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Best Theater Shows in Minneapolis-St. Paul This Spring and Summer

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The Children's Theatre Company production of "Frozen" / Credit: Glen Stubbe

Best Theater Shows in Minneapolis-St. Paul This Spring and Summer

By Devon Cox

Minnesota has no shortage of great theater. Here are our picks for what to see in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this spring and summer, including several Broadway nods and what is arguably the most anticipated Children's Theatre Company show in years. 

"Fun Home" at Theatre Latté Da

"Fun Home" at Theatre Latté Da

Fun Home
Theatre Latté Da
Through May 11

Minnesota’s premiere producer of musical theater takes on the TONY-winning adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir. 

Waitress
Artistry 
Through May 11

Bloomington’s Artistry takes on the Sara Bareilles' musical about life, love, and pie.  

When We Are Found 
Penumbra Theater  
Through 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.  

Guthrie Theatre's production of "The Nacirema Society..."

Guthrie Theatre's production of "The Nacirema Society..."

The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years 
Guthrie Theater
Through 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 
Through 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.  

Frozen
Children's Theatre Company  
Through June 15

Let it go! CTC brings their Broadway-level production values to this modern Disney classic. 

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's production of "Grease"

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's production of "Grease"  / Credit: Dan Norman

Grease  
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 
Through Oct. 4 

Chanhassen brings their slick production values and top-tier casts to the beloved pastiche musical. 

An Act of God 
Six Points   
May 3 – 18

The inimitable Sally Wingert plays God in an irreverent retelling of the Ten Commandments.  

At Low Tide 
Southern Theater   
May 14 – June 8

The Moving Company’s latest production bills itself as “a fantastical journey into our present,” which doesn’t give much away in terms of story, but we’d follow this conceptual, highly physical group of artists just about anywhere. 

Mathew Janczewski and ARENA DANCES' "Only the perverse fantasy can still save us"

Mathew Janczewski and ARENA DANCES' "Only the perverse fantasy can still save us" / Credit: Galen Higgins

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. 

ORLANDO: A Rhapsody  
Southern Theater
May 25 – June 8 

France-based theater maker Vinora Epp pairs up with her father, Jeune Lune/Moving Company stalwart Steven Epp, to present a duet story told through the words of Virginia Woolf.   

SIXPACK  
Jungle Theater
May 31 – June 29 

A new, time-spanning play about two best friends, Pam and Jou, set in the competitive world of Hmong volleyball.  

"Stop Kiss" at Arthur Miller Theatre

"Stop Kiss" at Arthur Miller Theatre 

Passion  
Theatre Latté Da 
June 4 – July 13 

A rarely-produced Sondheim musical set in 1860s Italy will star local legend Bradley Greenwald and Broadway's Dylan Frederick. 

Stop Kiss  
Gremlin Theater 
June 12 – 29 

After Callie and Sara share their first kiss, something awful happens. The reverberations of that event and the things that came before it make up this time-hopping play that won the Obie award for its 1998 premiere and will be produced by the pioneering Asian-American company Theater Mu for a two-week run in late June.  

Cabaret  
Guthrie Theater 
June 21 – Aug. 24 

The Guthrie takes on the Kander and Ebb classic set in a Berlin Nightclub, chronicling the rise of Nazi Germany through the eyes of Cliff Bradshaw, an American writer, as he falls in love with Sally Bowles, a performer at the club.   

The Broadway production of "Kimberly Akimbo"

The Broadway production of "Kimberly Akimbo" / Credit: Joan Marcus

Kimberly Akimbo  
Hennepin Arts 
July 8 – 13 

The Broadway tour of David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s funny, touching, TONY-winning musical about a 16-year-old girl who suffers from a rare genetic condition. 

Singin’ in the Rain
Artistry
July 31 – Aug. 24 

The Hollywood tap dance classic comes to life at Bloomington’s Artistry. Good morning, indeed!  

Tell Me Your Dreams
Stages Theatre Company
Aug. 6 – 24 

A world premiere musical for young audiences based on the picture book by Amanda Kloots.  

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Devon Cox

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).