up calls occur when we are, well, awake”
—Anonymous

Co-founders of Du-Al Theatrics, Duane Koivisto and Alan Wittmer, are pleased to announce a new production, Wake-Up Calls, including:

“Hamlet and Ophelia” (Excerpted from Hamlet by William Shakespeare)
This Never Happened, an original one-act by Jay McMahon
The True Death of Socrates by Frank Higgins (produced by arrangement with The Penny Luedtke Agency, New York)
Feathers by Judd Lear Silverman (produced by arrangement with the author)

The ensemble also features the talents of: Chad Snyder, Amy Luedtke, Sheila Path McMahon, Jay McMahon, Jim Hamburge and Jerry Koch.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tribute to Nosferatu, A Night of Terror

Dates: Sat-Sun, Nov 3-4, 2018 (Sat at 7:30 p.m. & Sun at 1:00 p.m.)
Tickets: $13
Ages: Ages 5+ (all souls over the age of 5 are welcome)
Duration: 1 hr. approx.

M-SHE Productions presents
Tribute to Nosferatu, A Night of Terror

Settle in with us as we present, “Nosferatu.” Haunting original music and contemporary and musical theatre dances will accompany this classic horror film.

M-SHE Productions is the creation of the husband and wife duo, Maggie Hoadley-Edwards-Culp and Parker Culp. With the eye and soul for all things artistic, M-SHE Productions, provides choreography, instruction, direction, music mixes, recording studio needs, and performers for dance, music, and photography. Learn more…

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Category Archives: Theater

The Liminal Being

The Cool Train

Hand in Hand

Wake-Up Calls

Tribute to Nosferatu, A Night of Terror