About the Theatre
History Theatre entertains, educates, and engages through creating, developing, and producing new and existing works that explore Minnesota's past and the diverse American experience. Its work provides a unique lens which links our past to the present, explores our common heritage, and illuminates our understanding of what it means to be American. Since its founding in 1978 by Lynn Lohr and Lance Belville, the company has staged more than 100 world premieres, working with nationally recognized playwrights including Jeffrey Hatcher, Eric Simonson, Kevin Kling, Craig Wright, Frank McCourt, Doris Baizley, Melanie Marnich, Kim Hines, John Olive, and Kira Obolensky. From a harrowing slave journey to St. Paul in Adrift on the Mississippi to an urban musical celebration of the Twin Cities in Snapshots: Life in the City, from the rock 'n' roll biography Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story to the dark, complex A Piece of the Rope about Minnesota's first public execution, History Theatre has moved audiences to rediscover, relive, and respect every piece of their history.
Blended 和 (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters
5/4 - 5/26/2024
Blended (Harmony):The Kim Loo Sisters Book and lyrics by Jessica Huang Music by Jacinth Greywoode Directed by Lily Tung Crystal Co-production with Theater Mu May ...
Buddy Holly: Oh Boy! BUDDY HOLLY: OH BOY ! is a 're-staging' of Buddy Holly's 1959 WINTER DANCE PARTY. Come celebrate the 15th anniversary of the blockbuster musical BUDDY! ...
RELATED STORIES
Review: A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT at History Theatre
by Jared Fessler - March 31, 2024
What did our critic think of A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT at History Theatre?...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Comes to Artistry in Bloomington
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2024
Artistry will continue its 2024 season with THE SOUND OF MUSIC, one of the most beloved musicals of all time! Performances run April 18 - May 12, 2024....
TORCH SONG Comes to Six Points Theater in May
by Stephi Wild - March 27, 2024
In Torch Song, the two-act revival of Harvey Fierstein’s award-winning Torch Song Trilogy, the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City, is dramatized over the span of the late 1970’s and 1980’s....
History Theatre & Theater Mu Commission To Present BLENDED 和 (HARMONY): THE KIM LOO SISTERS This May
by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2024
Experience the true story of the Kim Loo Sisters, four Chinese-Polish American sisters who rose to stardom during the 1930s Swing Era. BLENDED 和 (HARMONY): THE KIM LOO SISTERS, a world premiere by History Theatre and Theater Mu, debuts this May....
Photos: First Look At A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT At History Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2024
See first look photos of A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT, currently in performance at History Theatre....
Theatre Novi Most To Present THE UKRANIAN WORDS PROJECT
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2024
Theatre Novi Most will present The Ukrainian Words Project, featuring staged readings of new plays by Ukrainian playwrights in the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota. The project reflects the resilience and creativity of Ukrainian theatre amid war realities....
Cast Set For World Premiere Of A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT At History Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 21, 2024
History Theatre will continue the 23-24 season with A Unique Assignment by Harrison David Rivers. Learn more about this world premiere and see how to purchase tickets! ...
Six Points Theater Presents The World Premiere Of THE MONEYLENDER'S DAUGHTER This March
by A.A. Cristi - February 09, 2024
Discover the untold story of Shylock and his daughter Jessica in the world premiere of 'The Moneylender's Daughter' at Six Points Theater. ...
Photos: First Look at Greta Oglesby's HANDPRINTS At History Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2024
Greta Oglesby's HANDPRINTS is now running at History Theatre. Check out photos! ...
Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts Founder Jeanne Calvit Will Retire in February
by Stephi Wild - January 12, 2024
Founder of Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Jeanne Calvit, has announced her retirement. Read her full letter here!...
Past Shows
A Unique Assignment
3/16 - 4/7/2024
A Unique Assignment by Harrison David Rivers Directed by Richard D. Thompson March 16–April 7, 2024 Two men – Henry Gallagher, white, and James Meredith, ...
HANDPRINTS
1/27 - 2/18/2024
Handprints Written and performed by Greta Oglesby Music Director: Sanford Moore Directed by Richard D. Thompson January 27–February 18, 2024 A powerful and vibrant autobiographical story ...
For the Love of....
