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Lauded for its versatility and innovative repertory, Columbus, OH-based BalletMet will grace the stage with a program featuring a stunning Northrop Centennial Commission and a joyful ode to music through dance. Timeless Tide brings swirling energy onstage to depict the gravitational pull of time and the countless interactions that guide its continuous momentum. Set to an original score by...
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Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. This groundbreaking and beloved Tony-winning Best Musical is inspired by Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir. Introspective and refreshingly honest, this hit musical is hailed as one of Broadway’s most original. Through the lens of three pivotal stages in Alison’s life, Bechdel’s witty and wistful illustrated autobiography comes to...
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- Middle School
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A woman survives a shipwreck and washes up on an unknown shore. Alone and bereaved of her twin brother, she embarks on a secret new life as a go-between for two people in the extremity of love and grief. Caught up in the ensuing love triangle she experiences the chaos and humanity of unexpected love;...
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Meet Lettice Duffet: expert on Elizabethan cuisine, enthusiast of medieval weaponry, lover of history, and the ever flamboyant (and popular) tour guide at Fustian House. Meet Lotte Schoen: lover of rules, keeper of order, and straightlaced inspector from the Preservation Trust. When Lettice theatrically “embellishes” the historical past of Fustian House, Schoen calls her into her office….which triggers an...
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After years of war, an idyllic Italian town is finally back in bloom. But young lovers Claudio and Hero, and sparring singletons Beatrice and Benedick, soon discover that all is not as it seems in their beautiful surroundings as they become entangled in a series of mischievous games, pranks and plots. Performance Venue U of...
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- Middle School
- High School
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After years of war, an idyllic Italian town is finally back in bloom. But young lovers Claudio and Hero, and sparring singletons Beatrice and Benedick, soon discover that all is not as it seems in their beautiful surroundings as they become entangled in a series of mischievous games, pranks and plots. Performance Venue U of...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
A woman survives a shipwreck and washes up on an unknown shore. Alone and bereaved of her twin brother, she embarks on a secret new life as a go-between for two people in the extremity of love and grief. Caught up in the ensuing love triangle she experiences the chaos and humanity of unexpected love;...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
A woman survives a shipwreck and washes up on an unknown shore. Alone and bereaved of her twin brother, she embarks on a secret new life as a go-between for two people in the extremity of love and grief. Caught up in the ensuing love triangle she experiences the chaos and humanity of unexpected love;...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
A transcendent masterpiece of the silent film era, The Passion of Joan of Arc is a vivid, immersive journey through the agonies of martyrdom. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s expressionistic, intimate techniques immerse viewers in the hours before Joan’s fateful trial. Classical music rising star Dr. Filip Presseisen will accompany the 1928 film on Northrop’s historic Aeolian-Skinner pipe...
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- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
After years of war, an idyllic Italian town is finally back in bloom. But young lovers Claudio and Hero, and sparring singletons Beatrice and Benedick, soon discover that all is not as it seems in their beautiful surroundings as they become entangled in a series of mischievous games, pranks and plots. Performance Venue U of...
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- Middle School
- High School
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Taking off from last year’s sold-out limited run, the second installment of this high-energy tribute will feature brand new pieces from some of Broadway’s biggest hits, including Pippin, Chicago, Carousel, West Side Story, Moulin Rouge…and more! Performance Venue Luminary Arts Center All Performance Dates Thursday, 4/10 at 7pm Content Warnings/Age Recommendations This performance is recommended...
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They are the warriors you don’t know. Inspired by the stories of the Japanese Americans who served as translators and interrogators for the U.S. Armed Forces, Secret Warriors features two men, Koji Kimura and Tamio Takahashi, who took extraordinary risks to save their fellow soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. As the...
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They are the warriors you don’t know. Inspired by the stories of the Japanese Americans who served as translators and interrogators for the U.S. Armed Forces, Secret Warriors features two men, Koji Kimura and Tamio Takahashi, who took extraordinary risks to save their fellow soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. As the...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
Meet Lettice Duffet: expert on Elizabethan cuisine, enthusiast of medieval weaponry, lover of history, and the ever flamboyant (and popular) tour guide at Fustian House. Meet Lotte Schoen: lover of rules, keeper of order, and straightlaced inspector from the Preservation Trust. When Lettice theatrically “embellishes” the historical past of Fustian House, Schoen calls her into her office….which triggers an...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. American Ballet Theatre—America’s National Ballet Company®—returns to Northrop for two performances of the beloved classic, Giselle. The epitome of Romantic ballet, this heart-rending tale of love, remorse, and forgiveness perfectly fuses live music, movement, and drama. The role of Giselle requires an exquisite dancer with daring dramatic and technical...
