Aug 3 – Sep 15, 2026
Coming in August 2026, The Hive Collaborative presents David Ives's thrilling two-person play Venus in Fur. This sharp, provocative play about power and desire blurs the lines between reality and performance. Directed by Michelle O'Neill, Hope Nordquist and Kyle Weiler star in this scintillating battle. Come witness this Tony nominated, 90min masterpiece.
Sep 11 – Sep 20, 2026
Irreverent, heartfelt, and hilariously unfiltered, Ball is a one-man musical journey through Max Wojtanowicz’s real-life battle with testicular cancer. From the soul-searching monologues, riotous songs, and tender letters to his lost “right ball,” Max invites audiences on a rollercoaster of fear, love, and unexpected humor. With music by a knockout team of local musical talent, this deeply personal show celebrates survival, the power of community, and finding humor in life’s darkest moments. Max toured Ball through Minnesota and the US from 2016 - 2019.
Sep 10 – Sep 20, 2026
In his newest solo work, Kevin Kling invites audiences into a journey through his own life: from childhood adventures and family experiences to navigating life with a congenital disability and recovering from a motorcycle accident.
Feb 13 – Sep 26, 2026
Grab your Guys and Dolls tickets now for a spellbinding theatrical experience. Enjoy a vibrant score and captivating story live on stage!
Sep 12 – Sep 27, 2026
Running times are currently being finalized in rehearsals. We anticipate a total running time of approximately 2 hours plus a 15-minute intermission. Check back here or look for our pre-show email for updates!
Sep 12 – Sep 27, 2026
This September, Fortune’s Fool Theatre will shine a light on the revolutionary, real-life romance of Mary Woolley and Jeanette Marks in Bryna Turner’s fast-paced comedy-drama, Bull in a China Shop . Mary Woolley served as the president of Mount Holyoke College from 1900 to 1935. For 35 years, her passionate life partnership with professor (and former student) Jeanette Marks was an "open secret." Together, they led a radical transformation in education, evolving Mount Holyoke from a school for obedient wives into one of the country's foremost centers for women’s science and humanities. "It hasn’t exactly gone unobserved, Madame President, that you climb three flights of stairs every night to kiss Professor Marks goodnight."
By Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Sep 11 – Sep 27, 2026
Dir. Sean Byrd
When U. S. airspace shut down on September 11, 2001, 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 passengers were unexpectedly grounded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland. What followed was an extraordinary week of generosity, as locals opened their homes, schools, and hearts to strangers from around the world.
By Christina Ham
Sep 5 – Sep 27, 2026
Dir. Faye M. Price
Youth from local schools team up with accomplished theatre artists to produce original plays.
Sep 2 – Sep 27, 2026
Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19, 7:00 pm Sunday, September 20, 2:00 pm Thursday through Saturday, September 24-26, 7:00 pm Sunday, September 27, 2:00 pm
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sep 11 – Oct 4, 2026
In this famous Jazz Age story, Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922. As he navigates the unfamiliar social scene, he is invited to a lavish party thrown by the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby, who is trying to rekindle a relationship with Nick’s cousin, Daisy. This faithful adaptation of the novel uses theatricality to capture the lyric and poetic nature of Fitzgerald’s prose. With themes of greed, love, disillusionment, and inequality, this Great American Classic feels both mythic and familiar in a new century.
By George Furth
Sep 11 – Oct 4, 2026
Dir. Scott Ford
Friendship, ambition, and the price of success take center stage in this bold and deeply moving musical from Stephen Sondheim. Told in reverse chronological order, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG begins at the height of composer Franklin Shepard’s career and travels backward through the years to uncover the hopes, choices, and relationships that shaped his journey. Featuring one of Sondheim’s most celebrated and emotionally rich scores, this inventive musical has become widely regarded as one of his most powerful works—an unforgettable story of friendship, compromise, and the dreams that shape our lives.
Sep 10 – Oct 4, 2026
In a not-too-distant future, humans are forced to flee a broken planet. Five souls board a ship traveling into the unknown, shedding everything of their former lives. Their journey is shepherded by a sentient ship that urges each passenger toward a necessary and sometimes painful transformation.
