Press releases
Illusion Theater presents AUTISTIC LICENSE for Autism Awareness Month

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 19, 2012

Illusion Theater presents AUTISTIC LICENSE
for Autism Awareness Month
WHAT'S THE WORD FOR: New Jeffrey Hatcher work has world premiere at Illusion Theater

(Minneapolis; March 1, 2012) – Acclaimed writer Jeffrey Hatcher’s newest play, WHAT’S THE WORD FOR, was developed as part of Illusion Theater’s 2011 Fresh Ink series.
Illusion Theater’s My Antonia begins statewide tour February 4: New cast members join award-winning production

(Minneapolis; February 2, 2012) -- Illusion Theater and playwright Allison Moore will bring Willa Cather’s vibrant character of Antonia to life with a second statewide tour of the award-winning show,

Fringe Favorite BALLAD OF THE PALE FISHERMAN Comes to Illusion in Expanded Version

(Minneapolis; January 12, 2012) – What happens when a fisherman falls in love with a woman who happens to be a seal?
Illusion's Holiday Shows Features Two Audience Favorites

MISS RICHFIELD 1981: THIRTY YEARS ON THE THRONE
Written and performed by Russ King
Directed by Michael Robins
December 2-18, 2011
Preview: December 1
Tickets: $30-$38
THE K of D: AN URBAN LEGEND mixes haunts and humor in this solo tour de force

“Creepy, funny, poignant and moving.” – BroadwayWorld.com

“So good it’s scary.” – Seattle Weekly
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.