Photo Credit: Kevin McLaughlin
![Music Lovers - Winter 2010
Written and Directed by Alan M. Berks
Set Design by John Bueche
Sound Design by Mike Hallenbeck
Light Design by Wu Chen Khoo
With Randy Reyes, Nathan Christopher, Lindsay Marcy,
Jean Salo, Skyler Nowinsksi
Watch the trailer!
"Cooks like a band at the height of its power." - Minnpost.com
"Extraordinarily interesting" - City Pages
"An impressive piece of work" - Star Tribune
"Strong, visceral performances" - Pioneer Press
The Sense of What Should Be - Fall 2009
Written and Directed by Dominic Orlando
With Dylan Frederick, Joanna Harmon, John Middleton,
Christine Weber, Daniel Jimenez and Cory Hinkle
Check out the video on 3 Minute Egg!
“Dominic Orlando’s The Sense of What Should Be
comes as close as almost any new play I’ve seen in the
last ten years to being absolutely perfect.” - TC Daily Planet
“...a giddy, self-satirizing mix of comedy and pumped-up drama...
downright exhilarating, as full of ideas and distinctive performances
as anything you'll see this year.” -City Pages
“Orlando's writing [is] smart and layered, funny and dramatic...
In Dylan Frederick, Orlando has discovered an astonishing talent.
Frederick's work is taut, subtle, rich.” -How Was The Show
800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick - Spring 2009
By Victoria Stewart
Directed and Designed by Jeremy Wilhelm
With Luverne Seifert, Maggie Chestovich,
Ryan Parker Knox, Allison Moore, Mo Perry,
Kimberly Richardson, Clarence Wethern
LUVERNE SEIFERT, Winner of the 2009 Ivey
for his performance in 800 Words!
Named one of the tope ten productions of 2009 by Citypages
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
Previews
MNCREATE (Video) Profile of Luverne Seifert
Being Philip K. Dick Lavender Magazine
Citypages Star Tribune
Reviews
“Stewart juggles some heady material here,...but it's leavened with enough wit
and stagecraft to keep it accessible even for audiences that aren't hard-core
Dick fans. A stellar cast doesn't hurt either. Luverne Seifert fills the stage
to bursting in an earthy, yet transcendent performance as the writer.”
Lisa Brock, Star Tribune
Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press
David de Young, Howwastheshow.com
Planting Shelly Anne - Winter 2009
By Jeannine Coulombe
Directed by Kristin Horton
With Carolyn Pool, John Reidlinger, Katherine Kupiecki
and Renee Roden
A very funny drama for anyone who’s ever had a to-do list!
Previews
The Bridge
MPR
3 Minute Egg - January 28, 2009
REVIEWS
“Maybe it’s too late to plant the tulips. And the laundry can probably wait. Take a moment out of your own schedule to go see this show.”
- David de Young, Howwastheshow.com
Forgetting - Fall 2008
By Trista Baldwin
Directed by Daniella Topol
With Nick Crandall, Annie Enneking, Catherine Johnson Justice, Julie Kurtz
Three women who have lost their brothers weave through
a city on the brink of violence looking to drown their losses
Preview
THE PIONEER PRESS!
REVIEWS
"...[an] emotionally-charged and wise drama..."
- David De Young, HowWastheShow.com
"...a work that delivers both craft and sustained, raw-wire
feeling...it's likely that no two people will experience this play
in the same way, but it will be a stony heart indeed that it fails to move."
-Quinton Skinner, City Pages
"…[Baldwin] just as effectively shows her skill as a writer, wedding articulate observation with
humor and evocative imagery."
- Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press
SADGRRL13 - Spring 2008
By Cory Hinkle
Directed and designed by Jeremy Wilhelm
With Zoe Benston, Ed Jones, Garry Geiken, Nick Crandall, Clarence Wethern and Amanda Whisner
Gender is mutable, sex becomes a game, and reality shifts with a single keystroke
Previews:
Interview with Cory and Jeremy on MPR
MinnPost.com
Mnartists.org
Reviews:
“Sadgrrl13 hits with the brute force of a swan dive from a skyscraper into a wading pool- with the cameras rolling...It’s a powerhouse finish to their first season...
A risk-taking playwright, a brilliant director, and an amazing cast pull off this provocative play with an impact that punches you in the guy while filling your head with questions.“
-TC Daily Planet
GOD SAVE GERTRUDE - Winter 2008
By Deborah Stein
Songs by David Hanbury and Deborah Stein
With Annie Enneking, David Hanbury, Kate Durand, and Marlin Rothe
A punk rock riff on Hamlet. Featuring live performances by The Shortcuts!
Previews:
Interview with Deborah in The Rake
Minnesota Monthly Preview
Minnesota Artists.org Preview
Reviews:
“Fresh and fun, possessing sufficient brass to obviously revere
the greatest play in the English language while spray-painting
dirty words all over it...[Annie Enneking] is all feral charisma,
tough and full of burnt-out conviction.”
- City Pages
“Smartly funny and hip...chock full of real rock and roll at real concert volume...The music is great.”
- How Was the Show.com
Multimedia:
Carl from Lamb Lays With Lion shot this awesome short film:
http://nitroglycerinorion.blip.tv/file/667461/
Deborah and Dominic on MTN Access to Art:
http://www.mtn.org/accesstoart/watch/index.html
A SHORT PLAY ABOUT GLOBALIZATION - Fall 2007
Written and directed by Dominic Orlando
With Randy Reyes and Sara Richardson
A young FBI Agent travels to a Mexican border town
to find his missing sister, a journalist investigating the maquiladoras.
What he finds instead is that changing the economic rules
of human relationships may also change what it means to be human.
“One of the most original nights of theatre in recent memory.”
—City Pages
DOE - Spring 2006
By Trista Baldwin
Directed by Hayley Finn
With Annie Enneking, Casey Greig, and Tracey Maloney
A passionate collision sends two women reeling in a surreal hunt for self within the bounds of sex and love.
"A vigorous exercise in experimentation and transgression."
—Variety
ABOUT WORKHAUS
City Pages Feature
Star Tribune Feature
Dramatist Magazine Feature
Minnesota Artists.org Profile
For press inquiries, please contact Alan Berks at workhaus@gmail.com](Past_files/shapeimage_1.png)
Photo Credit: Kevin McLaughlin
Photo Credit: Kevin McLaughlin
Photo Credit: Kevin McLaughlin
Photo Credit: Rich Fleischman
Photo Credit: Rich Fleischman
Photo Credit: Kevin McLaughlin
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