2/14
For the Love of...(Volume 2) Wednesday, February 14, 7:30 pm Join us for a very diverse musical evening with solos, duos, trios, perhaps some dance, and lots ...
Raw Stages Festival
1/10 - 1/14/2024
History Theatre regularly commissions new work and has produced over 115 world premieres since 1978. The RAW STAGES: New Works Festival is an opportunity for YOU to get ...
I AM BETTY
11/25 - 12/23/2023
I Am Betty Book and Lyrics by Cristina Luzárraga Music and Lyrics by Denise Prosek Directed by Maija García November 25–December 23, 2023 Betty Crocker ...
THE BOY WONDER
10/7 - 10/29/2023
Dubbed the “boy wonder” after being elected the youngest governor of Minnesota in 1938, Harold Stassen was a popular and progressive leader with a vision to unify ...
Glensheen
7/8 - 7/23/2023
A CRACKLING MUSICAL WITH A WICKED EDGE 1977. An heiress, kind and generous, is found dead in her bed. Her night nurse, lying lifeless on ...
History Theatre is thrilled to partner with the charismatic Jen Burleigh-Bentz and Bradley Beahen as they present You've Got A Friend...The Music of Carole King ...
the defeat of Jesse James
4/29 - 5/28/2023
The Defeat of Jesse James Book by Jeffrey Hatcher Music & Lyrics by Chan Poling 1876. It's the last gig for Jesse James: a one-night-only ...
The Defeat of Jesse James
4/27 - 5/28/2023
The Defeat of Jesse James Written by Jeffrey Hatcher Music and lyrics by Chan Poling (The creators of GLENSHEEN!) April 29–May 28, 2023 1876. It's the ...
Diesel Heart
3/9 - 4/2/2023
Diesel Heart Written by Brian Grandison in collaboration with Melvin Carter Jr. Directed by Warren C. Bowles March 11–April 2, 2023 1950s-1970s. Born and raised in St. ...
The Root Beer Lady
1/26 - 2/19/2023
The Root Beer Lady Written and performed by Kim Schultz Directed by Addie Gorlin-Han January 28–February 19, 2023 1986. The story of the indomitable Dorothy Molter, ...
For The Love Of...
2/14
History Theatre is partnering with Lori Dokken to present a Valentine’s Day concert event featuring several of the Twin Cities’ finest female musicians delivering their ...
Raw Stages: New Works Festival
1/18 - 1/22/2023
Take part in a new script’s first brave steps from the page to the stage! History Theatre regularly commissions new work and has produced over 115 world ...
Women's Voices: When Women Step Up! Saturday, January 6, 7:30 pm Cost: $30-40 Incredible things happen when women step up and use their voice. ...
Happy Holidane - Take 3
12/20
Happy Holi-Dane - Take 3! Tuesday, December 20, 7:30 pm Back by popular demand, the swingin', singing, sketch and story-filled hullabaloo of holiday entertainment ...
A Servants' Christmas
12/8 - 12/18/2022
Set in 1899. A story of love, acceptance, and understanding. It’s December on Summit Avenue in St. Paul when Monica, a young immigrant, is hired by the Warner ...
Superman Becomes Lois Lane
2/8 - 3/1/2020
History Theatre: Superman Becomes Lois Lane...
Beyond The Rainbow
11/17 - 12/22/2019
History Theatre celebrates the iconic Judy Garland, with a show that uses her 1961 concert as a framework for exploring the music and the memories ...
Gloria A Life
9/28 - 10/20/2019
Emily Mann; dir: Risa Brainin....
Gloria: A Life
9/28 - 10/20/2019
GLORIA: A LIFE follows the life and world of Gloria Steinem, and weaves together personal and history-changing moments of the past fifty years, from consciousness ...
Dirty Business
5/4 - 5/26/2019
History Theatre: Laurie Flanigan Hegge; book: Laurie Flanigan Hegge; music: Robert Elhai; dir: Ron Peluso....
Sisters of Peace
3/23 - 4/14/2019
Today, yesterday & beyond. Wednesday nights on the Lake Street Bridge, you can always find a handful of people marching with colorful signs and protesting ...
Stewardess!
