FOR THE MEDIA

 

2020-2021

01.24.22 The regional premier of REDWOOD returns to the Jungle stage

09.22.22 The Jungle Theater launches 2021 – 2022 season with EVERY BRILLIANT THING

07.07.21 The Jungle Theater invites new voices to join the creative process by announcing members of new Artistic Cohort

06.30.21 Legacy Glassworks, LynLake Business Association and The Jungle team up to host the LynLake Street Art Series

04.20.21 The Jungle Theater Announces New Leadership Model, with Christina Baldwin as Artistic Director

02.18.21 Northern Stage has announced the 2021 recipients of the BOLD Theater Women's Leadership Circle grant

02.08.21 “Shine a Light” window displays return with “Love of Theater”

10.19.20 The Jungle continues to create with its Virtual Fall 2020 Season

08.04.20 The Jungle Showcases Local Artists in New Multimedia Art Installation “Shine a Light”

2019–2020

04.23.20 Sarah Rasmussen to Become Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre; Christina Baldwin Appointed Interim Artistic Director

02.05.20 The Jungle Presents the Regional Premiere of a Dance-Infused Family Dramedy “Redwood”

12.11.19 2019-20 Season continues with regional premiere of “A Doll’s House, Part 2”

09.05.19 Jungle Theater Reprises Holiday Hit Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

08.05.19 Jungle Theater Launches 2019-2020 Season with Wildly Original Musical Comedy “Ride the Cyclone”

2018–2019

06.14.19 The Jungle Theater Premieres Irreverent New Comedy About Parenting

03.27.19 The Jungle Theater Announces 2019-2020 Season

03.27.19 Lauren Keating to Direct Luminous New Play About The Power Of Human Connection

03.27.19 Jungle Theater Appoints Sarah Lunnie Associate Artistic Director

02.20.19 Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Comes to Jungle After Celebrated Run in New York

12.12.18 Jungle Theater’s Wolves Will Howl Again

11.20.18 Jungle Theater Starts the New Year with a Star Studded Regional Premiere

11.06.18 Jungle Theater Partners with Fallon, Creating Growth and New Relevancy

10.26.18 Jungle Theater Rekindles Jane Austen Magic with Second “Pride and Prejudice” Holiday Tale

10.18.18 Jungle Invests in Leadership and Growth with Appointment of Managing Director Shannon Robinson

8.14.18 New Adaptation of “Little Women” Commissioned by Jungle Theater Launches 2018 - 2019 Season

6.20.18 Irreverent and Hilarious “Hand To God” to Shake Up Jungle Theater This Summer

5.14.18 Jungle Theater Announces 2018 - 2019 Season: Three World Premieres and Four Hit Shows New to Twin Cities

4.26.18 Thomasina Petrus Brings Billie Holiday to Life in Jungle Debut Directed by Marion McClinton

2017

1.10.17 Jungle Theater Opens 2017 Season with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama

3.7.17 New Comedy Raises A Glass to Ghosts of the Past

5.9.17 Musical Comedy Shines Light Into The Darkness

8.7.17 Suspenseful Sci-Fi Thriller Grapples With Contemporary Issues in “The Nether”

10.7.17 Jungle’s First Holiday Show is a Sweet Jane Austen Treat

12.18.17 Two One-Person Shows With Music Kick Off The Jungle’s 2018 Season

2016

1.7.16 Jungle Theater’s New Artistic Director Opens 26th Season With Shakespeare Comedy “The Two Gentleman of Verona”

3.15.16 Science and Romance Collide in Stellar “Constellations”

5.19.16 “Le Switch” Brings Its Charm to the Jungle Stage Following Critically Acclaimed World Premiere In Chicago

7.21.16 New Jungle Play Tackles Timely Topics in Rolling World Premiere

10.6.16 Jungle Theater Presents Regional Premiere of New Sarah Ruhl Play

2015

2.26.15 At the Jungle, Kander and Ebb’s “And the World Goes ‘Round” Takes Off Like A Shot

5.14.15 The Jungle Theater Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Comedy Classic “You Can’t Take It With You”

8.21.15 The Jungle Theater Scales The Heights With Comic-Drama “Annapurna;” On Stage September 4 - October 18

10.1.15 Third Captivating Conor McPherson Play To Have Regional Premiere at the Jungle

2014

1.10.14 Regional Premiere of “Shakespeare’s Will” Opens at Jungle Theater February 7

3.06.14 Pulitzer Finalist, Obie-Winning “Detroit” Opens at Jungle on April 11

5.15.14 Jeffrey Hatcher Joins All-Star Cast in Jungle’s Summer Offering

10.2.14 Jungle Presents “On Golden Pond” November 7 - December 21

12.18.14 Jungle Opens 25th Anniversary Season with “Gertrude Stein And A Companion,” The Most Popular Production In It’s Repertoire

2013

5.7.13 Revolutionary “Urinetown: The Musical” To Occupy Jungle Stage

8.6.13 Sam Shephard’s “Fool For Love” Returns to the Jungle Theater

10.10.13 “Driving Miss Daisy” Makes Its First Journey to the Jungle Stage

2012

1.10.12 The Jungle Starts 2012 Season with Edge-of-the-Seat Suspense

2.25.18 “Deathtrap” Comes Alive on Jungle Stage

3.7.12 This “Birthday Party” Is A Wicked Celebration

5.12.12 Non-Stop Hilarity Keeps “Noises Off!” Going

7.30.12 Nathan Keepers and Jim Lichtscheidl Headline The Jungle Theater’s “Waiting For Godot”

10.2.12 Jungle Theater’s Season Climaxes With “In The Next Room”

12.21.12 Jungle Theater’s Season Opens with Hot Broadway Hit, the Regional Premiere of “Venus In Fur”

2011

1.13.11 Cheryl Willis Brings “Shirley Valentine” To Life at the Jungle

5.12.11 The Jungle Theater Presents “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” Stephen Sondheim’s Bawdy Musical Comedy Opens June 10

7.20.11 The Jungle Theater Presents Full-Throttle Contemporary Version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

10.10.11 The Jungle Closes 2011 Season With Award-Winning Tour de Force “I Am My Own Wife”

2010

1.16.10 Jungle Theater Opens 20th Anniversary Season With Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit”

3.23.10 Michelle Barber Makes Her Jungle Debut Playing Opposite of Stephen Yoakam in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

6.18.10 “The Mystery of Irma Vep” Reveals the Jungle Theater’s Outrageous Side

8.5.10 A Tale Of Dreams And Desperation: The Jungle Theater Brings Back “The Glass Menagerie”

10.15.10 Home for the Holidays Nathan Keepers Is Back From NYC To Revisit The Hilarious “Fully Committed”

2009

10.19.09 Playing Poker with the Devil: The Jungle Theater Presents the Area Premiere of Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer”