Inside Naked Stages: Sayge Carroll’s What Remains | Pillsbury House + Theatre

Inside Naked Stages 2026

Songs, Clay, and Memory

Sayge Carroll’s What Remains
November 12–14 and 19–21 at 7 p.m.
All three artists perform each night.

Sayge Carroll — What Remains, Naked Stages 2026

Sayge Carroll’s What Remains

In What Remains, Sayge Carroll brings together original songs, handmade clay instruments, and the rituals that guide her creative practice.

Developed through Naked Stages, the performance explores creation, memory, and change—and took Sayge somewhere she hadn’t expected.

“I wanted to bring together several threads that have been developing in my life for years: the songs I’ve written, the instruments I’ve built by hand, and the ritual structures that guide my creative process,” Sayge shares. “This piece is the first time they’ve shared one space.”

As she developed the work, it took an unexpected direction.

“The piece became a grief piece about my son, and I didn’t expect that. I came in with songs, instruments, and ritual, and the work led me somewhere I hadn’t planned to go.”

Having space to follow that discovery has been part of the process. What began as separate ideas gradually found a shared form.

“Over the course of the residency, those ideas have found their relationships to one another and become a cohesive piece.”

At the heart of What Remains is an invitation to recognize the value of our own stories.

“I hope people leave believing that everyone has a story worth telling,” Sayge says. “We’re all improvising our way through this life, and we are good enough.”

November 12–14 & 19–21 at 7 p.m.
Pillsbury House + Theatre
3501 Chicago Avenue S, Minneapolis
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Opening Night Reception

Stay after the show on Thursday, November 12, for free food and a chance to mingle as we celebrate opening night of Naked Stages 2026!

Explore Naked Stages

Naked Stages is made possible with support from the Jerome Foundation.
Photos by Valerie Oliveiro.

Community Gathering

Creative Legacies Lounge

You are invited to the Creative Legacies Lounge—a space to share food, inspiration, stories, and skills across artistic generations.

Come listen and reflect on our transformations along our winding creative journeys.

In December we feature Writer / Dancer / Educator Mary Moore Easter in conversation with Writer / Performer Essence Bonitaz.

Tuesday, December 1, 6–8:30 p.m.
Pillsbury Creative Commons
3529 Chicago Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Food, artistic legacy, creative community

This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department.

Remembering Amoke Awele Kubat

We honor our beloved multidisciplinary artist, colleague, Yoruba priestess, and justice warrior Amoke Awele Kubat, who began her transition to become an ancestor on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

She was a Naked Stages artist, participated in Memoir Workshops, and made fans with grandparents, parents, and their children at our INSIDE OUT 2023 — Grandma’s Love. She is deeply felt and deeply missed.

We honor her wisdom and extraordinary creative activity after 25 years as an early childhood educator in the Twin Cities, and her youthful international journeying and activism in caring for the people who need care.

She started Yo Mama’s House in North Minneapolis— an artists, activists, and healers’ collective centered on supporting and building networks of care for and between mothers.

She has been a researcher, agitator, and builder for systems of care that truly see and honor Black and Indigenous people and all living beings on the land.

These are her words from an article in MN Women’s Press in 2021:

I am continuing my journey from Elder to
Ancestor.

My prayers are these:

May my life have meaning and purpose
until the end of life as I know it.

May I greet my demise like an Olympic
team member relinquishing the baton
with my eyes still on the final line.

May I be welcomed in the Realm of my
Ancestral Pantheon.

May I be a revered Ancestor. May I
return born in the loving arms of my
descendants. Ase. (May it be so).

— Amoke Kubat

Community Opportunities

Call for Artists

University of Minnesota Exhibits 2027–2028

The U of M is planning its calendar of exhibits for the 2027–2028 school year and is currently advertising a Call to Artists.

“We are looking to host quality artwork by University of Minnesota students and artists from the Twin Cities community and beyond with effort to make art tangible and accessible to the student body at the University of Minnesota.”

To apply, include:

1–3 high-resolution images (300 dpi) of your work
Contact information: email, phone number, and address
Artist biography, statement of work, and résumé

Submissions due March 5, 2027.
Applicants will be notified by April 23, 2027.

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Free Online Workshop

Twin Cities Documenters

Program Orientation & Public Meetings 101

Twin Cities Documenters, a program at MinnPost that brings together community members to help its newsroom cover local government meetings, has free online workshops coming up.

Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Program Orientation

This two-hour, online, interactive workshop is designed to equip attendees to take paid assignments contributing to MinnPost’s local government coverage.

It covers some of the same information as Public Meetings 101, but goes deeper into note-taking and summarizing.

Because coverage is focused on Ramsey and Hennepin counties, mostly Minneapolis or St. Paul, this orientation is designed for current residents or people with close connections to the area.

Questions? Contact jrenzetti@minnpost.com .

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