Press releases


Back by audience and cast request: Illusion Theater remounts BILL W. & DR. BOB “A textured, truthful telling of [Alcoholics Anonymous’] story…Inspiring!” — Boston Globe (Minneapolis; January 12, 2011) – When audiences repeatedly request a beloved play, theaters may try to comply within a few years or so. But when the BILL W. & DR. BOB cast told Director Michael Robins that they would "make their schedules work" if Illusion Theater would remount the 2009 show, Producing Directors Bonnie Morris and Robins knew they had to bring back the inspirational production.
Illusion Theater's 2011 Lights Up! Series offers inventive "romcom" adaptation of Moliere classic (Minneapolis) -- The Illusion Theater’s Light House Group presents a new version of Molière’s Le Misanthrope to lighten and brighten up Minnesota’s dark days of winter. Adapted and directed by Eric Powell Holm, *Misanthrope, or the Impossible Lovers* is the story of a couple whose passion is unparalleled, but whose personalities are always at odds. The sixth annual Lights Up! production is on stage at the Illusion, 528 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, January 20-23, 2011.
This year, the holidays are spelled B-I-N-G-O (Minneapolis) -- The incomparable Miss Richfield 1981 returns to the Illusion Theater to celebrate the holiday season with a brand new yuletide program, BINGO BONANZA FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The audience gets to play as Miss R calls three rounds of Bingo for her favorite charity and discusses her latest travels, appropriate dress and other vital matters. And in her never ending quest to get closer to her fans, Miss Richfield 1981 will be tweeting LIVE throughout the program. This is one show where the audience will be encouraged to keep their phones on during the performance.
Always & Forever keeps groovin' on (Minneapolis) - The crowd-pleasing ALWAYS & FOREVER keeps packing them in at the Illusion Theater. Four more performances of the popular hit musical revue, featuring Julius C. Collins III (Quenton Jones), Jackson Hurst (Jahmal Purdy), T. Mychael Rambo (Durius Wright), and Dennis Spears (Levi Tucker), have been added to the schedule, extending the run to October 10.
"Always & Forever" Really Is! Hit Musical Revue Returns to Illusion Theater August 21 - October 2010 (Minneapolis) – When the first production of *Always & Forever* was on stage at Illusion Theater in 1996, it played to standing-room-only crowds for more than three months. After nearly 15 years of audience requests, Illusion Theater is pleased to announce the return of the hit musical revue, created by Richard D. Thompson, Sanford Moore and Garry Q. Lewis. Always & Forever, starring original cast members T. Mychael Rambo, Dennis Spears and Julius Collins III and newcomer Jackson Hurst, will run August 21 – October 3, 2010.
Illusion Theater's 23rd Annual Fresh Ink Series Four Fresh Works Develop This Summer July 8 - July 25, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN) Illusion Theater will continue its award-winning method of developing new works during this summer's 2010 Fresh Ink Series.
Illusion Theater Presents World Premiere of Willa Cather's My Antonia (Minneapolis - December 31, 2009) - Illusion Theater and playwright Allison Moore will bring Willa Cather's vibrant character of Antonia Shimerda to life on the