Thank you to everyone who joined us for our spine-tingling production of BROOMSTICK, featuring Cheryl Willis! Our season powers ahead with FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW performing for three nights only next week. And then, get ready for the hilarious holiday hit, SCROOGE IN ROUGE, back on our stage later this month. Join Open Eye for unique and unforgettable performances in November and support our creative community this Give to the Max Day!

Our season continues with our spine-tingling production of BROOMSTICK, opening next week! Learn about our PUPPET LAB artist residency and workshops, a rowdy adult puppetry slam, the return of our holiday hit SCROOGE IN ROUGE, and more. Join Open Eye for a season filled with quirky fun and unforgettable performances!

We just wrapped up a beautiful summer full of Driveway Tour performances around the Twin Cities and now we’re gearing up to launch our 2024 – 2025 Mainstage Season with MOONWATCHERS this week! Learn about upcoming FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW Workshops, a frightfully fun fall show, and more coming soon!

Get ready for an amazing 2024 – 2025 Season filled with unique and profound theatre, puppetry, storytelling, and music! This August, join us for Minnesota Fringe Festival shows, Minneapolis Puppetry Palate: A Taste of Puppetry performances, and Driveway Tour shows across the Twin Cities! Let's create unforgettable memories together!

We hope you had a wonderful PRIDE weekend! We celebrated by closing a successful run of ONLY UGLY GUYS as part of our Guest Artist Series. Thanks to all who joined us! Our summer is continuing with the magic of puppet shows across the Twin Cities and performances of LIFE SUCKS in Alexandria. Join us for FULL MOON puppetry workshops, apply to join our team, see Fringe shows at Open Eye, and more!

As a member of our community, you play a vital role in the future of our small arts nonprofit – show your support next week at our OPEN EYE BALL! Later in June, we’re celebrating Pride Month with ONLY UGLY GUYS, written and produced by Kurt Engh as part of our Guest Artist Series. Our summer Driveway Tour kicks off this week, and puppeteers of all experience levels will want to check out the latest FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW Workshop. Be part of our exciting kick-off to summer!

This week, Four Humors’ RASPUTIN resurrects at our theater, weaving a darkly comic tale of the infamous mystic’s demise. Apply now to host a Driveway Tour show in your back yard this summer, get tickets for a magical evening at our annual fundraiser, apply to be in the FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW this fall, see new experimental theater about modern romance in June, and more!

Experience cutting-edge puppetry as our talented PUPPET LAB residency artists showcase experimental new work! Apply to host a Driveway Tour show in your neighborhood, indulge in cinematic soundscapes, delve into the hilarious investigation of Rasputin's death, sign up for FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW workshops, meet our new Patron Services Manager Andy Whitman, learn about this summer’s Open Eye Ball, and more. There's something for everyone at Open Eye Theatre!

We're thrilled by the overwhelming success of Madeleine Rowe's HONEY, I’M HOME in our Guest Artist Series. Up next, the series continues with THE DOCTOR WEE-WOO SHOW, followed by the much-anticipated return of our PUPPET LAB FESTIVAL in April, showcasing innovative puppetry. Don't miss two nights of live music featuring the reunion of LITTLE LIZARD later in April, sign up to a host a DRIVEWAY TOUR show in your neighborhood, and mark your calendar for the OPEN EYE BALL on June 13! As we continue to enrich our community through the arts, there are numerous ways to get involved. Thank you for being a vital part of the Open Eye community!

Get ready for a hilarious solo show, a clowning workshop, and a quirky show based on a children’s TV program coming soon! In addition to our MainStage productions, Open Eye is deeply committed to curating and presenting a dynamic Guest Artist Series that highlights emerging local artists and innovative performing ensembles who tell stories in ways that are fresh, fun, and experimental. Find out what Open Eye artists are up to around town and get recommendations for productions you don’t want to miss. Join the fun, support unique voices, and be part of the Open Eye family!

New year, new thrills! Hot on the heels of a jam-packed fall season and sold-out holiday spectacular, we’re taking January to plan Open Eye's Winter-Spring line-up! Expect eclectic guest artists, whimsical puppetry (Puppet Lab Festival, anyone?), and the family-favorite Driveway Tour's triumphant return. Plus, a star-studded gala glitters in a secret new space. Ditch the resolutions, this season promises artistic adventure!

The holidays are upon us, and the spirit is already in the air thanks to an enthusiastic opening of SCROOGE IN ROUGE last weekend! Check out our upcoming PUPPET LAB artist cohort, wish a fond farewell to Lee Petre, and get festive with performances by Open Eye artists around town!

Our fall show with Girl Friday Productions has just been extended, we’re announcing a new holiday production, we’re welcoming FUSEBOX alum Gaia Mencagli back to the theatre this month, and we’re remembering the life of our dear friend Tommy Uldrich. Learn about what Open Eye artists are up to and more this month.

Following the resounding success of THE CHINESE LADY, we're gearing up for the debut of LIFE SUCKS, a thrilling collaboration with Girl Friday Productions, opening next week! We’re also inviting emerging puppet and mask artists to submit their applications for our prestigious PUPPET LAB program. Learn about what Open Eye artists are up to in the community and more this month!

