2025-26 Season
DON’T MISS DORIS HINES
September 18 - October 12, 2025
by TyLie Shider
directed by Richard D. Thompson
When Doris Hines, a promising nightclub singer, moves to Minneapolis from Yonkers, NY, her young marriage is on the rocks, but she is determined to establish a career in show business in an effort to raise her six children in a post WWII society. Reputedly, Nat King Cole told Ella Fitzgerald, "DO NOT Miss Doris Hines!" and she didn't. This quote encompasses Doris' career in show business, and playwright TyLie’s Shider’s interest in adapting her relatively unsung story for the stage. Doris Hines is the mother of Gary Hines, director of the world-renowned musical group, THE SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS. The group has received three Grammy Awards, among other awards and accolades.
ROLLICKING! A WINTER CARNIVAL MUSICAL
November 20 - December 21, 2025
book and co-lyrics by Rachel Teagle
music and co-lyrics by Keith Hovis
directed by Richard D. Thompson
book and co-lyrics by Rachel Teagle
music and co-lyrics by Keith Hovis
directed by Richard D. Thompson
When Saint Paul city architect Clarence “Cap” Wigington is tasked with designing a glorious ice palace for the Winter Carnival, he and his wife Viola get much more than they bargain for when the magic of the Carnival enters their lives. With a gust of icy wind, Viola and Cap are whisked away into the realm of King Boreas and find themselves at the center of the epic myth that drives the festival. In a journey through both myth and history, they meet Minnesota figures from 19th century amateur poets to champion snowmobile racers, all of whom helped make the Winter Carnival a lasting and marvelous tradition. Explore the strange and wonderful world of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival and the resilience, imagination, and heart that make Minnesota such a wonderful place, especially in the snow.
WHOOSH!
January 29 - February 22, 2026
By Andrew Erskine Wheeler
directed by Allison Vincent
with music by The Lost Forty
By Andrew Erskine Wheeler
directed by Allison Vincent
with music by The Lost Forty
WHOOSH! is a raucous, comical, emotionally gripping ghost story performed by solo artist Andrew Erskine Wheeler, performing multiple characters, and involving Minneapolis’ St. Anthony Falls in the days immediately following Minnesota’s involvement in the Civil War. Wheeler weaves an emotionally gripping ghost tale using song and storytelling to recount his Irish ancestor’s intersectional history with St. Anthony Falls and Minneapolis, known respectively as Owámniyomni and Gakaabikaang in Dakota and Anishinaabe.
This story was first performed in an award-winning production at the 2022 MN Fringe Festival. In the History Theatre's expanded production, folk musicians The Lost Forty will accompany the production. “captivating performance…it's a beautiful story that combines local history, ghost stories, Greek tragedies, Irish music, and the trauma of war and loss.” - Cherry and Spoon
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
March 19- April 12, 2026
by Sandra Struthers
directed by Laura Leffler
directed by Laura Leffler
Hungry Like the Wolf is a fast-paced, irreverent comedy exploring the first American bank strike and fight for women's labor rights, an '80s TV movie flop, a starlet's battle with McCarthyism, and a young woman's obsession with Duran Duran. In this coming-of-age story, audiences will learn about the Willmar Eight—the eight women who led the famous 1977 strike—the film made about them, and Lee Grant—the fascinating actress-turned-director who told their story. Hungry Like the Wolf blends personal narrative storytelling, sketch comedy, off-kilter game shows, and totally tubular 80's hits! While playful and humorous, this show invites audiences to ask, How can we draw upon humor and fellowship to dream of a better tomorrow?”
COURTING HARRY
May 14- June 7, 2026
by Lee Blessing
directed by Joel Sass
by Lee Blessing
directed by Joel Sass
Follow Minnesota natives Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justice Harry Blackmun, lifelong friends whose strong bonds are tested by the momentous decisions before them. Burger and Blackmun were best friends growing up in the same St. Paul neighborhood, and they remained close despite their differing career paths, not to mention their often conflicting personal and political ideologies. But when Richard Nixon appointed them both to the highest court in America, they found themselves at odds over some of the most controversial legal cases in American history.
“It is excellent drama, rich history and illuminating psychology — just what theater should be.” - Star Tribune
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