Best Theater Shows in Minneapolis and St. Paul This Spring
Best Theater Shows in Minneapolis and St. Paul This Spring
By Devon Cox
Minnesota has no shortage of great theater. Here are our picks for what to see in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area this spring.
"TRIBE: Touch of RED" at Walker Art Center / Credit: The Adeboye Brothers
Grease
Chanhassen Dinner Theatre Theatres
Through Oct. 4
Chanhassen brings their slick production values and top-tier casts to the beloved pastiche musical.
The Effect
Jungle Theater
March 1 – 30
Local heavyweight Christina Baldwin stars in this romantic thriller about the pharmaceutical industry.
TRIBE: Touch of RED
Walker Art Center
March 6 – 8
A duet of strength and softness behind the ropes of a boxing ring, upending perceptions of Black Masculinity. A dance performance in collaboration with choreographer Shamel Pitts.
"Invisible Fences" at Open Eye Theatre
Invisible Fences
Open Eye Theatre
March 6 – 15
A brisk 70-minute version of the beloved tale, perfect for young audiences.
When You Trap a Tiger
Stages Theater Company and Theater Mu
March 14 – 30
Korean folklore comes to life in this family-friendly play about a girl who makes a deal with a magical tiger to save her grandmother. Based on the Newbery-medal winning novel.
Fun Home
Theatre Latté Da
April 2 – May 4
Minnesota’s premiere producer of musical theater takes on the TONY-winning adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir.
The original Broadway production of "Waitress: The Musical" / Credit: Jeremy Daniel
Upstream
Mixed Blood Theater
April 9 – 26
A world-premiere, immersive play about taking action towards climate justice. Presented in partnership with the Open World Learning Community School.
Frozen
Children's Theatre Company
April 15 – June 15
Let it go! CTC brings their Broadway-level production values to this modern Disney classic.
Waitress
Artistry
April 17 – May 11
Bloomington’s Artistry takes on the Sara Bareilles' musical about life, love, and pie.
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years
Guthrie Theater
April 19 – May 25
Two Grande Dames of Montgomery, Alabama prepare for a 1964 centennial cotillion. But as young ladies get ready for their debuts, a blackmail scheme unfolds.
Violet
Ten Thousand Things Theater
April 21 – June 1
An uplifting and intimate musical about a young woman in 1960s America who travels across the country in pursuit of a televangelist she believes can heal a scar on her face.
When We Are Found
Penumbra Theater
April 24 – May 18
A moving fable about the passage of time and the persistence of love, following a man who crosses an ocean in pursuit of his lost lover.
Mathew Janczewski and ARENA DANCES' "Only the perverse fantasy can still save us" / Credit: Galen Higgins
An Act of God
Six Points
May 3 – 18
The inimitable Sally Wingert plays God in an irreverent re-telling of the Ten Commandments.
only the perverse fantasy can still save us
Walker Art Center
May 16 – 17
A major new work from Minnesota-based choreographer Mathew Janczewski interrogates binaries and asks how creative repression changes us.
Find out more about Minnesota's live theater scene.
Devon Cox is Explore Minnesota’s Digital Strategy Manager. You can spot her carting her public radio tote bag to Twin Cities bakeries, bookstores, and vintage shops. She thinks you should go out to eat tonight (sit at the bar).