JANUARY 2009

THE STATE OF THE STATE

As the words “financial crisis” become a country’s mantra, we remember that performing artists have been confronting crisis for years – and we’re always talking about more than money.

Live wire

January 5: “Everything everyone has ever thought,
or felt, lives within me.” by Quinton Skinner

Surviving in Minnesota

January 5: “I felt like a ‘Survivor’ contestant,
stranded on a lonely ice floe.” by Rick Shiomi

COMING VERY SOON

Playlist gets a makeover with better talent profiles,
performance calendar, audience reviews,
and more accessible interface.

IN THE MAGAZINE
An interview with Dominique Serrand.
The current situation for playwrights from Polly Carl.
David Mann on building a Twin Cities directing career.
Ten questions for dancers from critic Camille Lefevre.
And more.

Information and inspiration for Minnesota's performing arts.

City Pages cuts theater coverage in half.
Magic Theatre on the verge of shutting down.
Penumbra Theatre retires its debt and balances its budget.
Art imitates life at Yellow Tree Theatre.
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