2/9 - 3/3/2019
1958. Mary Pat Laffey begins work as a stewardess for Northwest Orient Airlines. While thousands of young women applied for the position, only a handful ...
Teen Idol The Bobby Vee Story
11/17 - 12/16/2018
Bob Beverage; dir: Ron Peluso....
Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story
11/17 - 12/16/2018
1959. With the tragic crash of Buddy Holly’s plane, a bright new star from Fargo emerged. Fifteen-year-old Bobby Velline performed at the Winter Dance Party ...
The Great Society
10/6 - 10/28/2018
1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. LBJ has just been elected to a second term. Dr. King’s “March on Selma” is at the forefront as LBJ battles ...
All The Way
10/7 - 10/29/2017
Robert Schenkkan....
The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin
3/18 - 4/9/2017
Jessica Huang; dir: Mei Ann Teo. History Theatre:...
The Highwaymen
2/4 - 2/26/2017
Josh Wilder; dir: Jamil Jude. History Theatre:...
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
11/21 - 1/3/2017
1959. Buddy Holly and The Crickets are the hottest thing goin’ in rock ’n’ roll! After a meteoric rise to the top, Buddy and The ...
Orphan Train
11/19 - 12/18/2016
Patty Lynch; book: Patty Lynch; lyrics: Charlie Maguire; music: Charlie Maguire; dir: Anya Kremenetsky, Ron Peluso....
Orphan Train
11/19 - 12/18/2016
Patty Lynch; book: Patty Lynch; lyrics: Charlie Maguire; music: Charlie Maguire; dir: Anya Kremenetsky, Ron Peluso....
Glensheen
7/6 - 7/24/2016
The blockbuster hit musical returns to History Theatre this July! 1977. An heiress, kind and generous, is found dead in her bed. Her night nurse, ...
Complicated Fun
4/30 - 5/29/2016
An alternative theater experience 198x. Ronald Reagan, Rubik's cubes, and the underground music scene of Minneapolis. Get swirled up with two young misfits who discover ...
Complicated Fun - The Minneapolis Music Scene
4/30 - 5/29/2016
Alan Berks; dir: Dominic Taylor....
Watermelon Hill
3/18 - 4/10/2016
Lily Baber Coyle; dir: Anya Kremenetsky....
George Bonga - Black Voyageur
2/6 - 2/28/2016
Carlyle Brown; dir: Marion McClinton....
Bob Beverage....
Paper Daughters
1/16
Jessica Huang....
Disorderly Houses
1/13
Ruth Virkus....
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
11/21 - 12/20/2015
The smash hit returns to the Ordway! Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story tells the tale of the three years in which Holly became the ...
Tim' O'Brien's The Things They Carried
10/27 - 11/6/2015
adapt: Jim Stowell....
Glensheen
10/3 - 10/25/2015
Jeffrey Hatcher; music: Chan Poling; dir: Ron Peluso....
River Road Boogie: The Augie Garcia Story
5/2 - 5/31/2015
After returning home to St. Paul from the Korean War, Augie Garcia created a unique style of music that blended the sounds of his Mexican ...
*FREE* HAIRSPRAY !
4/17 - 4/19/2015
*FREE* Click here for FREE Tickets! McNally Smith College of Music Presents: "Hairspray! The Musical" April 17th, 7:30pm & April 19th @ 2:00 pm & ...
The Debutante's Ball
3/19 - 4/12/2015
Eric Sumangil; dir: Randy Reyes....
God Girl
2/5 - 3/1/2015
Kristine Holmgren; dir: Ron Peluso....
Radio Man
9/27 - 10/26/2014
Join the celebration of A Prairie Home Companion’s 40th anniversary through a quirky and satiric journey into the memories of its creator. The “On Air” ...
Working Boys Band
5/3 - 6/1/2014
In a world before child labor laws, many young people got factory jobs to help their families get by. One visionary educator saw music as ...
Lonely Soldiers: Woman at War in Iraq
3/12 - 4/6/2014
History Theatre: Helen Benedict; dir: Austene Van....
Lonely Soldiers: Women at War in Iraq
3/16 - 4/6/2014
The stories of soldiers on the front lines of American’s most recent wars are unlike any that came before – especially for women in uniform. ...
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
3/14 - 4/6/2014
History Theatre: adapt: Jim Stowell; dir: Leah Cooper....
