Theater and Movie Listings

By Shakespeare.
Performed by: Guthrie Theater.
ASL: Friday, May 16, 7:30 PM; Thursday, May 29, 7:30 PM.
Interpreters: Patty Gordon, Nancy Niggley & Tammy Hansen.
Captioning: Friday, June 20, 7:30 PM by c2 inc.
Tickets: Reduced to $18 for AD/ASL (regular $24-69); captioning users half-off; phone: 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626.
Location: Guthrie Theater, Wurtele Thrust Stage, 818 2nd Street S., Minneapolis.
Website: Guthrie Theater, Access Services (www.guthrietheater.org/accessibility).
Description: A decade after its critically acclaimed run on Vineland Place, Joe Dowling's landmark production of Shakespeare's beloved comedy makes a triumphant debut in the Guthrie's new home on the river. Weaving three stories of love, magic and perception in a moonlit forest on a midsummer night, Shakespeare's fantastical play remains an audience favorite across generations.
Run: April 12 – June 22, 2008.

By David Greig, directed by Amy Rummenie.
Performed by: Walking Shadow Theatre Company.
AD: Friday, May 16, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Laurie Pape Hadley.
ASL: Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM.
Interpreters: Claire Alexander and TBA .
Tickets: Reduced to $7 (regular $16, $14 student/senior), 612-375-0300.
Location: Minneapolis Theatre Garage, 711 W. Franklin Avenue (at Franklin), Minneapolis.
Website: Walking Shadow Theatre Company (www.walkingshadowcompany.org).
Description: An American plane crash-lands in a rural valley in a war-torn country. Will the villagers there help the wounded pilot, ransom him, or execute him? Regional premiere of a timely and staggeringly poetic play that premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2005.
Run: May 2-24, 2008.

By August Wilson.
Performed by: Penumbra Theatre Co. at the Guthrie.
Captioning: Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM by c2 inc..
Tickets: Reduced to $18 for AD/ASL (regular $24-69); captioning users half-off; 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626.
Location: Guthrie Theater, McGuire Proscenium, 818 2nd Street S., Minneapolis.
Website: Penumbra Theatre (www.penumbratheatre.org) or Guthrie Theater (www.guthrietheater.org).
Description: Gem of the Ocean begins August Wilson’s century-long cycle chronicling black American life. Bewildered by the collapse of the old slave regime, the first generation of black Americans recently freed from slavery are unprepared for the backlash against their newly acquired freedom by whites. Many venture north and find themselves at the door of Aunt Esther, seeking solace, advice, or a place to heal. Her wisdom is ancient, timeless, connected to the source from which black Americans had been taken. Regional premiere.
Run: 3 hours; April 22 – May 18, 2008.

Performed by: Joe Chvala’s Flying Foot Forum.
AD & ASL: Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM .
Describer: Cynthia Hamre.
Interpreters: Susan Masters (if the show has text).
Tickets: Reduced to $18 (regular $30); phone: 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626.
Location: Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio, 818 2nd Street S., Minneapolis.
Website: Guthrie Theater, Access Services (www.guthrietheater.org/accessibility).
Description: Presenting a foot-stomping, heart-stopping spectacle that's both inspiring and entertaining, the Flying Foot Forum stirs up a wacky percussive dance/theater brew inspired by classic vaudeville, tap dance, cabaret, opera, hambone, clowning and other popular and percussive art forms. Director/ choreographer Chvala fuses and reconfigures these time-honored theatrical traditions into an artful and unexpectedly poignant evening of comedy and percussive dance.
Run: May 8-17, 2008.

Book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, music by George Stiles.
Performed by: Youth Performance Company.
AD & ASL: Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Sherilyn Howes.
Interpreters: Mary Catherine.
Tickets: Reduced to half-price (regular $10, student 14 & under or senior $8); advance reservation required for Audio Description; phone: 612-623-9080.
Location: Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis.
Website: Youth Performance Company (www.youthperformanceco.com).
Description: This zany musical, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, has quacking ducks, a scheming gourmet cat, and a host of wacky farmyard characters who will keep you "honking" for days. It’s a fun, sassy, heartwarming tale about finding your own place in the world.
Run: April 30 – May 18, 2008.

