The Outer Limit of the Local Imagination Since 1993. Bedlam Theatre’s Mission is to produce radical works of theater with a focus on collaboration and a unique blend of professional and community art. Throughout it’s first decade Bedlam cultivated a distinctive aesthetic combining an overtly playful performance style with low-tech spectacle, bold visuals, experimental absurdism, both cuttingly-direct and nonsensically-obtuse satyric barbarism, socio-political imagination, and usually some live music. “More fun is had than in any six months of normal theater.” City Pages on 100 Years of Pure Shit: UBU ROI (1996) Today, Bedlam provides a steady diet of original, avant-garde for Minneapolis and regional audiences. Bedlam Productions vary from 5mins to Full Length and evolve through creative processes that can last 2 weeks to 10 years. As a venue Bedlam supports a year-round calendar of local, national and international artists, in theater, dance, music, puppetry, performance art and more. And as artists, we try new things, so that no year in fourteen has ever been exactly like the last. “..the gutsiest, riskiest theater around.” -StarTribune on freewheeling in the Attic of Whim (2001) Collaborative/Professional/Community. Bedlam Theatre builds culture and community through and around experimental performing arts – and their audiences. We support artists that challenge not just form and content but process as well on their adventure to reflect, celebrate and reinvent themselves and their society. We create an atmosphere of dialog with artists and audience. We provide direct engagement through our community programs and partnerships and frequently in our productions. Once you’ve joined the loyal following, chances are at some point you’ll cross the line from seeing theater to being theater. “You cannot exit Bedlam’s production without applauding the sheer daring of its young artists. Go to Bedlam Theatre because then, and only then, can you claim ownership of a truly broad spectrum of consciousness regarding what is possible in the fantastic world of live theater!” —Star-Tribune on TERMINUS (2002)
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