UPDATE: Due to schedule conflicts with some of the cast, our reading of King John has been postponed. American Shakespeare Repertory will not be performing anything on the evening of September 7th. Fresh off our success at the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival, the American Shakespeare Repertory is returning to our critically acclaimed Complete Readings of [...]

William Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece closes TONIGHT at 7pm a the Theatre in the Round. This is your last chance to see the “tour de force” (TC Theater Connection) of its “oppressive intimacy” (TC Metro) “recalling ancient storytelling techniques that have lost none of their emotional potency.” (examiner.com). Sunday 8/14 – 7:00 pm Theatre in [...]

In February 2009, a woman named Samira Jassim in the Diyala province of Iraq confessed to organizing the rape of 80 women. The “shame” these women felt at being raped allowed Jassim to recruit them as suicide bombers to “redeem” their honor. No less shocking are the thousands of “honor killings” that take place every [...]

In 1592 a massive outbreak of the plague hit London (over the next two years 15,000 people would die). As was common during times of plague, the theaters were closed in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. Acting companies were forced to leave the city on tour and the demand for new [...]

Just three performances left for William Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece and one of them is TONIGHT: Tuesday 8/9 – 10:00 pm Thursday 8/11 – 5:30 pm Sunday 8/14 – 7:00 pm Theatre in the Round Players 245 Cedar Ave. Facebook Event

For those of you being introduced to the American Shakespeare Repertory for the first time with our production of William Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece in the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival, one of the distinguishing traits of the company is our “foundational” approach to Shakespeare. As part of the Complete Readings of William Shakespeare, we go [...]

The “opening weekend” of William Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece has been a rousing success. We’ve got three shows left: Tuesday 8/9 – 10:00 pm Thursday 8/11 – 5:30 pm Sunday 8/14 – 7:00 pm Joshua Humphrey of the Twin Cities Theater Connection podcast caught up with me at the Rarig Center on Thursday evening. He’s [...]

We’ve just finished our premiere performance of William Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece. We’re going to be back onstage tomorrow night at 8:30 pm at the Theatre in the Round. If you weren’t with us tonight, I hope to see you tomorrow! If you’re joining us here because you saw the show, then you know that [...]

William Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece premieres TONIGHT at 7pm at the Theatre in the Round at part of the opening night of the Minnesota Fringe Festival! Making our first two shows a big success is very important for getting the word of mouth rolling on the show, so please come early! (And come often!) We’ve [...]

Rape of Lucrece opens tomorrow! Time to get acquainted with the cast and crew who have made it possible… Cara Kluver Role: Lucrece Cara Kluver is a recent graduate of the Theatre Performance BFA program at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Most recently, she has appeared in readings of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, [...]