RICHARD II / AS YOU LIKE IT

Alumnus Justin Alexander will be appearing in the repertory performances of Richard II and As You Like It (as Bolingbrook and Oliver du Boys) as part of Shakespeare & Company's summer season.

Shakespeare & Company

June 28 - August 3

Reservations: 651-779-5818

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

Alumni Christine Webber and Nathaniel Neshiem-Case are appearing in the Minnesota Centennial Showboat production of The Count of Monte Cristo. Alumna Montana Johnson designed the sound for the show.

OSFEST

Alumnus Christopher R. Mihm will be appearing at OSFest in Omaha, NE on July 12th as a Featured Filmmaker. In addition to panel appearances, Christopher's three feature films -- Monster of Phantom Lake, It Came From Another World!, and Cave Women of Mars -- will be shown throughout the day.

A WOMAN'S CHOICE

Eclectic Edge Ensemble presents A Woman's Choice, featuring the choreography of artistic director and alumna Karis Sloss. The show touts the bold, jazz-infused edge that is becoming the trademark of the company.

Alumna Montana Johnson is doing the sound design for A Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training 2007: Postcards in Training, performing in the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater. Tickets are free, but reservations are required.

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

Alumna Montana Johnson will be running the sound board for Little House on the Prairie, an original musical making its world premiere at the Guthrie Theater.

ALL THE RAGE

Alumnus Ben Sulzbach is stage managing the off-Broadway premiere of All the Rage, a dark comedy by Keith Reddin.

AMERICAN SEXY

The New Theatre Group's production of Trista Baldwin's American Sexy will by directed by alumnus Brian Balcom and stage managed by alumna Sarah Holmberg. How does over-sexualized world change our definitions of relationships in the flesh? Does this image-drenched, individual-as-celebrity world affect our ability to be together in reality? How does face-time change as we interact more and more as voices, text fragments, and images?

Rarig Center - Arena Theater

August 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th

http://www.fringefestival.org/

THE CHASM

Alumna Sheila Regan will be directing Disquietude Theater's The Chasm at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Based on Gabriela Mistral's poetry, this piece explores two sides of a mirror: Kneaded by life and tragedy on one side, tenderness and hope on the other, as the same life force breathes throughout.

July 31st and August 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th

http://www.fringefestival.org/

1001

Alumna Emily Gunyou Halaas will be appearing in 1001, a retelling and adaptation of the tales of Scheherazade, at Mixed Blood Theater.

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

Alumna Emily Gunyou Halaas will be appearing as Elizabeth in the midwest premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Park Square Theater.

Park Square Theater

January 16 - February 8, 2009

Reservations: 651-291-7005

STARTING GATE PRODUCTIONS

Alumnus Ben Tallen is the Vice President and Managing Director of Starting Gate Productions. Starting Gate's seventh season begins November 2008 with Barefoot in the Park.

TEATRO DEL PUEBLO

Alumna Sheila Regan is the Educational Coordinator for Teatro del Pueblo. Based out of the West Side's Latino community, Teatro del Pueblo has a mission to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about Latino culture and to promote cultural diversity in the arts. Teatro del Pueblo maintains several educational tours, including Echoes from the New World, Manzi: The Adventures of Young Cesar Chavez, Help Wanted, The Great Cheese Adventures in Mexico, and Political Theater Matinees. Their next show is Vote for Pedro, playing August 1st thru 9th as part of  the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

YOUTH PERFORMANCE COMPANY

Alumnus Per Halaas is the Education and Outreach Director for the Youth Performance Company. The YPC's 2008-2009 season will be announced soon!