TC Theatre Community

111 days from today, I depart as Mixed Blood’s artistic director. One of the joys of my life has been being a part of so many communities, but especially the Twin Cities theatre community. There are so many theatres that have come and gone and so many that were here before me and will define the Twin Cities long after I leave Mixed Blood. The art they’ve created, the people I have met, the camaraderie and collegiality that’s been shared, and even the occasional backbiting have made this metropolitan area a better place to live and make theatre.

The following are 111 theatres of yesteryear and today I have known and seen that offered theatre to provoke thought, feelings, catharsis, pleasure, and enjoyment since 1976:

  • Alive and Trucking
  • Olympia Arts Ensemble
  • Palace
  • Out and About
  • Teatro Latino
  • Shoestring
  • Center for Independent Artists
  • Dreamland 
  • 50 Foot Penguin
  • 15 Head
  • Ten Thousand Things
  • At Random
  • Theatre Three
  • Youth Performance Company
  • Climb
  • Urban Samurai
  • Zephyr
  • Lakeshore Players
  • Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
  • Old Log
  • Downtown Dinner Theatre
  • 1521 AD
  • Arizona Scenic
  • Red Eye
  • Four Humors
  • Theatre de la Jeune Lune
  • Actors Theatre of Minnesota
  • Actors Theatre of St. Paul The Cricket
  • Troupe America
  • Small Change
  • Off Leash
  • Spirit of the Horse
  • Quicksilver
  • Combustible
  • Brass Tacks
  • Nautilus
  • Illusion
  • Torch
  • TRP
  • Children’s Theatre Company
  • The Guthrie
  • Moving Company
  • Park Square
  • Interact
  • Yellow Tree
  • Frank
  • Steppingstone
  • Stages
  • Penumbra
  • History Theatre
  • Eye of the Storm
  • Pillsbury house Theatre
  • Huge
  • Brave New Workshop
  • Prime
  • Theatre 55
  • Wonderlust
  • New Fogey Follies
  • New Classic
  • Sandbox
  • TransAtlantic Love Affair
  • Live Action Set
  • Daleko
  • Artistry
  • Full Circle
  • Theatre Coup D’Etat
  • Pangea
  • Buffalo Gals
  • Mad Munchkin
  • Chameleon
  • Latte Da
  • Jungle
  • Emigrant
  • Sodhouse
  • Workhaus Collective
  • Tigerlion Arts
  • Twenty Percent
  • Bedlam
  • Gremlin
  • Heart of the Beast
  • Nimbus
  • Jon Hassler
  • Peter Peter Pumpkin Theatre
  • Storytalers
  • Six Points
  • Teatro del Pueblo
  • Commonweal
  • Lyric
  • Kenneth Robbins
  • Flying Foot Forum
  • Kenneth Robbins
  • Flying Foot Forum
  • Mystery Cafe
  • Edith Bush
  • Chimera
  • Brave New Workshop
  • Capri
  • Exposed Brick 
  • Zamaya
  • Gadfly
  • Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera
  • Huge
  • In The Heart of the Beast
  • Katha
  • New Dawn
  • Triple Espresso
  • Stagecoach
  • Playwrights Center
  • The Loring
  • Skewed Visions
  • The Lab Theatre/Ruby’s Cabaret
  • Uprising
  • Blackout Improv
  • Theatre for Public Policy

There are so many more, but I reached 111! Thanks to all for your contributions to the quality of life for metropolitan Minnesotans, including and especially me.

-Jack Reuler