The Incredible Season of Ronnie Rabinovitz
2/1 - 2/23/2014
Meet the Rabinovitz family: David, Charlotte and their son Ronnie. David was an attorney working hard on the campaign to nominate John F. Kennedy as ...
Christmas of Swing
11/23 - 12/22/2013
The Andrews Sisters – Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne – are preparing to lift the spirits of America’s soldiers with a show full of Christmas songs, ...
Baby Case
10/5 - 11/3/2013
In 1932, a 20-month-old baby was taken from his crib; his devastated parents, Col. Charles and Anne Lindbergh, were suddenly at the center of a ...
This Side of Paradise
4/18 - 5/19/2013
History Theatre: - Nancy Harrow, Will Pomerantz; lyrics: Nancy Harrow; music: Nancy Harrow; dir: Andrew Fleser, Ron Peluso....
This Side of Paradise
4/20 - 5/19/2013
St. Paul's original "IT" couple — F. Scott Fitzgerald and his muse Zelda — were glittering emblems of the Jazz Age, living a life filled ...
Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried
3/15 - 4/6/2013
Based on the quintessential book about the Vietnam experience, The Things They Carried is the powerful telling of Tim O’Brien’s personal journey from his innocent ...
Courting Harry
3/1 - 3/24/2013
Two best friends who grew up in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood in St. Paul, both went on to become Supreme Court Justices and presided over ...
Courting Harry
3/2 - 3/24/2013
Two best friends who grew up in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood in St. Paul, both went on to become Supreme Court Justices and presided over ...
Nellie
1/24 - 2/17/2013
Civil rights and labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson was a Minnesota hero. Her feisty spirit and drive to succeed made her a political force to ...
Nellie
1/26 - 2/17/2013
Civil rights and labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson was a Minnesota hero. Her feisty spirit and drive to succeed made her a political force to ...
Capital Crimes: The St. Paul Gangster Musical
4/21 - 5/20/2012
1932 Crime is running rampant and St. Paul is the crime capital of the U.S.A.! Public Enemies like Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and the Ma Barker ...
Capital Crimes: The St. Paul Gangster Musical
4/21 - 5/20/2012
1932 Crime is running rampant and St. Paul is the crime capital of the U.S.A.! Public Enemies like Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and the Ma Barker ...
Coco's Diary
3/3 - 3/25/2012
1927 The trials and tribulations of a 13-year-old girl never seem to change: sibling rivalry, boys, school dances, boys, homework, and... boys! Young Clotilde “Coco” ...
Coco's Diary
3/3 - 3/25/2012
1927 The trials and tribulations of a 13-year-old girl never seem to change: sibling rivalry, boys, school dances, boys, homework, and... boys! Young Clotilde “Coco” ...
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
1/21 - 2/19/2012
1968 A year of extremes. Of war and love. Of brave beginnings and tragic endings. Of political and social upheaval. Of hatred and hope. History ...
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
1/21 - 2/19/2012
1968 A year of extremes. Of war and love. Of brave beginnings and tragic endings. Of political and social upheaval. Of hatred and hope. History ...
A Civil War Christmas
11/19 - 12/18/2011
1864 It is Christmastime in Washington, DC. President Lincoln is trying to heal the wounds of a nation. Soldiers on both sides are bravely holding ...
Beyond the Rainbow: Garland at Carnegie Hall
10/8 - 11/6/2011
1961 The incomparable Jody Briskey returns as Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall in her legendary Comeback Concert! Garland leads audiences through a whirlwind of memories ...
Videos
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Mike Birbiglia – Please Stop The Ride
State Theatre (10/20 - 10/20) | |
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Blended 和 (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters
History Theatre (5/4 - 5/26) | |
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Giggly Squad Live: Club Giggly
Orpheum Theatre (10/24 - 10/24) | |
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Constellations
Duluth Playhouse (4/11 - 4/27) | |
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Much Ado about Nothing
Great River Shakespeare Festival (6/28 - 7/28) | ||
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Ugly Lies the Bone
Commonweal Theatre Company (4/13 - 7/6) | |
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Bill Maher: The WTF? Tour
Orpheum Theatre (7/13 - 7/13) | |
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