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Manual Cinema is an Emmy Award-winning performance collective, design studio, and film production company bringing Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster to CTC January 8-March 9, 2025.

Mo Willems is an author, illustrator, animator, and playwright best known for his #1 New York Times bestselling picture books. Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster, at CTC January 8-March 9, 2025, is inspired by the...

Join us in celebrating the highlights of a great 2023-2024 Season and all those who helped make that possible! Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of our total operations. As a nonprofit organization, nearly half of our annual...

The 2023-2024 Season transported audiences of all ages to spectacular realms and showcased captivating stories from across the world.

We sat down with CTC Resident Teaching Artist, Johanna Gorman-Baer, to ask her some questions about what it’s like to be a Teaching Artist. Plus, she shares tips about getting into a career like hers that you won’t...

Eden Prairie Local News calls this year’s Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! “A cherished holiday tradition” and “A visual feast that enchanted audiences of all ages.” Read Rachel...

Meeting the Who family from Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is like stepping into a world of heartwarming chaos and joyful curiosity! Each cast member brings their own delightful touch to the Christmas cheer of Whoville.

We sat down with CTC’s Casting Director, Alli St. John, to ask her some questions about what it’s like to be a Casting Director. Plus, she shares some Dos and Don’ts of auditioning that you won’t want to miss!

Children’s Theatre Company is a proud part of Generation Now, a theatre partnership with the mission to not only expand the canon of theatre for multigenerational audiences, but to do so with intention for authentic representation of the communities...

Dean Holt is a Twin-Cities based actor and theatre artist. He is very happy to have the opportunity to sit in the director’s chair and share with you a story that is very near and dear to his heart...