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PRIME PRODUCTIONS BRINGS THE FUTURE TO THE STAGE WITH MARJORIE PRIME AT PARK SQUARE THEATRE MEDIA CONTACT:  Connie Shaver 651-767-8492 | shaver@parksquaretheatre.org Tickets: 651-291-7005 or parksquaretheatre.org   St Paul, Minn. (February 19, 2019) – Continuing their mission to tell more stories about women in their second act, PRIME...

Flordelino Lagundino, Park Square Theatre’s John W. Harris Artistic Director, has announced the eight recipients for the pilot year of a new Artist Fellowship program at Park Square: Ricardo Beaird, Ernest Briggs, Mary Capers, Maxwell Collyard, Ashawnti Sakina Ford, Sophie Peyton, Lindsey C. Samples, DJ Kool Akiem...

First Season for new Artistic Director Flordelino Lagundino Features Big Scale, Big Heart, Three Musicals and One World Premiere MEDIA CONTACT Connie Shaver, shaver@parksquaretheatre.org   Saint Paul, Minn., Feb. 14, 2019 – Park Square Theatre announced its 45th theatre season for 2019-2020 today. This is the first...

For Immediate Release Programs, Justice After Genocide (St. Paul, MN; February 22, 2019) The country of Yugoslavia imploded during the early 1990s, collapsing into genocide and mass atrocities perpetrated by individuals, government armies, and paramilitary militias against one-time friends and neighbors. Park Square Theatre, St. Paul, is...

                Girl Friday Productions Stages 1943 Pulitzer Prize Winning Masterpiece THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder Media Contact: Connie Shaver 612.308.5785 shaver@parksquaretheatre.org Tickets: 651.291.7005 or parksquaretheatre.org St. Paul, MN, Jan. 8, 2019 – A surprisingly modern and optimistic...

PARK SQUARE ANNOUNCES ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS Program aims to increase the pipeline for under-represented artists UPDATE: Submissions for the 2019 fellowships are now passed. Fellows will be announced March 1, 2019. Check back on this website in December 2019 for information on the next fellowship round. MEDIA CONTACT: Connie Shaver,...

ANTIGONE IS A CLASSIC TRAGEDY FOR A MODERN AUDIENCE Second production features an all-women cast Saint Paul, Minn., December 18, 2018 – Park Square Theatre announces the second production of ANTIGONE adapted and directed by MJ Kedrowski. The play is adapted in modern language from the Greek...

INTRODUCING THE GODMOTHER OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Local premiere stars Jamecia Bennett and Rajané Katurah Brown Park Square Theatre announces the area premiere production of Marie & Rosetta by George Brandt, to be directed by Wendy Knox, who directed the early workshops of the play at the...

New Landmark Center Exhibition Explores Park Square Theatre’s First 43 Years MEDIA CONTACT Connie Shaver, shaver@parksquaretheatre.org Saint Paul, Minn., July 25, 2018 – Park Square Theatre announces UNPACKING A THEATRE ATTIC: Park Square Theatre’s First 43 Years, a new exhibition at Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul...

Local star Regina Williams heads to Atlanta for a new production. MEDIA CONTACT Connie Shaver, shaver@parksquaretheatre.org Following the success of its world premiere commission at Park Square Theatre in 2016, NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN went on to a second production at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., one...

Local premiere is the nation’s second production of timely new script by Playwrights’ Center Core Writer Mat Smart MEDIA CONTACT Connie Shaver, shaver@parksquaretheatre.org Park Square Theatre announces the regional premiere production of THE AGITATORS by Mat Smart, a core writer of the Minneapolis-based Playwrights’ Center. The play,...

Local comedy duo creates a “large pour” of laughter in SOMETIME’S THERE’S WINE MEDIA CONTACT Connie Shaver, shaver@parksquaretheatre.org Park Square Theatre announces the return of renowned Twin Cities comedy duo, Shanan Custer and Carolyn Pool, to the Andy Boss Stage to open the 2018-2019 theatre season with...

Beloved “caffeinated comedy” crosses the river to the Boss Stage   Saint Paul, Minn., June 18, 2018 – Park Square Theatre is partnering with The Daniel Group to bring the 23-year phenomenon TRIPLE ESPRESSO — A HIGHLY CAFFEINATED COMEDY to Park Square’s Andy Boss Thrust Stage November...

Theatre’s Third Artistic Leader Has Performed and Worked in Minnesota   Saint Paul, Minn., June 12, 2018 – Park Square Theatre announces the hire of its new Artistic Director – the third in the organization’s history – after a five-month national search that attracted 113 applications from...

Flying Foot Forum’s 25th Anniversary production celebrates an American’s view of Paris from the Can-Can to Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron   Saint Paul, Minn., May 8, 2018 – Park Square Theatre’s Andy Boss Thrust Stage is once again the home to Flying Foot Forum’s signature storytelling...