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St. Olaf College to award honorary degree to Dowling on March 11

St. Olaf College will award an honorary degree to Joe Dowling, longtime artistic director of the Guthrie Theater, during a convocation ceremony Thursday, March 11, at 11 a.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel.
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Panel Discussions Planned for Guthrie's Macbeth

The Guthrie today announced that it will again partner with the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools to offer two panel discussions with political and faith leaders from the Twin Cities following the February 16 and March 2 performances of Macbeth on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. The discussions, titled "Power and Corruption of Power: Reflections on Shakespeare's Macbeth," are free and open to the public, and will begin at approximately 9:30 p.m.
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Erin Schwab and Maud Hixon are COWARD'S WOMEN

The Guthrie is pleased to present Producing House's production of Coward's Women, March 30 - April 3 in the Dowling Studio. A musical celebration of Noël Coward and the women who influenced him, director Michael Todaro conceived the piece as a way to look at the famous writer's most defining relationships with some of history's greatest women. The 65-minute production features Twin Cities mainstays Erin Schwab and Maud Hixon, along with pianist Rick Carlson and a dynamic four-piece combo.
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Azudi Onyejekwe joins cast of Latte Da's VIOLET

Theater Latté Da today announced that Azudi Onyejekwe will join the cast of Violet in the role of Flick, the young black soldier who teaches Violet (played by Children's Theatre Company childhood star Britta Ollmann) about beauty, courage and what it means to be an outsider.
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Guthrie Celebrates Macbeth with Shakespeare Production Photo Retrospective

In honor of Macbeth, the Guthrie's 50th production of a Shakespeare play, we've created an online photo restrospective of past productions!
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Guthrie to present kid-friendly NT Live screening of NATION, Feb. 5 & 6

Live music, thrilling dance and spectacular puppets combine to bring to life the spectacular and surprising world of Terry Pratchett's Nation on the National Theatre stage. NATION is the third play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National's ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phèdre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe. NT Live continues with a worldwide broadcast of the National's acclaimed production of NATION, based on a novel by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Melly Still. 
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