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Ever since Walking Shadow's 2006 Fringe hit 1926 Pleasant I've been hoping that another such puzzle show would be in the works. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about Saboteur, a new "theatrical game with puzzles" as it's described. The s… more »

I'm reposting this link from Minnesota Playlist (a great site if you haven't checked it out) with a piece written by my friend and director Kevin T. Houle: "Poorly Attended" by Kevin T. Houle I've often had similar thoughts myself. As a writer it… more »

After nearly a year of receiving and reading submissions and slowly whittling them down to the final ten, Lakeshore Players' annual 10-Minute Play Festival opened last night to a sold-out crowd. This won't be a review per se. As a member of this ye… more »

I realized recently that this spring marks the twentieth anniversary of the first time I stepped out on the stage as an actor. I was a freshman in high school and the play was a non-musical version of The Phantom of the Opera, published here by the Dra… more »

On Friday evening I went to see Walking Shadow Theatre's final production of the season, after the quake adapted by Frank Galati from the novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami. Set in 1995 Japan after the Kobe earthquake, this adaptation interweave… more »

I've neglected to write over the last month about getting back into the audition circuit. With the new little guy, acting has of course had to take a back seat, but this fall I decided to starting inching my way back in. Earlier this fall I auditioned… more »

This past weekend I had a chance to catch String, a romantic comedy at Yellow Tree Theatre. I've been familiar with Yellow Tree for a little while but hadn't had a chance to experience them until now. String tells the story of an unlikely romance betw… more »

This past weekend I went down to Burnsville for my first visit to Chameleon Theatre Circle and their production of the Restoration classic A School for Scandal by Richard Sheridan. Having never seen this play before I was eager to rectify that gap in m… more »

Well, once again I've seen a great show late in its run, giving me little opportunity to spread the word (and the introduction of an adorable yet time-consuming infant at my house means that I didn't get to writing a review until nearly a week later!).… more »

This morning at 6 AM I left Saint Paul and drove to Bismarck, North Dakota for the premiere of The Princess and the Moon. I arrived in Bismarck in the afternoon and, walking around the town center, came across this as I passed the theater. I don't… more »