List of theaters in Minnesota

This article contains a list of theatres in Minnesota.

Theatre list

• (Lumin) Theater Lab
• 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities
• 4 Community Theatre
• 8 Ball Theatre
• A Center for the Arts
• ABC Theater Company
• Absolute Theatre
• Actors Theater of Minnesota
• Aktion Club Theatre
• Albert Lea Community Theater (ACT)
• Andria Theatre (Previously Alexandria Area Arts Association)
• Amboy Area Community Theater
• American Shakespeare Repertory
• An Alleged Theatre Company
• Ananya Dance Theatre
• Anoka Community Theatre
• Appleseed Community Theatre
• Arbeit Opera Theatre
• Arena Dances
• Artistry
• Arts Nest
• Ashland Productions
• Asylum Theatre
• At the Foot of the Mountain Theater
• Augsburg University Theater
• Ballet of the Dolls
• Bard Shakes
• Barn Bar Theater
• Bearded Company
• Bemidji Community Theatre
• Benilde-St. Margaret's School Drama Department
• Bethany Lutheran College Theatre Department
• Black Dirt Theater
• Blackout Improv
• Blue Earth Readers Workshop
• Blue Earth Town and Country Players
• Blue Mounds Area Theatre
• Blue Water Theatre Company
• Brave New Workshop
• Bryant-Lake Bowl
• Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
• Children's Theatre Company
• Classical Actors Ensemble
• Commonweal Theatre Company
• Emigrant Theater
• Fitzgerald Theater
• Frank Theatre
• Green T Productions
• Gremlin Theatre
• Guthrie Theater
• Hardcover Theater
• Hennepin Center for the Arts
• History Theatre
• HUGE Improv Theater
• In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
• InterAct Theatre Company
• Illusion Theater
• Joking Apart Theater
• Jungle Theater
• Little Theatre of Owatonna
• Loring Playhouse
• Live Action Set
• Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts
• Minneapolis Theatre Garage
• Minnesota Association of Community Theatres (MACT)
• Minnesota Dance Theatre
• Minnesota Fringe Festival
• Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company
• Minnesota Opera
• Mixed Blood Theatre
• Mounds Theatre
• Mu Performing Arts
• Nautilus Music-Theater
• Off-Leash
• Old Log Theater
• Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
• Palace Theatre (St. Paul)
• Pangea World Theater
• Pantages Theatre
• Park Square Theatre
• Pence Opera House in Minneapolis, 1867 - 1952
• Penumbra Theatre Company
• Punchinello Players
• Ragamala Dance Company
• Rarig Center at the University of Minnesota (four theaters)
• Really Spicy Opera
• Red Eye Theater
• Sandbox Theatre
• Shakespearean Youth Theatre
• Skewed Visions
• The Southern Theater
• Stages Theatre Company
• Starting Gate Productions
• State Theatre (Minneapolis)
• SteppingStone Theatre
• Ten Thousand Things
• The Chameleon Theatre Circle
• The Historic Orpheum Theatre
• The Open Window Theatre
• Palace Theater (Luverne, Minnesota)
• The Playwrights' Center
• The Southern Theater
• Theatre de la Jeune Lune
• Theatre in the Round Players (TRP)
• Theatre L'homme Dieu
• Theater Latte Da
• Top Hat Theatre
• Torch Theater
• Umbrella Collective
• Uptown Theater
• Urban Samurai Productions
• Varsity Theater
• Walking Shadow Theatre Company
• Workhouse Theatre Company
• Yellow Tree Theatre
• Youth Performance Company

• 
  Bryant-Lake Bowl
• 
  Children's Theatre Company in the Minneapolis Institute of Art
• 
  Fitzgerald Theatre, Saint Paul
• 
  Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
• 
  In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Minneapolis
• 
  Jungle Theater, Minneapolis
• 
  Ordway, Saint Paul
• 
  Orpheum, Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
• 
  Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis
• 
  State Theater, Minneapolis
• 
  Brave New Workshop, Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
• 
  Rarig Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Theater awards

• Ivey Awards

Further reading

• Aden, Bob (1989). The Way It Was : A Highly Personal Account of the Old Log Theater's Early Years. Minneapolis: Old Log Theater.
• Guilfoyle, Peg (2006). The Guthrie Theater : Images, History, and Inside Stories. Minneapolis: Nodin Press. ISBN 1-932472-39-8.
• Guthrie, Tyrone (1964). A New Theatre. New York: McGraw-Hill. LCCN 64022458.
• Guthrie, Tyrone (2008). A New Theatre. expanded edition. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5360-7.
• Morrison, Bradley G.; Kay Fliehr (1968). In Search of an Audience. New York: Pitman. LCCN 68018783.
• Whiting, Frank M. (1988). Minnesota Theatre : From Old Fort Snelling to the Guthrie. Pogo Press. ISBN 0-9617767-2-2.
• Zeigler, Joseph Wesley (1973). Regional Theatre : The Revolutionary Stage. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0675-7.

Petrie, Carolyn (October 19, 1997). "Long Live the Theater: Here's how the strong survived. More than a dozen professional-level theaters here are 20 years old. What has kept them going? Passion, conviction, ingenuity, openness, and a sense of their place in the big picture". Star Tribune. p. 1F, 3F.