AD: Saturday, May 17, 8:00 PM.
Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Tickets: 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100.
Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Main Hall, 345 Washington, Saint Paul.
Website: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Access Services (www.ordway.org/services/access.asp).
Description: The year: 1929. The place: Berlin. Behind the doors of the notorious Kit Kat Klub, painted ladies (and painted gentlemen) sing and dance as though life were an endless party. But outside those doors, Nazis are marching in the streets, and the stage is being set for the horrors of the Third Reich. Welcome to Berlin.
Run: May 6-18, 2008.

By Kim Merrill.
Performed by: Rochester Repertory Theatre.
ASL: Saturday, May 17, 8:00 PM, funded by SERTOMA Club.
Interpreters: Erin Delaney.
Tickets: $18; student/senior discount; phone: 507-289-1737 or email: BoxOffice@RochesterRep.org.
Location: Rochester Repertory Theatre, 103 7th St. NE, Rochester 55906.
Website: Rochester Repertory Theatre (www.RochesterRep.org).
Description: After the sudden death of her adoptive mother, a rich New York City dancer embarks on a search for her birth mother's home. Armed with good intentions and a desire to help her new family, she is met with a volatile mixture of envy, regret and resentment, turning upside down her assumptions about identity, biological ties and what it "means" to be a mother.
Run: May 2-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 2008.

By Christopher Piehler in collaboration with Scott Allen Evans.
Performed by: Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company.
AD: Sunday, May 18, 2:00 PM.
Describer: Laurie Pape Hadley.
Tickets: Reduced by $7 (regular $17-24), phone: 651-647-4315.
Location: Hillcrest Center Theater, 1978 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul.
Website: Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (www.mnjewishtheatre.org).
Description: The year was 1911, the date March 25, the time 4:45 p.m. As the workers of the Triangle Waist Factory hear the bell signaling the end of the workday, there is a shout "FIRE!" It was the beginning of a blaze that in 30 minutes would kill 146 people. Hear the play by play of events, witness the murder trial that leaves the public hungry for vengeance, and understand the social and political changes that took place as a result of this tragedy.
Run: May 3-25, 2008.

By Al Justiniano with music by Gary Rue.
Performed by: SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development.
ASL: Sunday, May 18, 2:00 PM.
Interpreters: Ruth Boettcher.
AD: Friday, May 30, 7:00 PM.
Describer: Laura Wiebers.
Tickets: $11, student/senior $9; phone: 651-225-9265.
Location: SteppingStone Theatre, 55 Victoria Street N., Saint Paul.
Website: SteppingStone Theatre (www.steppingstonetheatre.org).
Description: One of SteppingStone’s biggest hits returns to the stage - The colorful carnivals of the Caribbean are the backdrop to the adventures of Anansi as the trickster strives to save the rainforest.
Run: May 9 - June 1, 2008.

By Agatha Christie, directed by Natalie Diem.
Performed by: Starting Gate Productions.
AD: Sunday, May 18, 2:00 PM.
Describer: Laura Wiebers.
Tickets: Reduced to $10 for AD patrons; regular $18, $16 student/senior; phone: 651-645-3503.
Location: Mounds Theatre, 1029 Hudson Road in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood of Saint Paul.
Website: Starting Gate Productions (www.startinggate.org) or Mounds Theatre (www.moundstheatre.org).
Description: This Agatha Christie whodunnit begins with the murder of Dr. Cristow at The Hollow estate. His mistress, ex-mistress and wife are all suspects.
Run: May 9 – June 1, 2008.

By Eisa Davis, directed by Marion McClinton.
Performed by: Pillsbury House Theatre.
AD: Friday, May 23, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Mari Griffin.
ASL: Friday, May 30, 7:30 PM.
Interpreters: Erika Dixon-Goss.
Tickets: Reduced to $15 (regular $20), phone: 612-825-0459.
Location: Pillsbury House Theatre, 3501 Chicago Avenue S., Minneapolis.
Website: Pillsbury House Theatre (www.pillsburyhousetheatre.org).
Description: A finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this coming-of-age story is set in an isolated town in redwood country north of San Francisco in 1955 where the residents have developed their own strange language to address subjects not considered socially acceptable. Abandoned on the river as an infant, a young African American woman, Bulrusher, develops the ability to read the future through water. But though she can see what will happen to others with painful accuracy, she remains a mystery to herself - until a stranger from Alabama arrives and opens her eyes to race, family and love.
Run: May 21 - June 14, 2008.

