Great theater challenges the audience by confronting viewers’ biases and prompting them to consider alternative perspectives. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett at the Guthrie Theater, now through October 11, is one such play. When I saw it first during college, I had such a visceral response to its Absurdist form of drama and lack…
Lyric Arts’ production of Ride the Cyclone is completely strange, occasionally disturbing, and utterly captivating from curtain to curtain.
Fresh off their successful run of Breach at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Third Space Theatre is furthering their reputation of crafting fast-paced and gripping theatre built to make you think with Plano by Will Arbery, now playing at Mixed Blood Theatre. Plano is an absurdist exploration of family, identity, trauma, and the lies we all tell ourselves. There is one more weekend of shows, and you will not want to miss it.
