Walking Shadow Theatre Company Explained

Walking Shadow Theatre Company is a Minneapolis-based professional non-profit theatre company which was founded in 2004 by John Heimbuch, Amy Rummenie and David Pisa with the following aims: to develop the talents of its artists, to nurture audience commitment to the arts, to facilitate dialogue within the community and to examine local culture in a global context.[1] The company's name comes from Act V, Scene V of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Heimbuch currently serves as the company's Artistic Director; Pisa currently serves as the company's Executive Director.

Production history

2022: Cabal
2021: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [digital production]; 21 Extremely Bad Breakups [digital production]; Gilgamesh [digital production]; Week of Sharks [digital production of short plays]; Gilgamesh and Beowulf in the park; REBOOT: An Online Play with Puzzles[2] '
2020: The Ugly One (Original Title: Der Häßliche)[3] ; Beowulf [digital production][4] ; Hatchet Lady [digital production]; The Odyssey [digital production]
2019: Cabal[5] ; Open[6] '
2018: 21 Extremely Bad Breakups[7] ; Equivocation[8] '
2017: Marie Antoinette[9] ; Red Velvet[10] ; Hatchet Lady: Carry Nation, Angel of Destruction[11] '
2016: The Aliens[12] ; Lasso of Truth [co-production with Workhaus Collective][13] ; The Christians[14] ; The River[15]
2015: The Coward[16] ; The 3rd Annual One-Minute Play Festival; A Midwinter Night's Revel[17]
2014: The 2nd Annual One-Minute Play Festival; Schiller's Mary Stuart[18] ; The Odyssey[19] ; The Three Musketeers[20] ; Gabriel[21] ; The Whale[22]
2013: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[23] ; Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde[24] ; The Sexual Life of Savages[25]
2012: reasons to be pretty; An Ideal Husband[26] ; Compleat Female Stage Beauty; Eurydice
2011: Drakul; after the quake; Saboteur
2010: Mojo; The Transdimensional Couriers Union; See You Next Tuesday; The Crowd You're In With
2009: Caligula[27] ; Robots vs. Fake Robots[28] ; SQUAWK;[29] Some Girl(s)
2008: 36 Views[30] ; The American Pilot[31] ; William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead[32] ; Amazons and Their Men[33]
2007: The Cryptogram[34] ; Fat Pig;[35] Mr. Marmalade[36]
2006: 1926 Pleasant[37] ; Seventy Scenes of Halloween
2005: 10-Speed Revolution
2004: The Lives of the Most Notorious Highwaymen