By Josefina Lopez.
Performed by: Teatro del Pueblo.
ASL: Saturday, May 24, 7:30 PM.
Interpreters: Deanna J. Fisher.
Tickets: Reduced to $14 (regular $18 Friday-Saturday, $16 Thursday/Sunday, $14 Student/Senior/Fringe); phone: 651-225-8106 or email: info@teatrodelpueblo.org.
Location: The Neighborhood House at Paul & Sheila Wellstone Center, 179 Robie Street E., Saint Paul 55107.
Website: Teatro del Pueblo (www.teatrodelpueblo.org).
Description: This play, a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience, celebrates real women’s bodies, the power of women, and the incredible bond that happens when women work together.
Run: May 9-29, 2008; Thursday-Saturday 7:30 PM; Sunday 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM.

By Melanie Marnich, directed by Ron Peluso.
Performed by: History Theatre.
AD & ASL: Sunday, May 25, 2:00 PM.
Describer: Mari Griffin.
Interpreters: Susan Nelson and Rachelle Armstrong.
Tickets: Reduced to $15; phone: 651-292-4323.
Location: History Theatre, 30 E. 10th Street, Saint Paul.
Website: History Theatre (www.historytheatre.com).
Description: 1928. You’re 19. You’re a sister, a daughter, a wife, a new mother. You’re in the pink of health, in the prim of your youth and beauty. You work for Radium Dial Watch Company in Chicago painting watch faces. You’re paid by the watch; you work fast, spinning the brush between your lips before affixing the paint. You’re the first woman in your circle to work outside the home and you love it. Your job brings you good money, good friends and the thrill of independence. Your life shines with happiness and prosperity. But you’re in trouble by the shine on your hands - it won’t wash off. Then you and your cherished colleagues start to get sick...
Run: May 8 - June 1, 2008.

Book, music & lyrics by Chad Henry, adapted from the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Books by Betty MacDonald, directed by Peter C. Brosius.
Performed by: Children’s Theatre Co.
AD & ASL: Friday, May 30, 7:30 PM; student matinees available upon request.
Describer: Laurie Pape Hadley.
Interpreters: Laura Becker, Jules Peterson.
Tickets: Mention VSA Offer for $13 tickets; regular discount is $20; 612-874-0400.
Location: Children’s Theatre Co., Mainstage, 2400 3rd Avenue S., Minneapolis.
Website: Children’s Theatre (www.childrenstheatre.org).
Description: Can you scuba dive in your bedroom? Roast marshmallows over a chandelier? Unearth pirate treasure in the fireplace? You can with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (who lives in an upside-down house with a wisecracking parrot!). She's a wizard when it comes to discovering exciting possibilities in life's most humdrum things. And she brings out the best in kids and grown-ups, too. Now that's magic!
Run: April 22 – June 15, 2008.

By Tim Kochenderfer.
Performed by: Lyric Arts Company of Anoka.
ASL: Saturday, May 31, 7:30 PM (IF a request is made at least one week in advance).
Interpreters: Erika Dixon-Goss.
Tickets: $14, $12 student/senior, $16 box seats, phone: 763-422-1838.
Location: Lyric Arts Main Street Stage, 420 E. Main Street, Anoka.
Website: Lyric Arts Main Street Stage, Anoka (www.lyricarts.org).
Description: A swashbuckling comic adventure, these Midwestern pirates with a flair for the dramatic are sure to have land-lubbers "har-har-ing" all evening long.
Run: May 30 - June 22, 2008.

AD & ASL: Saturday, May 31 & Sunday, June 1.

Tickets: $5 (World Stage outdoors free); phone: 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100.

Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington, Saint Paul.

Website: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (www.ordway.org).

Description: Enjoy performances onstage at the Ordway as well as free events all day in Rice Park: circus stunts, mimes, clowns, worldwide foods, student artwork and an ArtMoves Parade (1:00 Saturday).

Run: May 31-June 1, 2008.

