18th Annual Ibsen Festival

April 17-19, 2015
The Commonweal Theatre
historic Lanesboro, MN

Kit Mayer design for The Master Builder

The Commonweal is preparing for its annual celebration of all thing Ibsen and Scandinavian: A weekend of events celebrating Scandinavian theatre, visual arts, music, dance, and food! The centerpiece is a world premiere adaptation of Ibsen's masterpiece The Master Builder.
 
The festival line-up features:

• Dr. Marvin Carlson of The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
• Designer Chat with Kit Mayer Commonweal Resident Set Designer
• Darrell Henning Norwegian American Domestic Architecture, former curator of the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum
• Photo Exhibit: The Stave Church in Norway: a visual tour of both interior and exterior displays of Norwegian craftsmanship.

Stave Church in Norway

Other events include Scandinavian cuisine, an Aquavit tasting, artist demonstrations, author talks and more!

Click here to see the full schedule of events: Ibsen Fest 2015 Schedule.
 
For more information on all of our Ibsen programming visit www.ibsenfest.org.
Or call Adrienne Sweeney, Ibsen Festival coordinator, at (507) 467-2905, ext. 208.

Original Shorts

Original Shorts, the staged readings of the winners of Theatre du Mississippi's 4th annual short playwriting contests will be held April 16, 17, and 18 at the Masonic Temple in Winona.

The four winning scripts will each receive a staged reading.

“Fade to Black” by Greg Freier of Norwalk, IA

“Reciting Emily Dickinson” by Tim J. Brennan of Austin, MN

“I Been There Before” by Lee Gundersheimer of Winona

“Don’t Email Him, He’s Dead” by Kathleen Peterson of Winona

The contest also named four honorable mention submissions:

“Hot Potato” by Emilio Degrazia

“Daves” by Daryl Lanz

“Johnny Shoemaker” by Rand Higbee

“Denying the Pleistocene” by Larry Greenstein

Original Shorts

Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18 at 7:30pm

Sunday, April 19 at 2:00pm.

Masonic Theater 

255 Main Street

Winona, MN

$5 admission

 http://theatredumiss.org

Auditions for Summer Production at Historic Bunnell House

Bunnell House Auditions this Friday at 7pm!
Masonic Theater - 255 Main Street, Winona

The Bunnell House to Reopen this Summer – Looking for Performers!

The Winona County Historical Society has teamed up with Theatre du Mississippi to offer a completely new historical experience at the WCHS’ historic house in Homer, Minnesota this summer. Visitors to the Bunnell House will step back in time with the Bunnells to witness the events of early Winona unfold.

This summer's performance, The Hired Girl Gets Married, will take visitors back to 1856 as the Bunnells ready the house for the celebration. It is a time for new beginnings, not only for a young bride, but all, as pioneers in a new land, forging a new life and new identity.

Auditions will take place Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m. at Masonic Theater (255 Main Street, Winona) The performances will run June 27 through August 2, with two performances each Saturday and Sunday. Evening rehearsals will start around May 21, with a more intensive period of rehearsals two weeks prior to the opening. Performers will be paid.

 Director, Paul Sannerud, is looking for ten actors to play the following five roles: Willard Bunnell, a rough frontiersman; Matilda Bunnell, Willard's strong but ladylike wife; John Dyer, a rough-and-ready itinerant preacher; Rachel Vennon, the innocent bride-to-be; and Harry Herrick, her bookish fiancé.
 Learn more about the historic Bunnell House at www.winonahistory.org.
Also visit Theatre du Mississippi online at theatredumiss.org