A Season of Art, Belonging, and Collective Creativity
Minneapolis, MN — December 2025
Pillsbury House + Theatre (PH+T) proudly announces its 2026 season: HOME — a year of bold performance, community‑rooted programming, and creative collaboration centered on the idea of home as sanctuary, launchpad, and place for transformation.
Building on more than 35 years as a creative home for artists, neighbors, and visionaries, PH+T’s 2026 season invites the public into creative explorations and experimentations that reflect and conjure belonging through mainstage theatre, artist residencies, education, and large‑scale community activations across Pillsbury House + Theatre and the newly opened Pillsbury Creative Commons (PCC).
“Throughout our history, PH+T has been home to thousands of artists and community members,” say Co‑Artistic Directors Signe V. Harriday and Noël Raymond. “As we step fully into the next chapter of our work, we are inviting our community to experience, define, and claim what ‘home’ means through art, connection, and imagination.”
2026 Mainstage Production
Nina Simone: Four Women
Written by: Christina Ham
Directed by: Faye M. Price
Performance Dates: September 2026
PH+T’s 2026 mainstage production is Nina Simone: Four Women, a powerful work set during the height of the Civil Rights Movement that imagines a conversation between Simone and three other Black women whose lives inspire her anthem “Mississippi Goddamn.”
This production reunites the play’s original cast — Regina Marie Williams, Aimee K. Bryant, Thomasina Petrus, and Traci M. Shannon — and welcomes back former PH+T Artistic Director Faye M. Price to lead this powerful homecoming.
2026 Makers Series
PH+T’s Makers Series continues as a platform for visionary artists developing work at the intersection of performance and social justice.
Born on the 4th of July — Queen Drea
A multidisciplinary performance tracing Black migration, land ownership, and cultural legacy from Mississippi to Minnesota.
Premiering: INSIDE OUT 5 Block Party, July 25, 2026
Supported in part by: American Composers Forum
Untitled (for Palestine & Paha Sapa) — Body Watani Dance
A three‑year research and performance project by Palestinian sisters Leila and Noelle Awadallah, exploring the relationship between Palestine and the Black Hills through embodied storytelling, ancestral memory, and future visions of liberation.
PH+T Co‑Presents: Home for Collaboration
PH+T continues to share its stage with powerful community partners through two major co‑presentations.
Drag Story Hour MN: Shimmering Waves
Featuring Doña Pepa, Sid Sity, and Old Man Zimmer
Performance Dates: February 21 & March 21, 2026
All At Once Collective
A Twin Cities‑based collective of puppeteers of color presenting new works developed through story circles with BIPOC residents of South Minneapolis.
Performance Dates: June 4–7 & June 11–14, 2026
Programs, Fellowships & Artist Development
PH+T continues its commitment to community and artist development through the following programs:
Chicago Avenue Project (CAP) — Celebrating 30 Years
A nationally recognized youth arts program pairing young people with professional artists.
McKnight Fellowships for Community‑Engaged Artists
Fellowship Period: June 2026 – May 2027
Applications Open: January 26, 2026
Naked Stages Fellowship
Fellowship Period: April – November 2026
Applications Open: January 5, 2026
Technical Arts Training @ Pillsbury
Paid training for careers in technical theatre and production.
Next Training Begins: January 26, 2026
Application Deadline: December 5, 2025
2026 Training Sessions:
Jan 26–Feb 6 | May 11–22 | Aug 10–21
Apply for Technical Arts Training
Pillsbury Creative Commons & INSIDE OUT 5
PH+T’s work is further expanded through the ongoing activation of the Pillsbury Creative Commons (PCC) — a new center for arts, media, workforce development, and community celebration.
INSIDE OUT 5 — July 25, 2026
A community block party featuring performances, music by KRSM DJs, food, and family arts activities.
KRSM 98.9 FM
Broadcasting live from PCC, offering multilingual programming and media training for youth and community members.
Supporting the Future of Artists
Introducing the $300K Creative Futures Fund
In 2026, Pillsbury House + Theatre will launch the $300,000 Creative Futures Fund, a bold new investment in the future of youth creative development. Building on the 30‑year legacy of the Chicago Avenue Project, this fund will support a continuum of arts programming for young people — from pre‑K through early adulthood — led by working professional teaching artists.
The Creative Futures Fund helps sustain and expand CAP’s long‑standing commitment to nurturing imagination, storytelling, and artistic growth in our youth.
Give to the Creative Futures Fund
About Pillsbury House + Theatre
Pillsbury House + Theatre creates powerful art that strengthens communities. Through performance, education, and community engagement, PH+T centers accessibility, equity, and creative transformation.
Now in its 35th year and part of Pillsbury United Communities, PH+T is a nationally recognized model for community‑based theater that brings artists and audiences closer to one another — and to the work of building a just society.