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ILLUSION THEATER
  • Home
    • Welcome
  • On Stage
    • LIVE at Lyndale Gardens - 2025
    • 2024-25 Season
    • Events
    • Tickets
  • Education
    • Education Overview
    • KEEPIN' IT REAL
    • Peer Education - Project TRUST
    • ILLUSION Residence
    • Touch For the 21st Century
  • Support - Connect
    • Support
    • Connect
    • Our Funders
  • About
    • About ILLUSION
    • Staff and Board
    • 50th Anniversary
    • Location
    • Carlyle Brown Playwright-in-Residence
    • Awards
    • Newsletters
    • Media Releases

About ILLUSION THEATER

ILLUSION THEATER's mission is to create theater that illuminates the illusions, myths and realities of our times and to catalyze personal and social change. 

ILLUSION presents its Main Stage Season and Fresh Ink Series  at The Center for Performing Arts. Miss Richfield 1981 arrives with her Holiday Prog'rum in December. ILLUSION tours in the spring, performing for schools, universities, art series, corporations, faith organizations, and communities.

 Bill W and Dr. Bob with Beth Gilleland as Anne and Terry Hempleman as Dr. Bob

Bill W and Dr. Bob with Beth Gilleland as Anne and Terry Hempleman as Dr. Bob

 Bill W. and Dr. Bob

Bill W. and Dr. Bob

 Kimberly Richardson and JoeNathan Thomas in “A Play by Barb and Carl”

Kimberly Richardson and JoeNathan Thomas in “A Play by Barb and Carl”

 Aimee K. Bryant, T. Mychael Rambo, and Ryan Bynum in “In This Moment…Now”

Aimee K. Bryant, T. Mychael Rambo, and Ryan Bynum in “In This Moment…Now”

Miss Richfield 1981 Bad Advice for Christmas
Miss Richfield 1981 Bad Advice for Christmas

In its ongoing mission to develop new work that reflects and illuminates our times, ILLUSION turned to creating specific work that addresses issues important to children and families. ILLUSION’s Educational Program is renowned throughout the state and country for its effective combination of theater and carefully crafted messaging.

“The theater is a safe place to feel dangerous things, discomforting things or controversial things. We can rehearse “new realities” on our stage. ”
— Bonnie Morris
“I think people have an unconscious meter for what seems authentic to them because there is so much inauthenticity in the world. At Illusion we believe in theater that is genuine, theater that is about living now.”
— Michael Robins

 

History

click on an image below to read stories and view images from each production era…

2025 to Present
2025 to Present
2024 to 2020
2024 to 2020
2019 to 2016
2019 to 2016
2015 to 2010
2015 to 2010
2009 to 2006
2009 to 2006
2005 to 2001
2005 to 2001
2000 to 1996
2000 to 1996
1995 to 1991
1995 to 1991
1990 to 1986
1990 to 1986
1985 to 1981
1985 to 1981
1980 to 1974
1980 to 1974
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Illusion Theater, 3754 Pleasant Avenue South, Suite 321w
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Center for Performing Arts (Minneapolis)

Email: boxoffice@illusiontheater.org

Phone: 612-339-4944

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