Saturday, May 31:

Jason and the Argonauts (Visible Fictions) – ASL: 10:00 AM, Drake Room, Interpreters: Stephen Medlicott, Susan Masters.
Drum! (20 performers from Nova Scotia) – ASL: 11:00 AM, McKnight Theatre, Interpreter: Linda Gill.
The Circus (Marionetas de la Esquina puppet theatre) – ASL: 2:30 PM, McKnight Theatre, Interpreters: Linda Gill, Stephen Medlicott.
Tokounou (West African All-Abilities Dance & Music Ensemble with Sidiki Conde) – AD: Noon, McKnight Theatre, Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Drum! (20 performers from Nova Scotia) – AD: 2:00 PM, McKnight Theatre, Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Andes Manta (music of the Andes) – AD: 4:30 PM, Drake Room, Describer: Rick Jacobson.
World Stage – ASL: Interpreters: Carrie Wilbert (morning), Paul Deeming (afternoon).

Sunday, June 1:

Andes Manta (music of the Andes) – ASL: 10:30 AM, Drake Room, Interpreter: Laura Becker.
Tokounou (West African All-Abilities Dance & Music Ensemble with Sidiki Conde) – ASL: 2:30 PM, McKnight Theatre, Interpreter: Laura Becker.
The Circus (Marionetas de la Esquina puppet theatre) – AD: 12:30 PM, McKnight Theatre, Describer: Susan Howe.
Jason and the Argonauts (Visible Fictions) – AD: 4:30 PM, Drake Room, Describer: Susan Howe.
World Stage – ASL: Interpreters: Carrie Wilbert (morning), Paul Deeming (afternoon).

By Juliana Pegues, directed by David Mura.
Presented by: Mu Performing Arts.
AD: Saturday, May 31, 8:00 PM.
Describer: Rick Jacobson.
ASL: Saturday, June 7, 8:00 PM.
Interpreters: TBD.
Tickets: $18, $16 student/senior, $14 groups; 612-338-6131.
Location: Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis.
Website: Mu Performing Arts (www.muperformingarts.org) or Mixed Blood Theatre (www.mixedblood.com).
Description: Three characters, known only by their numbers, take a mysterious trip from speed dating to prison interrogations. Q & A is a funny, fanciful and frightening journey into the heart of who we are and how we define ourselves in America today. Experience the final phase of a process, funded in part through the Jerome New Performance Program, that is developing interdisciplinary, experimental works reflecting the unique vision of seven Asian artists.
Run: May 22 – June 8, 2008 (Thursday-Friday-Saturday 8:00, Sunday 2:00).

ASL: Sunday, June 1, 1:00 PM.

Interpreters: Darlene Snelson.

Tickets: Visitor and Member Services, 612-870-3131 or TTY 612-870-3132; email: dhegstrom@artsmia.org.

Location: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue S., Minneapolis.

Website: Minneapolis Institute of Arts (www.artsmia.org).

Description: Free ASL-interpreted public tour begins by the Information Desk in the museum lobby.

Performed by: One Voice Mixed Chorus, Calliope Women's Chorus, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, Minnesota Freedom Band, TransVoices, Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra.
ASL: Monday, June 2, 7:00 PM.
Interpreters: Catharine VanNostrand.
Tickets: free.
Location: Como Pavilion, 1360 Lexington Parkway N., Saint Paul.
Website: One Voice Mixed Chorus (www.ovmc.org), Calliope Women's Chorus (www.calliopewomenschorus.org), Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus (www.tcgmc.org).
Description: A free annual Pride concert by GLBT choruses, band and orchestra.
Run: 90 minutes, June 2, 2008.

AD: Saturday, June 14, 5:00 PM.
Describer: Jon Benson.
Tickets: 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100.
Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Main Hall, 345 Washington, Saint Paul.
Website: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, ASL and AD Performanes (www.ordway.org/services/access.asp).
Description: The international percussion sensation is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and appeals to audiences of all ages. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments - matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps - to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms.
Run: June 10-15, 2008.

By Steven Dietz, directed by Peter Moore.
Performed by: Park Square Theatre.
AD & ASL: Saturday, June 14, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Interpreters: Elly Carpenter & Stephen Medlicott.
Tickets: Reduced to half-price; phone: 651-291-7005.
Location: Park Square Theatre, 408 Saint Peter Street (20 W. 7th Place), Saint Paul.
Website: Park Square Theatre (www.parksquaretheatre.org).
Description: The Area Premiere of the 2007 Edgar Award-winner for Best Mystery Play. With Doctor Watson at his side, Holmes matches wits with his arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty, and faces his greatest challenge: a chilling mystery involving a kidnapped diva, scandalous letters, and London's seamy underworld.
Run: May 30 - June 22, 2008.

