Interregnum 2011-2012 - Blog of the Time Between - Reviews

The Twin Cities Daily Planet has given me my own little byline page, and has me reviewing shows outside the confines of the blog, too, these days. Like anyone in the Twin Cities, I still miss more theater than I end up seeing. But here's the write-ups on the things I managed to catch since last Fringe...

7/12/12 - Theatre Coup d'Etat - Angels In America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches - A Mountain To Climb, but the View From The Top is Great - 5 stars
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6/29/12 - Samantha Johns/George McConnell - Snowf**k - When Nudity Seems Perfectly OK - 5 stars
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6/7/12 - Savage Umbrella - Care Enough - What Am I Missing? - 3 stars
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5/7/12 - Nightpath Theatre Company - The Three Sisters  - Funny, Simple, and Gorgeous - 5 stars
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4/24/12 - Gonzo Group Theatre - Art - Simple, Unvarnished and Completely Accessible - 4-1/2 stars
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4/20/12 - Swandive Theatre - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - Lowbrow and Highbrow in One Tidy Package - 4 stars
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4/19/12 - Theater Latte Da - Spring Awakening - Hell Yeah - 5 stars
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4/5/12 - Fools Productions - Cirque de la Loon - An (Overly?) Ambitious Little Clown Show - 2-1/2 stars
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4/4/12 - Illusion Theater - What's The Word For - Brain But A Lack Of Heart - 2-1/2 stars
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3/26/12 - Theater for the Thirsty - Kingdom Undone - Not Just For The Church Crowd - 4 stars
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3/25/12 - Mu Performing Arts - Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them - It's A Hit - 5 stars
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3/9/12 - Theatre Novi Most - Picnic On The Battlefield - Hilarious Nightmare or Horrifying Comedy? - 5 stars
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3/7/12 - Theatre Pro Rata - T Bone N Weasel - It's Like 'Of Mice And Men,' Without All That Pesky Tragedy To Bring You Down - 3 stars
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2/28/12 - Theater Latte Da - Beautiful Thing - Too Much of a Beautiful Thing? Not Possible - 4 stars
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2/23/12 - Minnesota Jewish Theatre - My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding - Unapologetically Political, Completely Adorable - 4 stars
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2/12/12 - Transatlantic Love Affair - Ballad of the Pale Fisherman - Seven Barefoot Actors, A Chair, An Accordion,  and One Hell of a Story - 5 stars
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2/12/12 - 20% Theatre Company - The Naked I: Wide Open - A Sold-Out Hit, and Deservedly So - 4-1/2 stars
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1/24/12 - Freshwater Theatre Company - Dirty Girls Come Clean - Dirty Girls For A Good Cause - 4-1/2 stars
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1/20/12 - Cade Holmseth Dance - Just One More: A Story of Affluenza - Dancing On Top of $600, All of It In Pennies - 5 stars
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11/19/11 - Shadowplay Theatre - Dial M For Murder - Sending Your Wife To Death Row Is Always A Good Plan B - 3 stars
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11/17/11 - Macalester College - The Inland Sea - A Great U.S. Premiere In Our Own Backyard - 5 stars
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11/16/11 - Phoenix Theater Project - Private Eyes - Is It Wrong To Enjoy A Comedy About Infidelity? (Nope, Not When It's This Good) - 4-1/2 stars
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11/14/11 - Classical Actors Ensemble - Richard II - When Bad Plays (Even Shakespearean Ones) Happen To Good Theater Companies - 2-1/2 stars
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11/11/11 - Savage Umbrella - The Ravagers - Starting Your Own Cult Of Teenage Girls Never Ends Well - 5 stars
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11/9/11 - Sandbox Theatre - The Mad Trapper of Rat River - "He's Not Cold-Blooded.  He Was Driven To This" - 5 stars
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11/4/11 - Nautilus Music-Theater - Joan of Arc - "Welcome To Our Little Experiment" - 5 stars
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10/16/11 - Penumbra Theatre Company - Two Trains Running - A Play So Good It Makes You Want To Write One Of Your Own - 5 stars
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9/25/11 - Park Square Theatre - August: Osage County - "Bottom Feeders.  My Favorite!" - 5 stars
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9/14/11 - Theatre Pro Rata - Cat's Paw - "How Many Terrorists Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb" - 3 stars
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9/11/11 - Dovetail Theatre - Leonce & Lena - Who Knew Georg Buchner Was So Funny? - 4-1/2 stars
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8/28/11 - Jungle Theater - Hamlet - Guilty Creatures Sitting At A Play - 2-1/2 stars
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8/22/11 - Wolfpack Productions - An Evening With Jonbenet Ramsey - 5 stars
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Interregnum 2011-1012 - Blog of the Time Between - But Not for Love

Since the November 2012 election has a proposed amendment on the ballot for the Minnesota state constitution to define marriage as being only between one man and one woman, local theater companies The Flower Shop Project and Workhouse Theatre are co-producing my play about gay marriage, "But Not For Love," this October.  Hopefully it'll help rally the troops and get them out to vote, and give them a few laughs and a much needed happy ending in the home stretch.  With luck, maybe same-sex marriage will only be illegal once, rather than twice over.  Every little victory helps...

5/1/12 - Gay Marriage Play Update - Sides for Next Week's Auditions
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4/19/12 - Gay Marriage Play Update - Auditions on May 7th and 8th
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3/3/12 - Anybody Want To Help Put On A Play?
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Interregnum 2011-2012 - Blog of the Time Between - Shameless Plugs

Even if I can't get to show myself, I sometimes give a little shout out to help other know it's out there, so maybe they can go in my stead...

3/21/12 - Popular Fringer Back In Town This Weekend At The Bryant Lake Bowl
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9/23/11 - Closing weekend of Yarrrh! - Because We All Need A Little Lusty, Busty Sometimes
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Interregnum 2011-2012 - Blog of the Time Between - 24 Hour Plays

Once again I served as playwright wrangler for Theatre Unbound's 24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown (formerly the 24 Hour Play Project). But first, of course, the general public had to vote on what went into the plays

11/4/11 24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown: Suggest Some Random Ingredients For Us
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Interregnum 2011-2012 - Blog of the Time Between - Rubicon Waltz

The Flowershop Project produced the regional premiere of my dark romantic comedy Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz in October 2011.  And naturally, I wrote a little something for the occasion on the blog...

9/27/2011 - A Mother Tells A Story To Her Children, Who May or May Not Be Dead
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