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- Middle School
- High School
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- Theater Experience
Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. American Ballet Theatre—America’s National Ballet Company®—returns to Northrop for two performances of the beloved classic, Giselle. The epitome of Romantic ballet, this heart-rending tale of love, remorse, and forgiveness perfectly fuses live music, movement, and drama. The role of Giselle requires an exquisite dancer with daring dramatic and technical...
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- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. Join us in the Spring of 2025 as TU Dance celebrates its 20th Anniversary and marks this significant milestone by featuring the works of prominent and renowned African American choreographers that have been supportive and connected to TU Dance since its inception. These works will include Alvin Ailey’s Witness, Ronald...
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Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. Join us in the Spring of 2025 as TU Dance celebrates its 20th Anniversary and marks this significant milestone by featuring the works of prominent and renowned African American choreographers that have been supportive and connected to TU Dance since its inception. These works will include Alvin Ailey’s Witness, Ronald...
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- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Disney’s Frozen sweeps into Minnesota as Children’s Theatre Company premieres its original production of the hit Broadway musical. Sing along with Elsa, Anna, and the whole cast as they encounter magic that’s out of control, weather that’s fearsome, and Olaf, a snowman who melts your heart. Will Elsa be able to restore the balance between summer and winter? Will...
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A clever Southern comedy Grande dames Grace Dunbar and Catherine Green prepare for the Nacirema Society’s 1964 centennial cotillion — the event of the season in Montgomery, Alabama. The elegant African American debutantes include Grace’s granddaughter Gracie, escorted by Catherine’s grandson Bobby, and the two grandmothers hope the young couple will soon be engaged. But...
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Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. ROCK OUT IN THIS MYTHICAL ADVENTURE! When teenager Percy Jackson discovers he’s a demigod, he and his friends embark on an epic journey to find Zeus’ missing lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods. To succeed, Percy must do more than catch a thief, he must...
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Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. This groundbreaking and beloved Tony-winning Best Musical is inspired by Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir. Introspective and refreshingly honest, this hit musical is hailed as one of Broadway’s most original. Through the lens of three pivotal stages in Alison’s life, Bechdel’s witty and wistful illustrated autobiography comes to...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Tapestries 9.0 continues Threads Dance Project’s tradition of highlighting new choreographic voices. This year’s production features original works by Colin Edwards, Rachel Lieberman, and Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies. The program also includes Karen L. Charles’ repertory work Let America Be America, inspired by the chant “Make America Great Again” and the idea that America has never been...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Tapestries 9.0 continues Threads Dance Project’s tradition of highlighting new choreographic voices. This year’s production features original works by Colin Edwards, Rachel Lieberman, and Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies. The program also includes Karen L. Charles’ repertory work Let America Be America, inspired by the chant “Make America Great Again” and the idea that America has never been...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
A clever Southern comedy Grande dames Grace Dunbar and Catherine Green prepare for the Nacirema Society’s 1964 centennial cotillion — the event of the season in Montgomery, Alabama. The elegant African American debutantes include Grace’s granddaughter Gracie, escorted by Catherine’s grandson Bobby, and the two grandmothers hope the young couple will soon be engaged. But...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Tapestries 9.0 continues Threads Dance Project’s tradition of highlighting new choreographic voices. This year’s production features original works by Colin Edwards, Rachel Lieberman, and Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies. The program also includes Karen L. Charles’ repertory work Let America Be America, inspired by the chant “Make America Great Again” and the idea that America has never been...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
2001. The DREAM act is first proposed. The Twin Towers fall. In New Jersey, two teenagers forge a friendship that becomes a sanctuary. Both brought to America as children, G and B support each other through life’s harsh circumstances. When G becomes naturalized, she and B hatch a plan to marry so that he may legally...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
2001. The DREAM act is first proposed. The Twin Towers fall. In New Jersey, two teenagers forge a friendship that becomes a sanctuary. Both brought to America as children, G and B support each other through life’s harsh circumstances. When G becomes naturalized, she and B hatch a plan to marry so that he may legally...
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- Middle School
- High School
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- Theater Experience
Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough. Rosina is young, clever, and wealthy, but her greedy guardian desires her and her fortune for himself. Using her wits to outsmart him and find her true love, she enlists Figaro, the mischievous and well-connected local barber, who...
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Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough. Rosina is young, clever, and wealthy, but her greedy guardian desires her and her fortune for himself. Using her wits to outsmart him and find her true love, she enlists Figaro, the mischievous and well-connected local barber, who...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed—and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, the struggle to hold on to one of the...
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Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. A young woman embarks on a cross-country bus trip in search of a televangelist she believes can cure a scar on her face. Along the way, she meets two soldiers who are facing their own troubles with money and racism. The trio’s journey becomes a rollicking ride through...
