Live Action Set

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Live Action Set is an experimental theatre/dance performance company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company focuses on ensemble creation of new work and draws from the worlds of dance, drama, music, mime, clowning and visual theatre. Founded in 2003, the company has gone on to earn great critical praise and become one of the most influential experimental theatre companies in the Twin Cities. Their standout show, Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban, was the top-selling show at the 2005 Minnesota Fringe Festival. [1]

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[edit] Company Members

Noah Bremer
Megan Odell
Galen Treuer
Vanessa Voskuil

[edit] Awards

2005 Artists of the Year (with director Jon Ferguson)[2]
2005 Outstanding Experimental Theatre Work for Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban -Minneapolis Star Tribune
2006 Best Stage Production for Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban [3]

[edit] Shows

2003: Exposure
2004: Before Dark (review)
2005: Ice Cube; Storming of the Bastille; Hello Remember Me; Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban (review 1; review 2)
2006: Zombies on Ice; The Percussionist 2007: Desiderare: Desire the Undesirable 2008: The Piano Tuner; The Rite of Spring; Desiderare: Desire the Undesirable (Part Deux!)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "2005 MINNESOTA FRINGE RECORD NUMBER OF SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES"; Minnesota Fringe Festival press release; 17 October 2005
  2. ^ "Artists of the Year 2005; City Pages; Volume 26, Issue 1308; 28 December 2005
  3. ^ "Best Stage Production"; City Pages; Volume 27, Issue 1325; 26 April 2006