Starting Gate Productions
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Starting Gate Productions is a small professional theater company based in Saint Paul, Minnesota
. Starting Gate performs mainly contemporary classic plays, mostly by American authors, though they make occasional forays into classical texts. The company emphasizes its production values—which tend to be very high compared to other small theater companies in the Twin Cities--and its development of actors through workshops. Starting Gate produced a large number of shows in its first few season and gained early success with critics and audiences. Recently, the producers in the company turned their attention to securing Equity actors for some of their productions.
Starting Gate opened its debut season in 2002 at the Loading Dock Theater as one of the few theater companies based in downtown St. Paul. The company performed there until 2005, when it transferred to the newly-renovated Mounds Theatre in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff
Neighborhood.
2003-2004: This is Our Youth (review 1; review 2); Period of Adjustment; Little Murders (review); Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; The Grapes of Wrath
2004-2005: Akespeareshay; Equus (review); Inspecting Carol (review); Prelude to a Kiss (review); Richard III
2005-2006: Man Saved By Condiments (review); Godspell; A Raisin in the Sun; Butterflies are Free; The Boys in the Band(review)
2006-2007: A View From the Bridge; P.S. Your Cat Is Dead; Amadeus; True West; King Lear
2007-2008: The Little Foxes; Anton In Show Business; The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window; The Hollow
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
. Starting Gate performs mainly contemporary classic plays, mostly by American authors, though they make occasional forays into classical texts. The company emphasizes its production values—which tend to be very high compared to other small theater companies in the Twin Cities--and its development of actors through workshops. Starting Gate produced a large number of shows in its first few season and gained early success with critics and audiences. Recently, the producers in the company turned their attention to securing Equity actors for some of their productions.
Starting Gate opened its debut season in 2002 at the Loading Dock Theater as one of the few theater companies based in downtown St. Paul. The company performed there until 2005, when it transferred to the newly-renovated Mounds Theatre in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff
Dayton's Bluff
Dayton's Bluff is a neighborhood located on the east side of the Mississippi in the southeast part of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, which has a large residential district on the plateau extending backward from its top. The name of the bluff commemorates Lyman Dayton, for whom a village and a...
Neighborhood.
Company members
- Richard Jackson -Artistic Director & Founding Member
- David Coral -Board Member & Graphic Design
Shows
2002-2003: A Lie of the Mind; Play It Again, Sam; Death of a Salesman; Jeffrey2003-2004: This is Our Youth (review 1; review 2); Period of Adjustment; Little Murders (review); Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; The Grapes of Wrath
2004-2005: Akespeareshay; Equus (review); Inspecting Carol (review); Prelude to a Kiss (review); Richard III
2005-2006: Man Saved By Condiments (review); Godspell; A Raisin in the Sun; Butterflies are Free; The Boys in the Band(review)
2006-2007: A View From the Bridge; P.S. Your Cat Is Dead; Amadeus; True West; King Lear
2007-2008: The Little Foxes; Anton In Show Business; The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window; The Hollow
External links
- Starting Gate Productions website
- Royce, Graydon; "2002 in Review: Onstage"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 22 December 2002
- Royce, Graydon; "Tribe of Zach: Microtheater director seems to be everywhere"; Minneapolis Star Tribune; 9 May 2004