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Join in for “Voting/Rights!: A Performance”, presented by the BA Theatre Arts Program on October 16 - 18, located in the Rarig Center.

“Voting/Rights!: A Performance” shares a collaborative devised theatre performance created in the urgent style of the Federal Theatre Project’s historic Living Newspaper. Fusing historical documents, speeches, songs, and modern headlines, this studio piece traces the evolution of American suffrage—from the nation's founding documents and the Civil Rights Movement to current Supreme Court rulings and ongoing voting restriction debates—to creatively respond to the challenges facing democracy today.

Performances are free with registration. Head to https://cla.umn.edu/theatre/news-events/events/votingrights-performance-journey-through-history-suffrage-and-disenfranchisement-america for more information and to register today!

#UMTAD #VotingRights #TCTheater #CurrentEvents #UMNCLA by @umtad

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The TH 4380 - BA Studio Production: Creative Collaboration class wowed audiences this past April with their presentation of "Bohemian Flats."

🎭 z.umn.edu/flats-prod

Catch the fall '26 class as they explore how theatre can be used to understand and creatively communicate the history of voting rights and their modern-day impact. Performances of "VOTING/RIGHTS!" run October 16–18, 2026.

🎟️ Tickets for "VOTING/RIGHTS!" are free with registration: z.umn.edu/voting-rights-prod

For the next act, the BA Performance Program and the School of Music will perform “Ride the Cyclone,” a darkly comic, whimsical, and unexpectedly moving musical running November 6–15, 2026.

🎟️ Tickets for “Ride the Cyclone” are available for purchase: z.umn.edu/cyclone-prod

#UMNCLA #MusicTheatre People joyfully dancing in a rehearsal space, with some seated in the background. The text below reads, “Making 'Bohemian Flats': A collaborative music-theatre experiment,” followed by a URL. by @umtad

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Every ride starts with some construction- our scene shop has been hard at work bringing their vision for “Ride The Cyclone” to life. Take a look at some of the pieces donated by Art-Tech Productions. Reusing and recycling elements from past projects, the scene shop is turning them into something extraordinary- wait for the transformation!

Tickets are now on sale! Head to the link in our bio for more information and ticket details. Performances are running November 6th through November 15th, located at the Rarig Center.

#UMTAD #RideTheCyclone #SetDesign #GreenTheater #TCTheater taken in Rarig Center by @umtad

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👏Congratulations to our UMTAD Alumni featured in both of these amazing productions! Through both “A Fine Balance” and “INDECENT”, our alumni thrive, reflecting their education and experiences from the many programs offered through UMTAD!

“A Fine Balance” tells the story of four unlikely companions thrown together in a cramped Bombay apartment turned illegal garment factory. As the political crisis deepens and the country reels under an authoritarian crackdown, this fragile household becomes a refuge, and an unexpected bond begins to take hold. As devastating as it is humane, “A Fine Balance”, adapted by Anosh Irani – Governor General’s Literary Award finalist and recipient of the Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award vividly brings Mistry's powerful story to the stage. The show has been running since August 25th, with performances through November 7th at the Guloien Theatre, featuring UMTAD Alumnus Sugrith Varughese.

“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. “INDECENT” has performances running until October 25th at Theater Latté Da, featuring works from UMTAD Alumni & Faculty, Sarah Bahr, Wesley A. Cone, Jacey Stewert, Ani Tonoyan, and Caroline Amaral Zultron.

For more information on both of these productions, head to the link in our bio.

Want to share some news featuring UMTAD alumni, or events happening in the Twin Cities? Head to the link in our bio for our Community Submissions Form.
#UMTAD #UMTADAlumni #TCTheatre #UMNAlumni #Community #UMNproud taken in Rarig Center by @umtad

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✨Join in and witness the amazing works of Ananya Dance Theatre during their 2026 premiere, “PREM | Love: An Occupation”, with showings on October 10th - 11th, as well as the 15th - 17th at The Southern Theater!

PREM emerges from the recent crisis of federal occupation in the Twin Cities, reaching toward transformation through practices of public love, care, and defiant joy. With ADT's trademark power and percussive urgency, PREM pens a love letter to the Twin Cities’ history of nonviolent resistance.

Dance Magazine highlights PREM in its 2026-27 Preview of the "most exciting work coming to stages... undeniably grounded in our shared present." Ananya Chatterjea’s work creates community when faced with chaos, highlighting her ability to turn pain and complexity into a form of art.

Tickets are on sale now; you won’t want to miss this! Head to the link in our bio for more information and purchasing details.

#UMTAD #TCDance #UDT #TCTheatre #DanceMagazine #AnanyaDanceTheatre taken in The Southern Theater by @umtad

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The Barbara Barker Center reflects creativity and self-expression through dance right here on our West Bank.

As shown by Visiting Cowles artist Marjani Forte Saunders, Dance students come together and create magic through the performing arts, allowing them to grow and evolve as artists and individuals.

Head to the link in our bio for more information on the University of Minnesota’s Dance Program.

