Guthrie Theater show invites audiences into a troubled situation room

January 24, 2019 at 10:03PM
Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw, for the Split Britches production of "Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)" by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Hannah Maxwell and directed by Lois Weaver. January 25 – February 10, 2019 in the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis. Photo by Stephen King.
Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw, for the Split Britches production of "Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)" by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Hannah Maxwell and directed by Lois Weaver. January 25 – February 10, 2019 in the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis. Photo by Stephen King. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)

Opens Friday: Revered experimental theater troupe Split Britches nods to "Dr. Strangelove" with a timely political satire that the Guthrie is importing as part of its series, "Get Used to It: A Celebration of Queer Artistry." Obie-winning performers Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver (who co-wrote the play with Hannah Maxwell) set the show in a situation room where the situation is increasingly out of control. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 7 p.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Thu. Ends Feb. 10, Guthrie Theater, 818 S. 2nd St., Mpls., $9, guthrietheater.org.).

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