By Charles Morey.
Performed by: Rochester Civic Theatre.
ASL: Saturday, June 14, 8:00 PM.
Interpreters: Rebecca Wulff.
Tickets: $17, $14 senior, $12 student; 507-282-8481.
Location: Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Drive SE.
Website: Rochester Civic Theatre (www.rochestercivictheatre.org).
Description: This side-splitting backstage farce is a genuinely affectionate look into the world of a rustic New England summer theatre. We see a well-intentioned but over-matched company from outrageous auditions to ego-driven rehearsals through opening nights gone awry to the elation of a nostalgic season closing. Directed by Steve Kinney.
Run: June 6-15, 2008.

Performed by: Dan St. Paul, Kelly McDonald, Tim Bedore & Milt Abel.
ASL: Sunday, June 15, 5:00 PM.
Interpreters: Amy Bursch & Anne Rhodes.
Tickets: $22; senior/youth $19; 320-363-5700 or 5777 or email: DWolford@csbsju.edu.
Location: Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint John’s University, Collegeville.
Website: College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, Fine Arts Programming (www.csbsju.edu/finearts).
Description: These four fathers pride themselves on performing clever material about family life that has audiences laughing across America.
Run: June 15, 2008.

Music by Robert Waldman, Book & Lyrics by Alfred Uhry, Adapted from the novella by Eudora Welty.
Performed by: Minneapolis Musical Theatre.
AD & ASL: Sunday, June 15, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Interpreters: Elly Carpenter.
Tickets: Reduced to $18 (regular $25); 612-673-0404; 612-373-5639 or 5609; TTY 612-373-5655; email: accessible@orpheum.com; ASL/Audio Described Hotline: 612-373-5650.
Location: Hennepin Stages, 824 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.
Website: Minneapolis Musical Theatre (www.aboutmmt.org) or Hennepin Theatre District: Guest Services: ASL AD Performances (www.hennepintheatredistrict.org/guestservices/aslad).
Description: Set in 18th century Mississippi, this bawdy fairy tale is the story of the only daughter of the country’s richest planter, courted by the dashing robber of the woods. The proceedings go awry, thanks to an unconventional case of double-mistaken identity. Throw in an evil stepmother intent on the lass’s demise, her pea-brained henchman and a hostile talking head-in-a-trunk, and you have the recipe for a rollicking country romp with an infectious bluegrass score!
Run: June 6-29, 2008.

By D.L. Coburn.
Performed by: Jungle Theater.
AD: Thursday, June 19, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Tickets: Reduced to $10 (regular $26-36); phone: 612-822-7063 or email: boxoffice@jungletheater.com.
Location: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Avenue S., Minneapolis.
Website: Jungle Theater (www.jungletheater.com).
Description: Wendy Lehr and Bain Boehlke recreate the roles Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn made famous.
Run: May 30 - June 29, 2008.

By Jonathan Larson.
ASL: Friday, June 20, 8:00 PM.
Interpreters: Linda Gill and Carrie Wilbert.
AD: Saturday, June 21, 2:00 PM.
Describer: Rick Jacobson.
Tickets: 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100.
Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Main Hall, 345 Washington, Saint Paul.
Website: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, ASL and AD Performances, (www.ordway.org/services/access.asp).
Description: The winner of the Tony Award® for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, RENT is about being young, learning to survive, falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. RENT has made a lasting mark on Broadway with songs that rock and a story that resonates and now the smash-hit sensation of RENT returns to Ordway Center.
Run: June 17-22, 2008.

By Thomas Kilroy, directed by Marcela Lorca.
Performed by: Guthrie Theater.
AD: Saturday, June 21, 1:00 PM; sensory tour at 10:30 AM; Friday, June 27, 7:30 PM.
Describer: Cynthia Hamre.
Captioning: Sunday, June 22, 1:00 PM by c2 inc.
ASL: Thursday, July 10 & Friday, July 11, 7:30 PM.
Interpreters: Nancy Niggley & Evonne Bilotta-Burke.
Tickets: Reduced to $18 for AD/ASL (regular $24-69); captioning users half-off; phone: 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626.
Location: Guthrie Theater, McGuire Proscenium, 818 2nd Street S., Minneapolis.
Website: Access Services, Guthrie Theater (www.guthrietheater.org/accessibility).
Description: Irish playwright Thomas Kilroy exposes the private life between Oscar Wilde and his wife Constance. Set in a magical world that shifts in time, place, and perspective, this revealing play brings to light the wife few knew existed, bringing humanity to a woman searching for honor, truth and the peace that closure brings.
Run: May 31 – July 11, 2008.