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WSTC website, About. Accessed November 3, 2009.
  2. Web site: Moeller . Brian . 2021-07-15 . Walking Shadow's Reboot Administers a Virtual Turing Test . 2023-01-16 . Immersed . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2020-02-02 . Theater review: Walking Shadow absurdly explores identity in ‘The Ugly One’ . 2023-01-16 . Twin Cities . en-US.
  4. Web site: Tribune . Chris Hewitt Star . Minneapolis theater uses modern tech to bring ancient tale to audiences . 2023-01-16 . Star Tribune.
  5. Web site: 2019-09-04 . Walking Shadow’s ‘Cabal’ is a puzzler of a play, and that’s a good thing . 2023-01-16 . MinnPost . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2019-10-19 . There’s Magic in the Metaphor . 2023-01-16 . MinnesotaPlaylist.com . en.
  7. Web site: Townsend . John . 2018-02-28 . Walking Shadow stages "21 Extremely Bad Breakups" Lavender Magazine . 2023-01-16 . en-US.
  8. Web site: Tribune . LISA BROCK Special to the Star . Shakespeare meets fake news in Walking Shadow's play 'Equivocation' . 2023-01-16 . Star Tribune.
  9. Web site: Walking Shadow's Marie Antoinette at Red Eye Theater is Well Told, Beautiful, & Relevant . 2023-01-16 . Kendra Plant ArtfullyEngaging . en.
  10. Web site: "Red Velvet" by Walking Shadow Theatre Company at Southern Theater . 2023-01-16 . en.
  11. Web site: "Hatchet Lady" by Walking Shadow Theatre Company at Red Eye Theater . 2023-01-16 . en.
  12. Web site: Review: Walking Shadow gives a quietly powerful production of Annie Baker's 'The Aliens' . 2023-01-16 . Star Tribune.
  13. Web site: 2016-04-17 . ‘Lasso of Truth’ review: Based on Wonder Woman’s odd family, it’s fascinating . 2023-01-16 . Twin Cities . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2016-05-24 . High praise for Walking Shadow’s ‘The Christians’ . 2023-01-16 . Twin Cities . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2016-09-08 . "The River" of Remembrance . 2023-01-16 . Minnesota Monthly . en-US.
  16. Web site: "The Coward" by Walking Shadow Theatre Company at Red Eye Theater . 2023-01-16 . en.
  17. Web site: Olive . John . A Midwinter Night’s Revel by Walking Shadow Theatre Co., performing at Red Eye Theater . 2023-01-16.
  18. Web site: Tribune . Lisa brock Special to the Star . Royal fight club: 'Mary Stuart' at Walking Shadow . 2023-01-16 . Star Tribune.
  19. Web site: Press . Dominic P. Papatola Special to the Pioneer . 2014-03-23 . ‘The Odyssey’ review: Charlie Bethel’s one-man take is a splendid journey . 2023-01-16 . Twin Cities . en-US.
  20. Web site: Aalgaard . Mary . 2014-05-11 . Review of The Three Musketeers by Walking Shadow Theatre Company . 2023-01-16 . Play Off The Page . en-US.
  21. Web site: Schafer . Jill . BWW Reviews: Walking Shadow's GABRIEL is a Chilling and Captivating Look at a Little Known Facet of WWII History . 2023-01-16 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  22. Web site: Press . Dominic P. Papatola Special to the Pioneer . 2014-11-27 . Theater review: ‘The Whale’ floats intriguing messages . 2023-01-16 . Twin Cities . en-US.
  23. Web site: Tribune . lisa brock Special to the Star . Review: 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' . 2023-01-16 . Star Tribune.
  24. Web site: The reviews are in for ‘Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde’ . 2023-01-16 . MPR News . en.
  25. Web site: Townsend . John . 2013-12-05 . Sex, Intimacy, and the Internet Boldly Satirized in New Comedy Lavender Magazine . 2023-01-16 . en-US.
  26. Web site: Tribune . Claude Peck Star . 'Husband' smart, wickedly amusing . 2023-01-16 . Star Tribune.
  27. Web site: Royce, Graydon; "Caligula: Everyone's trapped"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 16 February 2009.
  28. Web site: Brock, Lisa; "Theater review: Laugh today, ponder tomorrow in 'Robots vs. Fake Robots'"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 17 June 2009.
  29. Web site: Combs, Marianne; "MN Fringe Festival sets attendance records"; Minnesota Public Radio; 10 August 2009.
  30. Web site: Royce, Graydon; "Theater review: '36 Views' worth a view"; Minnesota Star Tribune; 13 February 2008.
  31. Web site: Kleiman, Jaime; "The Plane Truth"; Mpls. St. Paul Magazine; May 2008.
  32. Web site: Skinner, Quinton; "A Guide to the 2008 Fringe Festival"; City Pages; 5 August 2008.
  33. Web site: Papatola, Dominic; "Minnesota's small stages have plenty to offer this theater season"; Minnesota Public Radio; 18 September 2008.
  34. Web site: Royce, Graydon; "Review: 'The Cryptogram' -- Mamet at his briefest"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 19 February 2007.
  35. Web site: John, Townsend; "Year in Review 2007"; Lavender Magazine; December 2007.
  36. Web site: Royce, Graydon; "Theater review: 'Marmalade' is chilly, but worth a look"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 27 November 2007.
  37. Web site: Combs, Marianne; "The Fringe from the inside"; Minnesota Public Radio; 4 August 2006.

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