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- Middle School
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This hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way. ...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. A young woman embarks on a cross-country bus trip in search of a televangelist she believes can cure a scar on her face. Along the way, she meets two soldiers who are facing their own troubles with money and racism. The trio’s journey becomes a rollicking ride through...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Please note: This performance is currently waitlist only. This hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Familia explores the beautiful and complex ties that bind us—both the families we’re born into and the ones we choose. From the moment we arrive in the world, we’re shaped and challenged by the people who love us. Through breathtaking circus arts and raw storytelling, Familia asks: What does it mean to belong? To break...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Whoa, Nellie! tells the rip-roaring musical tale of Nellie King, the “wily and scandalous female cowboy detective” whose countless criminal exploits and penchant for male attire made her an 1800s Minnesota media icon. By turns hilarious, tuneful, and deeply emotional, this grand spectacle resurrects an array of vaudevillian superstars to share a story of surprising...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Familia explores the beautiful and complex ties that bind us—both the families we’re born into and the ones we choose. From the moment we arrive in the world, we’re shaped and challenged by the people who love us. Through breathtaking circus arts and raw storytelling, Familia asks: What does it mean to belong? To break...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Familia explores the beautiful and complex ties that bind us—both the families we’re born into and the ones we choose. From the moment we arrive in the world, we’re shaped and challenged by the people who love us. Through breathtaking circus arts and raw storytelling, Familia asks: What does it mean to belong? To break...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Whoa, Nellie! tells the rip-roaring musical tale of Nellie King, the “wily and scandalous female cowboy detective” whose countless criminal exploits and penchant for male attire made her an 1800s Minnesota media icon. By turns hilarious, tuneful, and deeply emotional, this grand spectacle resurrects an array of vaudevillian superstars to share a story of surprising...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Two actors, father and daughter, tell their own story through the words of Virginia Woolf, composing an alternately fanciful, visceral, and vulnerable duet. Playing with language, movement, and dress-up, like children, they put on their own “living-room play.” All the while, wrestling existential questions of gender and fiction: or, what it means to be and...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Two actors, father and daughter, tell their own story through the words of Virginia Woolf, composing an alternately fanciful, visceral, and vulnerable duet. Playing with language, movement, and dress-up, like children, they put on their own “living-room play.” All the while, wrestling existential questions of gender and fiction: or, what it means to be and...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Pam and Jou used to be best friends. Promising star athletes on their volleyball team, they both had big dreams of moving away from Minnesota and playing in college. Jumping back and forth between their teenage years and adulthood, we see how the tensions of family, culture, and ambition shape these young women and their...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Pam and Jou used to be best friends. Promising star athletes on their volleyball team, they both had big dreams of moving away from Minnesota and playing in college. Jumping back and forth between their teenage years and adulthood, we see how the tensions of family, culture, and ambition shape these young women and their...
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- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Musical
This thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod Maui embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and camaraderie as both learn to harness the power that lies within. With empowering...
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- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Pam and Jou used to be best friends. Promising star athletes on their volleyball team, they both had big dreams of moving away from Minnesota and playing in college. Jumping back and forth between their teenage years and adulthood, we see how the tensions of family, culture, and ambition shape these young women and their...
- Grades:
- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Musical
This thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod Maui embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and camaraderie as both learn to harness the power that lies within. With empowering...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Two actors, father and daughter, tell their own story through the words of Virginia Woolf, composing an alternately fanciful, visceral, and vulnerable duet. Playing with language, movement, and dress-up, like children, they put on their own “living-room play.” All the while, wrestling existential questions of gender and fiction: or, what it means to be and...
- Grades:
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Two actors, father and daughter, tell their own story through the words of Virginia Woolf, composing an alternately fanciful, visceral, and vulnerable duet. Playing with language, movement, and dress-up, like children, they put on their own “living-room play.” All the while, wrestling existential questions of gender and fiction: or, what it means to be and...
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- Middle School
- High School
- Arts
- Theater Experience
Note: This performance is currently waitlist only. Presented by Maia Maiden Productions The SOTA Movement is Minnesota’s premier street dance festival – a dynamic celebration of dance, culture, and community rooted in the powerful traditions of Hip Hop. This multi-day event unites artists, creators, and supporters to honor the vibrant spirit of street dance. From...
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This theatrical experience, written by Rose McGee, takes audiences on a journey into the past, addressing the origins of Juneteenth and the imagined impact on the lives of individuals hearing the news of the Emancipation Proclamation and that the Civil War was over. This performance is presented by Sweet Potato Comfort Pie in partnership with...