#UMTAD #TCTwinCities #CowlesVisitingArtist #UMNDance #TCDance BarkerCenter taken in Barbara Barker Center for Dance by @umtad

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Tickets are on sale now for Ride The Cyclone the Musical, performances from November 6th to the 15th located in the Rarig Center!

Presented by the BA Performance Program and the School of Music, Book, Music and Lyrics by 🎭 Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond, alongside Director 🎬 Alli St. John, 🎵 Music Director Samantha Laumann, and Choreographer 🕺 Cleo DeOrio bring this hauntingly spectacular performance to life.

After a roller coaster accident claims the lives of six members of a Canadian high school chamber choir, they find themselves suspended between life and death. Karnak, a mysterious fortune-telling machine, offers them one final possibility: one of them may return to life. Surreal, irreverent, and unexpectedly moving, Ride the Cyclone unfolds through the stories each teenager tells of the life they lived—and the life they never had the chance to live. Part ghost story, part musical fever dream, Ride the Cyclone is ultimately a meditation on memory, possibility, and what makes a life matter.

This is a must-see! Head to the link in our bio for more information & Ticket registration.

#UMTAD #RideTheCyclone #umnproud #UMNMusic #TCTheatre #Musical taken in Rarig Center by @umtad

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✨Join us on September 29th, for the Election Defense Equitable Dinner presented by Mixed Blood Theatre at the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, Pillsbury Hall 120, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm this upcoming Tuesday!

Equitable Dinners are a social justice initiative designed to bring strangers and friends from diverse backgrounds to experience theatre, share a meal, and talk about complex issues.

Head to the link in our bio for more information and to register today!

#UMTAD #Election #umnproud #TCTheatre #umncla taken in Pillsbury Hall by @umtad

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In early December 2024, TyLie Shider's "Whittier: A Play in Portraits" was performed in the UMN's Rarig Center.

Now you can catch a performance of this powerful play @WalkerArtCenter this Thursday (9/24) as part of their Free Thursday Nights.

"Whittier" is a contemporary docudrama following a diverse community of neighbors quarantined in Whittier, MN days after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. The play is inspired by the graffiti, lawn signs, and murals created in protest of Floyd’s murder. It is adapted from focus groups, interviews, and talks Shider conducted with neighbors, small business owners, and community leaders of faith during the 2020 uprisings in his neighborhood.

Watch the full video to learn more about this play, and view it in person at the Walker Art Center this Thursday night! The presentation includes a brief screening of the documentary "Sign O’ the Times", which was adapted into the script, produced by local community nonprofit Dark Muse Healing Arts. A talkback with the performers and producers of the show follows the program.

More details at link in bio.

Thu, Sep 24, 2026
Walker Cinema
7 pm
Free, Registration Required by @umtad

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🎭 The Incredible Fox Sisters auditions are taking place on October 6th, located in Rarig 20, from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm, presented by the BA Arts Performance Program. Make sure to sign up and start preparing for this dramatic comedy!

You must be a registered UMN student to audition. Actors moving on to callbacks will be notified in the morning on Wednesday, October 7th. Make sure to have the form submitted the day prior to your audition.

Head to the link in our bio to sign up and find more details on The Incredible Fox Sisters.

You won’t want to miss this; break a leg!

#UMTAD #auditions #UMNTheatre #TCTheatre #umncla #umnproud #FoxSisters taken in Rarig Center by @umtad

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We welcome Cowles Visiting Artist Marjani Forté Saunders to the Barbara Barker Center for Dance on Wednesday, September 30th. Marjani will lead our University of Dance students for an informal studio showing at 4:30pm.

Free and open to the public.

Marjani is a 3x Bessie Award-winning choreographer, performer, teaching artist, and Mother.
A 2023 United States Artists Fellow and 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Award recipient, Marjani’s work spans the stage, installation, and community. Her recent projects include Chicken Soup 2025, a restaging of Blondell Cummings’s iconic solo; her choreographic debut with the Metropolitan Opera’s El Niño; and Dreaming Zenzile, her Off-Broadway debut.

As a founding member of the collective 7NMS and Visioning Founder of Art x Power, Marjani continues to create work rooted in lineage, experimentation, and the vibrant histories of Black artists.

We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Barbara Barker Center for Dance!

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Sage Cowles Land Grant Chair

Since 1987, through the generosity of Sage and John Cowles, University of Minnesota Dance has annually hosted four to six dance professionals of international renown in residencies ranging from one to ten weeks. The guests teach, choreograph new dance work, rehearse repertory, and lecture in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, and the Twin Cities community at large.

The Cowles Land Grant Chair connects nationally and internationally recognized artists and scholars with dance students, exposing them to contemporary artistry, masterwork and new thinking in dance studies. University of Minnesota Dance is unique for its extensive use of renowned professional artists in the education and training of students.

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❗TONIGHT❗ Come hear and support new ideas at openstage’s Pitch Night, located in Room 275 of the Rarig Center at 6:00pm.

Join us and find out what creativity your peers have - 2 winning pitches will be rewarded with performances at the Rarig Center!

You won’t want to miss this!

#UMTAD #umnproud #umncla #openstage #TCTheatre taken in Rarig Center by @umtad

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