We’re looking forward to seeing many familiar audience members back in our theatre, as well as new faces to Open Eye on our stage and behind the scenes, during opening weekend of THE CHINESE LADY. And next month we’re excited to bring in more new collaborators with the regional premiere of LIFE SUCKS, in partnership with Girl Friday Productions. Help us launch our fall season!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for LOCH MESS and the Open Eye Ball at The Bakken Museum and INVISIBLE FENCES in our theatre. It was a joy to share so much uplifting new work with you! You can still catch our Driveway Tour performances all over town this summer as we gear up for two captivating main stage productions in the theatre!

Our third outdoor musical at The Bakken Museum kicked off at the end of June to the delight of audiences and critics, the Driveway Tour is in full swing with shows all throughout the Twin Cities, we howled at the moon during our favorite rowdy puppet slam in town, we’re getting ready for the best party of the year next week…not to mention a dynamic new musical fable by two local superstars! Are you with us?

Our third outdoor musical at The Bakken Museum, the return of FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW under the stars, a captivating gala experience, the Driveway Tour performing two shows all around the Twin Cities, and a brand-new show by Kevin Kling and Gaelynn Lea…so much is happening in the next couple of months, and we can’t wait to share it all with you!

We just wrapped up a two-week run of experimental new puppetry work by our PUPPET LAB residency artists, and are now gearing up for a weekend with guest artists POPULUXE, the return of an outdoor FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW, a new musical by Josef Evans at The Bakken Museum, and more coming soon!

Join us this month for edgy new work by this season’s PUPPET LAB residency artists! We’re also launching online viewing of Allison Broeren’s FIRE IN MY VEINS, a funny and emotional storytelling show that touched audiences last month. Find out what else is coming soon at Open Eye!

This week we’re opening host opportunities for our annual Driveway Tour season with two shows that will tour the Twin Cities all summer long. In two weeks, join us for a very special show by award-winning storyteller Allison Broeren, followed by PUPPET LAB in April, and more exciting opportunities to connect with Open Eye and artists!

Next week the theatre will be full of activity again with the launch of a new show by our co-founder Michael Sommers. From there we have an abundance of new work and excitement upon us, including storytelling, music, mainstage productions, workshops, and more. Stay tuned for updates about the Driveway Tour, Puppet Lab, and more next month!

Happy New Year! We hope your 2023 is off to a wonderful (and snowy!) start. Behind the scenes at Open Eye, we’re planning a busy year, with new work, storytelling, puppetry workshops, our return to The Bakken Museum this summer, and more!

As the year comes to a close, we’re busy planning for next year, offering up a dynamic new series of FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW Workshops, launching our next PUPPET LAB artist residency, completing a stage renovation project, and more!

Thank you for being a part of our community! As we launch our Give to the Max Day campaign, we’re excited to be supported by a growing collective of audience members, artists, and collaborators engaging in our work. Find out how you can contribute to our future projects, see upcoming shows, participate in workshops, apply to create new work with us, and more!

October is chock full of dynamic programming, events to delight and fright in the theatre and outdoors, opportunities for artists and audiences to develop new work, be a part of the show, support the future of Open Eye, and more. Find out how you can connect and engage with us this month!

Thanks to our incredible community, we’ve had a bustling summer full of performances and events all around the Twin Cities and in our theatre. Find out about the culmination of our summer activities, our upcoming fall/winter season, and ways you can get involved and support the future of Open Eye!

After six months of intensive work, we’re proud to present four new shows by our PUPPET LAB residency artists for two weekends this month! If you haven’t had a chance yet this summer, be sure to catch a performance of our Driveway Tour show TUCKER’S ROBOT, join us in September for two new plays and workshops by Exposed Brick Theatre, and more!

We hope your summer is off to a beautiful start! Our Driveway Tour is in full swing, bringing family-friendly outdoor puppet shows to neighborhoods throughout the Twin Cities! Join us later this month for our annual Ice Cream Social, look forward to next month’s PUPPET LAB performances, and more. See you in our community or at the theatre soon!

Our newest musical by Josef Evans opens tomorrow night on The Bakken Museum’s beautiful green roof! And next week we’ll be gathering with our community, celebrating another year of Open Eye surviving and thriving during our annual Spring for Summer gala. We look forward to connecting with you!

The grass is getting green, the days are warming up, and it’s almost time for our next show on the roof of The Bakken Museum, our celebratory outdoor gala Spring for Summer, and of course, the Driveway Tour! After a busy few weeks filled with auditions, we have a full roster of artists for our summer programming, and are beginning rehearsals. We look forward to seeing you in June!

Happy Spring! Last month, we were happy to see so many faces back in the theatre for a nearly sold out run of ONCE UPON A WINTER’S NIGHT! Since the run closed, we are welcoming the change of season – we just announced the artist cohort for PUPPET LAB, the Twin Cities’ celebrated incubator program for emerging puppet and mask artists, and we’re gearing up for our next show on the roof of The Bakken Museum, Spring for Summer, the Driveway Tour, and so much more!