Illusion Theater
528 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-339-4944
Fax: 612-337-8042
Email: info [at] illusiontheater [dot] org
Welcome! Illusion Theater’s mission is to create theater that illuminates the myths and realities of our times and to catalyze personal and social change. Stay tuned as we roll out our new and improved website!
Upcoming Events
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Illusion Theater’s 2009 Fresh Ink Series My AntoniaAdapted by Allison Moore with music by Roberta Carlson July 9 - 12 Cather’s vibrant character of Antonia Shimerda is brought to life on stage in this portrait of the American West as narrator Jim Burden returns home after twenty years to see the immigrant girl who shaped his understanding of life.
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A Great Miracle Happened HereWritten by Jenna Zark July 16 - 19 A Midwestern couple’s world turns upside down when their 18-year-old son decides to join the Israeli Army. Torn between encouraging him and worrying about his safety, they both pray for miracles while waiting for him to return home for high school graduation.
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Toni Morrison’s JazzAdapted by Marion McClinton with music by Sanford Moore July 23 - 26 The future for black urban life looks bright in the winter of 1926 until a middle-aged waiter shoots his teenage lover and his wife attacks the corpse at her funeral in this passionate, profound story of love and obsession.
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2009 Fresh Ink Series PassJuly 23 - 26 Get one ticket to each show in the 2009 Fresh Ink Series! Three tickets for $30 – that’s $5 off per ticket.
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Back for the Minnesota Fringe Festival The Flickering Wall
Written by Nathan Christopher July 31 – August 8 at Illusion Theater Set in the dusky spaces of memory, intuition and self-deception, the show travels the back roads and shadowy corners of Illusion Theater, giving the audience a chance to get behind the scenes in a way that no theater tour ever has.
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Advance tickets go on sale July 1st at www.fringefestival.org or at 866-811-4111 |
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Illusion Theater presents Bill W. & Dr. Bob
by Stephen Bergman & Janet Surrey September 24 – November 1, 2009 In 1929, famous New York stockbroker Bill Wilson crashes with the stock market and becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon from Ohio, has also been an alcoholic for thirty years, often going into the operating room with a hangover. Through an astonishing series of events, Bill W. and Dr. Bob meet and form a relationship, each helping to keep the other sober. This is the amazing and often humorous story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives, who founded Al Anon. (This work does not imply affiliation with nor approval or endorsement from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.) |
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Groups of 10 or more people may be eligible to receive a Group Discount. Please call the Illusion Box Office at 612-339-4944 for details.
Education Information
Illusion Theater’s philosophy of learning is rooted in theater’s potential to be a compelling educational tool. The Outreach and Education Program has been successful at breaking through and transforming the fear that often surrounds difficult and controversial social issues. Since its inception in 1977, the program has presented workshops and performances to over one million children and adults in all 50 states and the Virgin Islands.
To request more information about our Outreach and Education Program, please contact Education Program Director Karen Gundlach at 612-339-4944 ext. 229 or kgundlach@illusiontheater.org
Become an Illusion Theater Member
For only $25, you receive 20% off of Illusion Theater tickets, a monthly email coupon from Illusion, and ticket discounts for partner productions at Illusion.
(Valid for 1 year from date of purchase. Not applicable to Miss Richfield 1981’s Holiday Show.)
Also at Illusion
Minneapolis Musical Theatre presents
Zanna Don't!
music by Tim Acito, Book & Lyrics by Tim Acito & Alexander Dinelaris
June 5 - 21, 2009
This hip musical fairy tale takes place in a topsy-turvy world where homosexuality is the norm and heterosexuals must battle anti-straight prejudice. Set in a high school, the plot revolves around a teenage ‘matchmaker’ and the scandal that erupts when a boy and girl dare fall in love.
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