The Sparrow

Written by Chris Matthews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen
Minnesota Premiere
Directed by Katy Helbacka
Direct from Chicago, comes this jaw-dropping original production by The House Theatre. It has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “a stirring, heart-wrenching original tale...that is a thrilling, riveting celebration of the power of imagination.” The Sparrow tells the story of an ordinary town coming to grips with an extraordinary girl. It’s packed with amazing stagecraft, pulse-pounding storytelling and even a little bit of magic. Part comic book, part summer blockbuster and part American fable, this show is a wholly original theatrical experience you won’t soon forget.
February 4-6, 11-13, 18-20 at 8pm

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Anika Thompson
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man – with a lot of loose ends. This wildly imaginative new comedy from MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl, will amuse, delight and move you. A work about how we memorialize the dead – and how that remembering changes us – it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
April 15-17, 22-24, 29-May 1 at 8 pm

The Who's Tommy

Music and Lyrics by Pete Townshend
Book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Directed by Andy Bennett
The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The original Broadway production was nominated for 10 Tony awards. Now, Northland audiences will experience the original rock opera like never before. Local performers join forces with area rock group Cars & Trucks to present one of the greatest albums of all time on stage in a new, thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime production. Follow Tommy as he changes from a deaf, dumb and blind boy, to a pinball champion, to a modern messiah. Packed with dazzling spectacle, show-stopping choreography and high-energy rock and roll, this is a production that will astound every last one of your senses. You’ve never seen or heard Tommy like this before.
June 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 at 8pm

The Sex Change

Written by Andy Bennett
World Premiere
Directed by Kelli Latuska
Luke and Robin’s marriage is on the rocks. They’ve been trying to have a baby for a year, and the stress and strain of trying and failing has them on the brink of divorce. In a last-chance move, they visit a therapist with a radical new treatment to help them see each other’s point of view: He puts his mind in her body and vice versa. This uproarious world-premiere comedy chronicles their attempts to get the ‘sex change’ reversed while dealing with love, marriage, friends – and sex – in a whole new way.
August 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 at 8pm

Reefer Madness

Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Music by Dan Studney / Lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Directed by Evan Kelly
Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a downward spiral filled with sex, violence, and evil jazz music. This dynamic show packed full of show-stopping numbers and outrageous comedy will go straight to your head!
October 14-16, 21-23, 28-29 at 8pm
October 30 at 10pm