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Left to right: Adam (Jason Rojas) and Victor (Ryan Colbert) in the Guthrie Theater production of Frankenstein – Playing with Fire. Photo by Dan Norman.

A modern retelling of the original ghost story: Frankenstein at the Guthrie

October 8, 2018

The cast of “Dirk and Others Still With Us.” Left to right: Marisa Peredo ’20, Jesse Claire ’20 and Elinor Jones ’21. Photo by Anna Brujin ’18.

Play Preview: “Dirk and Others Still With Us”

March 22, 2018

The dramaturg (Rachel Ault ‘18, front row, first from right) and director (Signe Harriday, second row, first from right) pose for a photo with the cast during the final tech rehearsal in the Loch. Photo by Syed Hasan ‘19.

“SLUT: The Play” explores rape culture

February 16, 2018

Nathaniel Fuller plays Scrooge in the Guthrie Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Dan Norman.

Review: There’s Magic in Guthrie 43rd Christmas Carol

November 30, 2017

Bittersweet endings: A review of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard

November 10, 2017

Theater preview: Giving voice to the children in No Child

October 13, 2017

Mixed Blood Theatre teaches us How to Use a Knife

October 5, 2017

Graham and Shor perform Venus in Fur in the Black Box Theater (left to right). Courtesy of the Macalester Theater & Dance Department.

Miller Shor and Richard Graham star in Venus in Fur

September 14, 2017

Meghan Kreidler (center) plays Tong, playwright Qui Nguyen’s future mother; Sherwin Resurreccion (both ninjas in air) plays Nguyen; and Sun Mee Chomet (floor) plays his grandmother. Photo courtesy of Rich Ryan. ©2017 RichRyan

Modern and irreverent, Vietgone explores the meaning of “home”

April 28, 2017

Stephen Yoakam plays King Lear. Photos courtesy of Charles Erickson for Guthrie Theater.

Review of the Guthrie Theatre’s King Lear

February 24, 2017

The Parchman Hour cast. Photo courtesy of Dan Norman.

In The Parchman Hour, Freedom Riders come alive

October 20, 2016

“Harvey” at the Guthrie: Review

The Mac Weekly

April 29, 2016

I spent my Friday night watching a six-foot, three-inch character hop around—and no, I was not at the Macalester Men’s Basketball game. I was at Harvey, the play written by Mary Chase in 1944 that won the Pulitzer Prize a ...