Performed by: Bloomington Art Center Gallery Theater Company.
AD & ASL: Sunday, June 22, 2:00 PM – Sponsored by Bloomington Night Lions Club.
Describer: Cynthia Hamre.
Interpreters: Mary Catherine & Paul Deeming.
Tickets: $17, $14 senior/student, phone: 952-563-8575 or online.
Location: Bloomington Civic Plaza Black Box Theater, 1800 W Old Shakopee Road.
Website: Bloomington Art Center (www.bloomingtonartcenter.com).
Description: Aunt Hettie, a wacky, wealthy Republican, has been holed up in a New York City hotel with her young niece since 1932 when Herbert Hoover lost the election to "That Man," also known as FDR, and they vowed to remain secluded until a Republican is elected. But the old hotel is being demolished and the women face eviction and disgrace.
Run: June 6-22, 2008; Friday-Saturday 7:30 PM, Sunday 2:00 PM.

Performed by: Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus.
ASL: Friday, June 27, 8:00 PM.
Interpreters: David Evans.
Tickets: $23-43 (includes fees), child half-price; 612-624-2345.
Location: Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 4th Street S., Minneapolis.
Website: Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus (www.tcgmc.org) or Northrop, University of Minnesota (www.northrop.umn.edu).
Description: Love is a four-letter word, and it has been used by more composers than any other. With heaps of romance, intimacy and just pure love, the Chorus sings of that which makes eyes sparkle, hearts race, and palms sweat.
Run: June 27-28, 2008.

By Naomi Iizuka, directed by Lisa Portes.
Performed by: Guthrie Theater.
AD & ASL: Saturday, June 28, 1:00 PM; sensory tour at 10:30 AM.
Describer: Laura Wiebers.
Interpreters: Patty Gordon & Lauri Krouse.
Tickets: Reduced to $18 (regular $27-$57); phone: 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626.
Location: Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio, 818 2nd Street S., Minneapolis.
Website: Access Services, Guthrie Theater (/www.guthrietheater.org/accessibility).
Description: This haunting drama examines a legacy of guilt, while seeking possibilities of forgiveness and redemption. An American journalist arrives in Phnom Penh, granted a rare, career-making interview with a Khmer Rouge general accused of war crimes on the eve of his trial in front of a UN tribunal. But how well can the general defend his actions? Can the journalist wade through his subject's lies and accusations? And what surprising information is lurking behind this woman's happy facade?
Run: June 7-29, 2008.

By Mary Chase, directed by Steve Andersen.
Performed by: Theatre in the Round Players.
AD: Sunday, June 29, 2:00 PM.
Describer: Judy Nobles.
Tickets: $20, senior/student discount; phone: 612-333-3010.
Location: Theatre in the Round, 245 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis.
Website: Theatre in the Round Players (www.theatreintheround.org).
Description: The most well-known friendship of the American stage is between Elwood P. Dowd, liked by everyone in his small town as gentle and charming, if a mite odd, and Harvey - whom only Elwood can see. With its amiable humor and splendid lines, this batty comedy won the Pulitzer Prize and has endeared audiences for decades around the world.
Run: May 30 – June 29, 2008.

By Mary Chase.
Performed by: Commonweal Theatre.
ASL: Sunday, June 29, 1:30 PM.
Interpreters: Gail Devereaux.
Tickets: Half price (regular $25, student $12), phone: 507-467-2525, 800-657-7025, email: tickets@commonwealtheatre.org.
Location: The Commonweal, 208 Parkway Avenue N., Lanesboro.
Website: Commonweal Theatre (www.commonwealtheatre.org).
Description: The Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about Elwood P. Dowd, who is polite, cheerful and always ready to introduce his best friend, an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit named Harvey. Attempts to have Elwood committed raise the age-old question of who is more dangerous to society: the dreamer or the people who want to reform him. Run: Previews begin May 23; May 31 – October 25, 2008; Thursday-Monday evenings at 7:30 PM and Saturday & Sunday matinees at 1:30 PM.