Postponing our summer show 'Man of God'

In what has been such a challenging time, we have asked a lot of you--to stick with us when we postponed other mainstage productions, to be patient as we adapted our season, to figure out all the virtual technology alongside us, to support other organizations we love, to engage in the social reckoning, to view us as more than a performing arts company. 

We have asked a lot of you, and you took on the challenge, riding through every twist and turn on this craggy road to the other side of this mountain. Man of God will be an incredible show when Katie Bradley directs it in February/March 2022, but producing it as originally scheduled would just be another pit stop on this road trip.

As we’ve said from the beginning of this season, we are moving towards something grander, and grander is just in sight. That means forgoing a mainstage production in order to get our final ducks in a row to properly live in the new normal. Throughout the summer and fall, Theater Mu will be engaging in strategic planning and team building, putting the final touches on our studio revamp, finding ways to pay artists better with a more humane rehearsal schedule, coordinating ways to continue making our shows safe and accessible, organizing our in-person family reunion event at the end of August, and last but certainly not least… taking a breath. 

We have asked a lot of you, and you have met the call each time with grace and fortitude. You have inspired and motivated us to keep on keeping on. It has been a feel-good feedback loop that we hope hasn’t felt too one-sided. 

A postponement in the midst of reopening is a gloomy decision. But if we may forgo modesty for a moment, it is one of many decisions that has led us to produce more pandemic programming than any other theater in the Twin Cities, strengthen our relationships with like-minded theaters and organizations fighting injustice, and become nationally recognized as a Cultural Treasure. 

The road has been bumpy. But as we near our final stop. We’re looking up and watching the liquid light of the sunrise spill over the horizon and fill the land with gold. We’ve turned the final corner and it is indeed something grander.

Much grander.