'The Chair-Builders': A couple finds magic in a Little Free Library

August 8, 2016 at 7:59PM
Gemma Irish and Mark Sweeney in "The Chair-Builders."
Gemma Irish and Mark Sweeney in "The Chair-Builders." (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

What if you could let go of all of your fears? That's the premise of Gemma Irish and Mark Sweeney, playing a young couple whose chance encounter with a magical Little Free Library and its mysterious librarian (Megan Kelly Hubbell) offers a new way of being. The performers exude tons of charm but the simple plot could have used a complicating circumstance or two to liven it up. Sweeney's alluring original music will win you over, however. (7 p.m. Tue., 8:30 p.m. Fri., 1 p.m. Sun., Phoenix Theatre, 2605 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.)

SHEILA REGAN

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