Naked Stages 2026

November 12–14 and 19–21

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October 22 Newsletter

Pillsbury House + Theatre

Three Artists. Three Original Works. One Evening.

Naked Stages 2026

November 12–14 and 19–21 at 7 p.m.
All three artists perform each night.

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Naked Stages 2026

Space to Experiment

What happens when artists have the space to experiment, take risks, and bring new ideas to the stage?

This November, Naked Stages brings together three Minnesota performance artists exploring sound, movement, memory, and transformation through original works developed as part of Pillsbury House + Theatre’s artist development program.

Naked Stages invites audiences to experience new performance work as it takes shape, offering a look at the distinct artistic practices of three emerging Minnesota artists.

November 12–14 & 19–21 at 7 p.m.
Pillsbury House + Theatre
3501 Chicago Avenue S, Minneapolis
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Content notice: Persona includes strobe lighting and flashing effects.

Naked Stages is made possible with support from the Jerome Foundation.

Photos by Valerie Oliveiro.

Experience All Three Performances

Sayge Carroll — What Remains

Handmade clay instruments, original songs, and a ritual recipe book explore the relationship between creation, memory, and change.

J.H. Shuǐ Xiān — closed for the season

A performance offering space for exhaustion, rage, and renewal, asking what it takes to care for ourselves and begin again.

Carol Trindade — Persona

Drawing from Butoh, this solo performance explores identity, the unconscious, and the masks we wear.

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Thank You for Joining Us at INSIDE OUT 5!

INSIDE OUT 5 community celebration

Thank you to everyone who joined us on October 17!

Neighbors gathered across the Pillsbury House + Theatre campus to share food, dance to KRSM DJs, explore artists’ work, receive care, and connect with community resources. Together, you brought this year’s theme, Vitality, to life.

Thank you to our community partners: zAmya Theatre Project, Agape, AIOIC, Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association (PPNA), Twin Cities Coalition for Justice, Hennepin County Economic Development, Hennepin Health, Healthcare Reparations Cooperative and helpers, Community Healers, Mire Regulus, PLEDGE, SoulSpeak Expressions, and MSS. A special thank-you to Tessa and Antilla for your help!

We’re grateful to KRSM Radio, Brass Solidarity, our marketplace artists, and the artists whose work appeared in Makers Series on Screen; Cooks of Hope for feeding our community; Full Cycle for supporting prizes; and everyone who offered their time and care in the Community Care Zone.

Thank you also to Justice for the People Legal Center, American Composers Forum, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota for supporting this community celebration.

INSIDE OUT 5 was presented by Pillsbury House + Theatre and Pillsbury Creative Commons, with funding provided in part by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Forward, and the City of Minneapolis 2026 Great Streets Business District Support Program.

To our staff, volunteers, partners, and neighbors: thank you for making space to care for one another and celebrate South Minneapolis.

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Original Technology Garden

Original Technology Garden

Our bodies, souls, sound, movement, intelligence, and connections are our original technology. This session is focused on SOUND.

Join PH+T Community-Engaged Artist Mankwe Ndosi and composer/producer/magician Maje Adams to work sound as portal, as medicine, as tending for self and community.

This is a participatory experience—using sound to tend our insides and our spirits. No performing, but meditation, collective vibe making, and energetic skill building. Bring water, a pillow, and willingness to play with self and others.

Wednesday, October 28, 7–9 p.m.
Pillsbury Creative Commons

Three Houses at Theatre Elision

Three Houses

At Theatre Elision
By Dave Malloy
October 22–November 7, 2026

Three Houses is a post-pandemic open mic night parable about magic, madness, and the end of the world. Three people, each alone in their respective homes, haunted by their grandparents… And all three hear the Big Bad Wolf scratching at the door.

Come dance with your wolf at the Twin Cities premiere of Dave Malloy’s Three Houses.

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Dear Friend 2: An Immersive Art Experience

Support Dear Friend 2

An Immersive Art Experience

Minneapolis multidisciplinary artist Salma Hamari is raising funds for Dear Friend 2, a free, week-long immersive art exhibition exploring memory, identity, belonging, and connection.

Through projected landscapes, light, water-inspired movement, botanical forms, and handwritten reflections, the exhibition will create a space for visitors to engage with art and one another.

With a focus on accessibility and welcoming BIPOC and disabled communities, Dear Friend 2 aims to make art accessible without the barrier of admission fees.

The project is seeking $25,000 through Kickstarter by November 16, 2026, to support exhibition space, artist labor, accessibility resources, and installation materials.

Support the campaign and help bring Dear Friend 2 to Minneapolis.

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