THEATRE B BLOG
Announcing Our 2015-2016 Season!
The Ensemble of Theatre B is proud to announce programming for our 13th Season, which includes our first commissions, our first devised pieces, two world premieres, community collaborations, and the second year of the WinterArts Festival. Mainstage An Incubator World...
Meet the Artist: Darcy Bakkegard
Making her Theatre B debut directing Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Darcy Bakkegard is no stranger to the theatre. A graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s theatre program, she is currently in her first year as the Director of...
A Sense of Place
It was always our intention to establish a theatre in a storefront or warehouse. Our founders had all worked in such venues in other cities and had seen how these ventures added vitality to the neighborhood. When Theatre B was established, it was clear that the...
The Community Creativity Cohort!
Today the Bush Foundation named Theatre B as a member of the Community Creativity Cohort. This honor carries with it the opportunity to be in community with 15 other extraordinary organizations from across the region as well as a $100,000 unrestricted, one-time grant...
A little ‘Variation’
Thanks to The Forum's John Lamb for a great article about Linda Boyd, appearing in 33 Variations. A little 'Variation': FMSO director Boyd steps into spotlight with dramatic debut By John Lamb In her day job as the executive director of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony...
Your Story of Impact
Hi there, this is Scott Horvik, and I have a request for you. I’m hoping you can help us tell the Theatre B story. Is there a specific Theatre B production or event that spoke to you? I’m excited to read your stories and put your words with our photos to give people a...
Coffee with Carrie, pt 1
From the Desk of Carrie Wintersteen, Executive Director: Everywhere I go I run into people I know. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say I meet people who think they know me because they sit in the audience and see me on stage at Theatre B. I enjoy these brief...
2014 in review
It's been another incredible year at Theatre B. Our Ensemble is proud to make this their artistic home and we are so grateful for this community that has nurtured us. January We spent January putting together our production of Gruesome Playground Injuries, a play that...
Meet the Artist: Rick Mangahas
It all started with an invitation to sit on a board. "Well, I started being involved with theatre in 2007 when the E.D. of FMCT asked me to sit on their board of directors. From there I tried stage managing and some other technical things. Then all of a sudden I was...
Where did the Thanksgiving performance go?
It's a hallmark of Theatre B's season, quite an FM arts tradition, and part of what makes the occasion special: to open the holiday show on Thanksgiving. And yet, this year we will not present on Thanksgiving. "Why?" you may ask. It wasn't an easy decision. It has...
’33 Variations’ and ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ Cast Lists!
It was an inspiring experience seeing all of the passion and talent come out for Unified Auditions. It's always difficult to put a cast together, especially with so many incredible people. 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman Dr. Katherine Brandt: Linda Boyd Clara Brandt:...
‘Red, White, [Black & Blue]’ at Theatre B
Red, White, [Black & Blue]: Uncharged at Guantánamo by Nathan Tylutki and Michael J. Opperman performed by Natahn Tylutki November 8, 2014 7:30 pm at Theatre B Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students; available at the door. Theatre B is proud to host,...
‘Wit’ coming to Grand Forks
We're not done collaborating yet! We are joining with Sanford Health’s Embrace Cancer Survivorship Program and The UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences to present Wit in Grand Forks. The play will have two special performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Grand Forks...
‘The Sweet New’ – An Incubator Series Staged Reading Cast
Our latest project in our Incubator Series for new work is The Sweet New by local playwright and film artist Ray Rea. The Sweet New chronicles several generations of a family as they grapple with issues of identity. We are excited to be reading this play for The Arts...
‘Wit’ Opens Thursday
We are excited to open our 2014-2015 season with the Pulitzer Prize winning play Wit by Margaret Edson, in collaboration with the Embrace Cancer Survivorship Program. The show, which opens Thursday, Sept. 25, runs through Oct. 18. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on...
Taking WIT on the Road
Theatre B Awarded Grants
Theatre B is proud to announce that it has been awarded several grants to support the programming that engages our community with innovative theatre. The American Theatre Wing, best known as the creator of the Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards, has awarded Theatre B in...
The Look and Feel of Season 12
Click on the title of the show to read a full description. Thanks, Jeff Knight, for some striking images for our upcoming season. Wit September 25 - October 18 | Sunday Matinee October 5 ASL Interpreted Performance October 4 Our first show of the season, 'Wit' by...
Big Love
Theatre B will work with young emerging artists from across North Dakota to stage Big Love, a (mostly) romantic comedy by Charles L. Mee as part of North Dakota Governor’s School in Performing Arts. Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in a villa on...
The cast of ‘Clybourne Park’ on what the play means to them
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