Jul 11 – Oct 24, 2026
Dir. Adrienne Sweeney
Percy, a troubled young woman on parole, yearns for a fresh start and heads to the small Wisconsin town of Gilead. She finds work at the dried-up town’s only eatery, The Spitfire Grill. As Percy discovers her own path to redemption, she awakens the town’s capacity for healing and hope. With soaring melodies and Midwestern charm, this folk musical is a celebration of kindness and community. “The country-flavored tunes and lyrics are rendered with the kind of conviction and expertise that make them transcendent. What in normal times would be a joy is, in these troubled ones, sheer nourishment.” – New York Magazine
Sep 12 – Nov 1, 2026
Dir. Matthew James Ralph
Come heck or high water, it’s time for a bachelor party! Best buds Sven and Ole gather at their pal Lars’s ice-fishing shack on Lake Mille Lacs to celebrate Ole’s upcoming marriage to Lena. But this ice-fishing bromance starts to crack when Sven admits he no longer wants to be Ole’s best man (Ope!). Deep truths, deeper questions, and a giant talking eelpout emerge from the frigid surroundings. La Crosse, WI native Paul Kruse presents a surreal comedy that is a boisterous and beautiful ode to Midwestern masculinity, friendship, queerness, and being a fish out of water.
By Paula Vogel Score & Original Music by Lisa Gutkin & Aaron Halva
Sep 16 – Oct 18, 2026
Dir. Pirronne Yousefzadeh
A play about a play—and the artists who risked everything to tell it. Inspired by the true story of Sholem Asch’s seminal Yiddish work, God of Vengeance , and its infamous 1923 obscenity trial, INDECENT is a haunting, klezmer-infused play with music that traces the turbulent journey of a troupe determined to stage a work deemed “indecent.” As their story unfolds across continents and decades, so too does a powerful meditation on censorship, nationalism and the policing of queer love. At once tender and thunderously relevant, this breathtaking theatrical experience shines a light on the enduring struggle between artistic expression and societal control. In a moment when questions of whose stories are “acceptable” feel increasingly urgent, INDECENT invites us to bear witness to the courage of artists, the cost of silence and the unshakable power of theater itself.
Sep 17 – Sep 19, 2026
— a fully improvised duet. This piece is the most hopeful survival strategy they can muster: Make it up again and again. Believe in body, dancing and each other. Listen, and try to do it differently than you ever did it before. The duo has been part of the Twin Cities experimental performance world for decades — and part of the Red Eye ecosystem specifically for nearly thirty years. Their KIN partnership is the continuation of a research relationship that long predates any formal commission. They are thought partners, experimenters, and co-builders of what Red Eye has become. The first to say yes to trying something new. Part of what this place is made of.
Sep 17 – Sep 20, 2026
— a fully improvised duet. This piece is the most hopeful survival strategy they can muster: Make it up again and again. Believe in body, dancing and each other. Listen, and try to do it differently than you ever did it before. The duo has been part of the Twin Cities experimental performance world for decades — and part of the Red Eye ecosystem specifically for nearly thirty years. Their KIN partnership is the continuation of a research relationship that long predates any formal commission. They are thought partners, experimenters, and co-builders of what Red Eye has become. The first to say yes to trying something new. Part of what this place is made of.
Sep 17 – Sep 27, 2026
Sep 18 – Oct 10, 2026
Songs by The Go-Go’s Based upon The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney Conceived and with Original Book by Jeff Whitty Adapted by James Magruder
Sep 19 – Sep 19, 2026
Sept. 19th @ 7:00pm Steppin’ Out: the Fred Astaire Songbook — This intimate evening with Jennifer Eckes, James Rocco, and Andy Fleser will celebrate the songs that emerged from Fred Astaire’s illustrious career.
Sep 19 – Sep 19, 2026
HIJACK invites you inside the apartment to a free event showing some of our practice and techniques. Expect to move and watch and watch your own watching in this chance to learn some of Lisa Nelson's Tuning Scores that underpin the making and values of HIJACK's APARTMENT.
By Alan Berks
Sep 24 – Oct 11, 2026
Dir. Leah Cooper
Wonderlust convened more than 300 Minnesotans from across the political spectrum to build a play out of what they still share. The result reimagines Euripides' The Bacchae in a parallel universe where a contested election splits a society between those who want revolution and those who want order — and the audience votes, at each performance, on the order the scenes are played in.
Sep 25 – Sep 26, 2026
' newest queer tragedy — a holesome, sci-fi dreamscape about fatherhood, grief, and what it means to make the world better when you're not sure you can.
By Heather Meyer
Sep 25 – Oct 11, 2026
Dir. Jennie Ward
A magical realism epic set in the modern-day American West where a restless cattlewoman is hired onto a family cattle ranch in Wyoming. Here the stability of the family collides with her life of itinerant working, hard living, and harder choices.
Sep 26 – Sep 26, 2026
Sep 30 – Oct 25, 2026
Tom Stoppard’s On the Razzle is a joyous explosion of language and farce. Wit flies as fast as doors slam. Romance is impulsive, impractical, and irresistible. What unfolds is a night of theatrical mayhem that builds toward a crescendo of comic precision and sheer delight.
