THEATRE B BLOG
Meet the Artist: Megan Orcholski
Megan Orcholski is making her first appearance in a Theatre B show, playing Vivian in The Sweet New. Megan is a gender, communication, and performance studies scholar who is no stranger to performing. She has dedicated most of her adult life to studying performance in...
Theatre B to Change Venues After Ten Years on Main Avenue
After spending 10 years at its current home of 716 Main Avenue in Fargo, the time has come for Theatre B to search for a forever home. The company is applying their celebrated creativity to their search for a performance space. The theatre is seeking proposals to...
Meet the Ensemble: Tucker Lucas
Born and raised in Fargo, Tucker is a man of many talents. He joined the B ensemble in 2007. He has participated as both an actor and director, as well as behind the scenes, designing sound, properties, and poster art. But his first love is video production. You can...
Meet the Ensemble: Maren Jystad-Spar
Jamestown native, Maren Jystad- Spar has been involved with Theatre B since 2011. The first paid employee apart from Carrie, Maren has also done some acting, costume design, and worked the box office. Theatre B (TB): Tell us a little about yourself, hometown and such....
Meet the Artist: Jacob Hartje
Jacob Hartje is making his second appearance on the Theatre B stage, as Cecil, in Equivocation. You may have seen Jacob performing with The LineBenders over the years. Jacob enjoys cooking, writing, and is a bit of a music fanatic. You can see him onstage in...
Meet the Artist: Mik Reid
Mik Reid is making his second appearance on the B stage, as Sharpe in this month’s production of Equivocation. Mik is a veteran performer, who has recently returned to theatre after a bit of a hiatus. TB: Tell us a little bit about yourself. MR: I grew up in North...
Meet the Artist: Matthew Collie
Matthew Collie is making his fourth appearance in a Theatre B production, as Shagspeare, in Equivocation. You may have seen him around town in the last couple of weeks making appearances as the Bard of Avon for this year's WinterArtsFest, a community-wide celebration...
Meet the Artist: Clare Geinert
Clare Geinert is making her second appearance on the B stage, as Judith, William Shakespeare's daughter, in our upcoming production of Equivocation. Originally from Jamestown, ND, Clare's been performing almost as long as she can remember. She enjoys knitting; she...
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Meet the Ensemble: Michael Sunram
Michael has been involved with Theatre B since its start. From cleaning the theatre to fixing sets, running lights to acting, he does it all. He is always willing to lend a helping hand and is truly dedicated to doing what is best for B. You can see Michael onstage...
Goodbye Brad
by Carrie Wintersteen Brad Delzer has been pushing me artistically for over ten years, first as a student in my Acting class at NDSU, then as a young director/performer in our Ensemble, finally as our first programming staff member at Theatre B. I often point to Brad...
A Farewell to the Farrens
by Brad Delzer If you ask any of us in the Theatre B Ensemble the reasons why we have an ensemble, you'll hear the phrase 'intentional family.' For us, who we get to make stuff with is just as important as the stuff we get to make. Making theatre can be terrifying;...
Finding Home and ‘The Art of Bad Men’
Guest post by Theatre B Ensemble Member Pam Strait When my husband accepted a job teaching at MSUM, I felt a bit lost. As a born and bred southerner, I never dreamed I’d be spending more than a decade of my life in the distant, exotic American Midwest. I didn’t know...
On devising ‘The Oil Project’
by Colin Holter I was recently asked how many productions I've had the chance to work on with Theatre B. When I counted them out on my fingers, the answer — six, including The Oil Project! — came as a bit of a surprise to me because it feels like six distinct jobs...
The Company of ‘The Oil Project’
Meet the devising ensemble of The Oil Project. These artists have spent the past several months researching, creating, and rehearsing The Oil Project, which premiere's August 13 & 14. The Company: Cole Bartels Cole is currently in his junior year at Concordia...
Vince is back in town!
The author of The Art of Bad Men, the opening production of our 13th season, is returning to Fargo. Vince visited in 2008 when we performed his play Kuwait. While in residence he worked with the company and lead playwrighting masterclasses at MSUM and NDSU. Thanks in...
The Oil Project
Theatre B and Plains Art Museum have collaborated to create a new theatre experience to close The Plains ‘Bakken Boom!’ exhibit. Devised by Theatre B Ensemble Members and Guest Artists, ‘The Oil Project’ chronicles the people and the pumpjacks of the Bakken oil play....
Guest blogger Monika Browne on Devising it Her Way
On Devising It Your Way by Monika Browne Many people ask what’s so special about Fargo. It’s in North Dakota - aka the freezer of the US - hours away from any major city, and there are few nationally-recognized cultural entities to draw artists for fame and fortune....
‘The Art of Bad Men’ Cast List
There was a tremendous amount of talent at auditions for The Art of Bad Men, which made making decisions challenging. Please join us on July 27th for conversation with the playwright, Vincent Delaney, and Mark Peihl from the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay...
Devise it your way
Join us for Devised Theatre Training! Lead by Chelsea Pace June 1 - 14, 2015 (6:30pm-10:00pm weeknights, 11am-6pm weekend days, no class June 7) What does it take to tell the stories you want to tell? What tools do you need to create your own works of theatre? This...