Live Action Set

Live Action Set is an experimental theatre/dance performance company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company focuses on ensemble creation of new work and draws from the worlds of dance, drama, music, mime, clowning and visual theatre. Founded in 2003, the company has gone on to earn great critical praise and become one of the most influential experimental theatre companies in the Twin Cities. Their standout show, "Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban", was the top-selling show at the 2005 Minnesota Fringe Festival. [ [http://www.fringefestival.org/pdf/press/20051017_fringe1.pdf "2005 MINNESOTA FRINGE RECORD NUMBER OF SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES"] ; Minnesota Fringe Festival press release; 17 October 2005]

Company Members

Noah Bremer
Megan Odell
Galen Treuer
Vanessa Voskuil

Awards

2005 Artists of the Year (with director [http://jonfergusontheater.com/ Jon Ferguson] ) [ [http://citypages.com/databank/26/1308/article13990.asp "Artists of the Year 2005] ; City Pages; Volume 26, Issue 1308; 28 December 2005]
2005 Outstanding Experimental Theatre Work for "Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban" -Minneapolis Star Tribune
2006 Best Stage Production for "Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban" [ [http://citypages.com/bestof2006/artsandentertainment/bestof2940.asp "Best Stage Production"] ; City Pages; Volume 27, Issue 1325; 26 April 2006]

hows

2003: "Exposure"
2004: "Before Dark" ( [http://www.matthewaeverett.com/columns/detail.php?articleID=390 review] )
2005: "Ice Cube"; "Storming of the Bastille"; "Hello Remember Me"; "Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban" ( [http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1288/article13577.asp review 1] ; [http://citypages.com/databank/26/1298/article13788.asp review 2] )
2006: "Zombies on Ice"; "The Percussionist"
2007: "Desiderare: Desire the Undesirable"
2008: "The Piano Tuner"; "The Rite of Spring"; "Deviants"

External links

* [http://www.liveactionset.org/ Live Action Set website]
* [http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=96801 "Radio mnartists: Live Action Set"] mnartists interview
*Skinner, Quinton; [http://www.citypages.com/databank/27/1338/article14564.asp "Spotlight: The Percussionist, Holiday House"] ; City Pages; Vol. 27, Issue 1338; 26 July 2006
*Darst, Lightsey; [http://www.mspmag.com/entertainment/people/28360.asp "Four is Enough: Minneapolis St.Paul Magazine"] ; July 2006

References