Best Theater with a Skimpy Budget - Walking Shadow Theatre Company - 2013 Best of MN

May 19, 2013 at 2:46PM
David Pisa, Executive director, Amy Rummenie, co-artistic director and John Heimbuch, co-artistic director of Walking Shadow. In production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. [ STAR TRIBUNE/TOM WALLACE Assignments #20027963A March 19, 2013 SLUG 930857 SMALL032413 EXTRA INFORMATION Walking Shadow is rehearsing ÒGross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.Ó Amy Rummenie is directing. Craig Johnson is the actor playing Wilde. Casey Hoekstra is Lord A
David Pisa, Executive director, Amy Rummenie, co-artistic director and John Heimbuch, co-artistic director of Walking Shadow Theatre Company (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Talk about squeezing nickels until the buffalo farts. Walking Shadow Theatre Company consistently makes Boeuf Bourguignon on a Hamburger Helper budget. John Heimbuch, Amy Rummenie and David Pisa prove that the right aesthetic, sharp direction and attention to acting can succeed. And they don't look cheap doing it. Their set and costume designs and a strong technical capability testify in favor of these overachievers. walkingshadowcompany.org

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