October 10th, 2013
Gregory Berger-Sobeck, a top Los Angeles acting coach and MFA graduate of the Yale School of Drama (the same acting school that brought us Meryl Streep and Frances McDormand) will be giving a workshop here at Theatre B.
While pursuing an acting career in LA in 2007, Fargo-native Justin Barnum was looking for a good scene study class. After seeing a friend give a dazzling performance at a theater in LA, he couldn’t help but ask who her…
June 6th, 2013
Straw Hat Players are wrapping up their morning rehearsal on Friday, May 31 and are about to break for lunch.
Young adults dressed in loose t-shirts, baggy shorts and tennis shoes sit on the wooden floor and listen to a man dressed in similar clothing, sitting in a chair above them next to a music stand full of notebooks and office papers.
Full-length mirrors line the wall behind the man while ballet bars line the wall opposite. Posters of past Minnesota State University Moorhead shows…
April 11th, 2013
Most people probably know Duluth-bred comedian Maria Bamford from Target’s Black Friday commercials.
“Ah! Ah! It’s heeeeeere!” she yelped with the most intense facial expressions anyone has ever seen on a blonde “mother” clothed in a pleasant, red and white, button-up dress.
There is a good reason Target hired Bamford. She’s from the company’s home state – Minnesota. And she’s outrageously funny.
Like many comics, Bamford employs self-deprecating humor. But what makes…
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