By William Shakespeare
Sep 30 – Nov 8, 2026
Dir. Caitlin Lowans
Featuring Katie Bradley, Dustin Bronson, Isa Condo-Olvera, Darius Dotch, Bill McCallum, Nubia Monks, and Greg Watanabe
Oct 1 – Oct 3, 2026
artists wielding performance as weapon towards creating cracks in illusions of empire, settler colonialism, and whatever else is in the way
By Clark Gesner
Oct 1 – Oct 25, 2026
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is the delightful, feel-good musical that brings the beloved Peanuts gang to life onstage! Featuring seasoned Twin Cities’ performer Tod Petersen, the crew navigates the ups and downs of childhood in a series of hilarious and heartwarming vignettes. With catchy songs like “Happiness” and “Suppertime,” this charming show celebrates the simple joys, silly frustrations, and timeless friendships that remind us what it means to be a kid—and why you’re never too old to find the magic in everyday life.
Oct 1 – Nov 1, 2026
The hit rock musical about America’s original axe-whacking girl next door RETURNS!
By Christopher Marlowe
Oct 2 – Oct 25, 2026
Season 13 kicks off in the fall of 2026 with an Elizabethan classic and a cornerstone of western civilization, Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus —a powerful cautionary tale about the pitfalls of limitless personal ambition, asking the question: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?” The play follows Faustus’s rise as a magician through his pact with Lucifer—facilitated by the demon Mephistopheles—and his ultimate downfall as he fails to repent before his damnation. The play has had a lasting influence, inspiring adaptations across stage, film, and other media, and the characters of Faustus and Mephistopheles remain iconic figures in Western literature.
Oct 2 – Oct 30, 2026
A haunted inn. A midnight vow. And a night no one will survive quietly. When bold TV producer Norma Corwin decides to spend one last night in the infamous Inn of the Three Sisters before it’s demolished, she’s determined to prove the ghost stories wrong. Instead, she’s met with eerie warnings, unexpected visitors, and spirits doomed to relive a long-ago murder. With mysterious strangers, suspicious motives, and just the right amount of spooky fun, this fast-paced mystery-comedy delivers chills, laughs, and twists at every turn.
Oct 2, 2026 – Feb 27, 2027
Grab your Annie tickets and see the perfect musical for the whole family!
Oct 9 – Oct 17, 2026
This production contains frequent explicit language. It includes discussions of American Indian boarding schools, child abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and also addresses themes of intergenerational trauma, grief, and violence. This production includes loud gunshot sound effects, sage smoke, flashing lights and sudden loud noises that may affect some audience members.
Oct 10 – Oct 25, 2026
Oct 14 – Oct 14, 2026
Dirty Twenty: An Interactive D&D Improv Show Ready to play dirty? Dirty Twenty combines the epic fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons with live, interactive, improv performance. Bring your dirtiest selves, and let’s roll the f****n dice!
By Reginald Rose
Oct 16 – Nov 1, 2026
Dir. Julie K. Phillips
On a sweltering summer day, twelve jurors enter a deliberation room believing their decision will be simple—but one dissenting voice changes everything. As tensions rise and personal biases come to light, TWELVE ANGRY MEN unfolds into a gripping examination of justice, prejudice, and the weight of reasonable doubt.
By Tim Kelly
Oct 16 – Nov 1, 2026
Dir. Braylon M. Lane
Get ready for some monstrously good fun! This hilarious and spirited farce introduces the teenage kids of the Frankenstein monster and his bride as they’re dropped into life at Withering Heights High. From football tryouts and student government races to surprise discoveries and a “Monster Stomp” that spirals out of control, pandemonium follows these not-quite-typical teens wherever they go. Filled with zany humor, larger-than-life characters, and nonstop laughs, this comedy adventure guarantees a wild time for the whole family.
Oct 17 – Oct 17, 2026
One night of late-night horror theatre — three short pieces, one ticket, 21+, doors at 9:30. HAUNTED LAMENT by Raed Hojiej, directed by Megan Guidry, from Dark Pony Productions — winner of the Cambridge Script Festival for best stage play, Summer 2026. THE HAUNT, improvised, from Last Action Movie Improv. SUMMONED by Andrew Rosdail, from World Crime League.
Cast: Kelly Desiree, Craig Hotestler, Raed Hojiej
Oct 22 – Oct 25, 2026
Directed by Samantha Martinsen Presented by the BFA Acting Program Class of 2029 Kilburn Arena Theatre, Rarig Center
