Walking Shadow Theatre Company is a Minneapolis-based professional non-profit theatre company which was founded in 2004 by John Heimbuch, Amy Rummenie and David Pisa with the following aims: to develop the talents of its artists, to nurture audience commitment to the arts, to facilitate dialogue within the community and to examine local culture in a global context. The company's name comes from Act V, Scene V of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Heimbuch currently serves as the company's Artistic Director; Pisa currently serves as the company's Executive Director.
Production history
2022: Cabal
2021: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ; 21 Extremely Bad Breakups ; Gilgamesh ; Week of Sharks ; Gilgamesh and Beowulf in the park; REBOOT: An Online Play with Puzzles'
2020: The Ugly One (Original Title: Der Häßliche); Beowulf ; Hatchet Lady ; The Odyssey
2019: Cabal; Open'
2018: 21 Extremely Bad Breakups; Equivocation'
2017: Marie Antoinette; Red Velvet; Hatchet Lady: Carry Nation, Angel of Destruction'
2016: The Aliens; Lasso of Truth ; The Christians; The River
2015: The Coward; The 3rd Annual One-Minute Play Festival; A Midwinter Night's Revel
2014: The 2nd Annual One-Minute Play Festival; Schiller's Mary Stuart; The Odyssey; The Three Musketeers; Gabriel; The Whale
2013: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde; The Sexual Life of Savages
2012: reasons to be pretty; An Ideal Husband; Compleat Female Stage Beauty; Eurydice
2011: Drakul; after the quake; Saboteur
2010: Mojo; The Transdimensional Couriers Union; See You Next Tuesday; The Crowd You're In With
2009: Caligula; Robots vs. Fake Robots; SQUAWK; Some Girl(s)
2008: 36 Views; The American Pilot; William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead; Amazons and Their Men
2007: The Cryptogram; Fat Pig; Mr. Marmalade
2006: 1926 Pleasant; Seventy Scenes of Halloween
2005: 10-Speed Revolution
2004: The Lives of the Most Notorious Highwaymen
References
- "WSTC website, About. Accessed November 3, 2009".
- Moeller, Brian (2021-07-15). "Walking Shadow's Reboot Administers a Virtual Turing Test". Immersed. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Theater review: Walking Shadow absurdly explores identity in 'The Ugly One'". Twin Cities. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Tribune, Chris Hewitt Star. "Minneapolis theater uses modern tech to bring ancient tale to audiences". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Walking Shadow's 'Cabal' is a puzzler of a play, and that's a good thing". MinnPost. 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "There's Magic in the Metaphor". MinnesotaPlaylist.com. 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Townsend, John (2018-02-28). "Walking Shadow stages "21 Extremely Bad Breakups" | Lavender Magazine". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Tribune, LISA BROCK Special to the Star. "Shakespeare meets fake news in Walking Shadow's play 'Equivocation'". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Walking Shadow's Marie Antoinette at Red Eye Theater is Well Told, Beautiful, & Relevant". Kendra Plant | ArtfullyEngaging. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ""Red Velvet" by Walking Shadow Theatre Company at Southern Theater". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ""Hatchet Lady" by Walking Shadow Theatre Company at Red Eye Theater". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Review: Walking Shadow gives a quietly powerful production of Annie Baker's 'The Aliens'". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "'Lasso of Truth' review: Based on Wonder Woman's odd family, it's fascinating". Twin Cities. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "High praise for Walking Shadow's 'The Christians'". Twin Cities. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ""The River" of Remembrance". Minnesota Monthly. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ""The Coward" by Walking Shadow Theatre Company at Red Eye Theater". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Olive, John. "A Midwinter Night's Revel by Walking Shadow Theatre Co., performing at Red Eye Theater". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Tribune, Lisa brock Special to the Star. "Royal fight club: 'Mary Stuart' at Walking Shadow". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Press, Dominic P. Papatola | Special to the Pioneer (2014-03-23). "'The Odyssey' review: Charlie Bethel's one-man take is a splendid journey". Twin Cities. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Aalgaard, Mary (2014-05-11). "Review of The Three Musketeers by Walking Shadow Theatre Company". Play Off The Page. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Schafer, Jill. "BWW Reviews: Walking Shadow's GABRIEL is a Chilling and Captivating Look at a Little Known Facet of WWII History". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Press, Dominic P. Papatola | Special to the Pioneer (2014-11-27). "Theater review: 'The Whale' floats intriguing messages". Twin Cities. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Tribune, lisa brock Special to the Star. "Review: 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "The reviews are in for 'Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Townsend, John (2013-12-05). "Sex, Intimacy, and the Internet Boldly Satirized in New Comedy | Lavender Magazine". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- Tribune, Claude Peck Star. "'Husband' smart, wickedly amusing". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Royce, Graydon; "Caligula: Everyone's trapped"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 16 February 2009".
- "Brock, Lisa; "Theater review: Laugh today, ponder tomorrow in 'Robots vs. Fake Robots'"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 17 June 2009".
- "Combs, Marianne; "MN Fringe Festival sets attendance records"; Minnesota Public Radio; 10 August 2009".
- "Royce, Graydon; "Theater review: '36 Views' worth a view"; Minnesota Star Tribune; 13 February 2008".
- "Kleiman, Jaime; "The Plane Truth"; Mpls. St. Paul Magazine; May 2008".
- "Skinner, Quinton; "A Guide to the 2008 Fringe Festival"; City Pages; 5 August 2008".
- "Papatola, Dominic; "Minnesota's small stages have plenty to offer this theater season"; Minnesota Public Radio; 18 September 2008".
- "Royce, Graydon; "Review: 'The Cryptogram' -- Mamet at his briefest"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 19 February 2007".
- "John, Townsend; "Year in Review 2007"; Lavender Magazine; December 2007".
- "Royce, Graydon; "Theater review: 'Marmalade' is chilly, but worth a look"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 27 November 2007".
- "Combs, Marianne; "The Fringe from the inside"; Minnesota Public Radio; 4 August 2006".
External links
- Walking Shadow Theatre Company official website
- Skinner, Quinton; "Walking Shadow emerges as region's most ambitious theater company"; City Pages; 17 August 2009