off-leash area: contemporary performance works

Tickets for our Stillwater leg of the Neighborhood Garage Tour are going fast! AND drum roll please...........

We now have a tent to cover the audience in case of rain! 🌦

Find your tickets for "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century" today at https://ticketstripe.com/off-leash-area-events

If you missed us this morning on Fox News, don't worry! You have THREE more chances to come see the real thing. We are ecstatic to be in Bloomington this weekend with "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century" (and Stillwater next weekend!). Get your tickets today at https://ticketstripe.com/off-leash-area-events

Tune in to Fox News tomorrow morning to see the 2024 Neighborhood Garage Tour featured! We'll be on at 6:45, 7:35, and 8:40am 🥳

Tickets are still available to see our 2024 NGT production of "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century" in Bloomington and Stillwater. Find yours today at: https://ticketstripe.com/off-leash-area-events

Thank you Saint Anthony for an amazing opening weekend of the 2024 Neighborhood Garage Tour! You can catch this fabulous show in Bloomington this weekend, or Stillwater next weekend. Buy your tickets today at https://ticketstripe.com/organizer/9376147663345632

Introducing Jaclyn Mack! She has been a whiz maintaining our costumes for the 2024 NGT. Opening night is THIS FRIDAY in Saint Anthony, make sure you get your tickets before they run out!

Jaclyn Mack is a passionate creative artist, who keeps busy with film, theatre, music, modeling, dance, stage combat, choreography, costuming, and prop design. Jaclyn has had the honor to costume for countless film, stage productions, and event experiences throughout the Twin Cities over the last six years. Her spare moments in life are filled with the pursuit of exquisite coffee and the discovery of beauty in everyday life. Jaclyn is thrilled to be collaborating with OFF-LEASH AREA again and loves them for their mesmerizing, adept use of expressive storytelling.

T-11 days until the first performance of our 2024 Neighborhood Garage Tour! Come see "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century" in Saint Anthony, Bloomington, and Stillwater September 6-22. Get your tickets today at https://ticketstripe.com/off-leash-area-events

Introducing Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, performing in "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century" on our 2024 Annual Neighborhood Garage Tour!

Jesse Schmitz-Boyd (he/him) is Twin Cities-based dance artist known for his work as a performer, choreographer, and arts educator. He holds a degree in Dance and Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Jesse’s choreography has been showcased at The Southern Theater, The Lab Theater, The Ritz Theatre, the Minnesota Fringe Festival, DanceBarn Festival in Battle Lake, MN, and Movement Arts Day in Eau Claire, WI. He is the founder and artistic director of Rogue and Rabble Dance, which gained recognition with their 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival show, 35 Different Angles From Which to Hate Yourself, named one of the festival’s ten must-see shows by the Star Tribune. Rogue and Rabble Dance also received a Golden Lanyard Award for their 2022 Fringe production, TRAITOR.

In addition to his work with Rogue and Rabble Dance, Jesse has performed with Off-Leash Area at the Cowles Center and across Minnesota as part of the company’s Neighborhood Garage Tour and is currently in his 11th season with Alternative Motion Project.

Jesse has been teaching dance, movement, and performance to a wide range of students—from youth to professional dancers— since 2003. He is currently on the faculty at The Children’s Theater Company and Ashley Ballet Arts Academy.

We are excited to announce our 2024/25 Off-Kilter Cabaret theme: Human Alchemy! Performances run April 11-13

Stay tuned for our artist submissions call opening September 15!

We are excited to announce our 2025 Off-Kilter cabaret theme: Human Alchemy! Performances run April 11-13 at The Jungle Theater

Stay tuned for our Artist Submissions call, opening mid-September!

Tickets for our eighth annual Neighborhood Garage Tour go on sale this Sunday! Mark your calendars to get your tickets for "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century", a fun and imaginative tale told with both raucous comedy and whimsical beauty.

Join us for a neighborhood gathering on a beautiful autumn evening in the most surprising and Midwestern of venues, a 2 car residential garage, where we prepare together to take off on an adventure of the imagination far, far into the future!

For more information, click the link in our bio.

Photo credit: .cameron

Tickets for our eighth annual Neighborhood Garage Tour go on sale this Sunday! Mark your calendars to get your tickets for "The Medicine Show of the 25th Century", a fun and imaginative tale told with both raucous comedy and whimsical beauty.

Join us for a neighborhood gathering on a beautiful autumn evening in the most surprising and midwestern of venues, a 2 car residential garage, where we prepare together to take off on an adventure of the imagination far, far into the future!

For more information, visit https://www.offleasharea.org/the-medicine-show-of-the-25th-century-20232024.html

Photo credit: Bill Cameron

Celebrate Off-Leash Area's 25th anniversary with its eighth annual Neighborhood Garage Tour!

This year’s tour brings back their energetic and imaginative family friendly production, “The Medicine Show of the 25th Century”, to St. Anthony, Bloomington and Stillwater. The tour runs from September 6 through September 22, with eight performances over three weekends. Tickets are by suggested donation of $5-30. Tickets go on sale July 7.

“The Medicine Show of the 25th Century” is set in the distant future and follows a troupe of technology-hybrid humanoids as they travel from town to town, hawking a cure-all elixir for solutions to the world’s toughest problems. Filled with raucous slapstick, whimsical beauty, and plenty of winks and nudges, “The Medicine Show of the 25th Century” is Off-Leash Area’s 35th original production.

St. Anthony
Sept 6, 7, 8 at 7pm
3612 33rd Ave NE,
St. Anthony 55418
Hosted by Steve and Jan Campbell
Friday, Sept 6 – ASL interpretation
Saturday, Sept 7 – audio description

Bloomington
Sept 13 and 14 at 7pm
10248 Chicago Circle
Bloomington 55420
Hosted by David Hendrickson

Stillwater
Sept 20, 22 at 7pm
1225 2nd Street South
Stillwater 55082
Hosted by The Gottschalk Family
Sunday, Sept 22 – ASL interpretation

https://www.offleasharea.org/the-medicine-show-of-the-25th-century-20232024.html

Off-Leash Area is looking for additional marketing support through July! Pay is a minimum of $25 an hour, flexible schedule up to 8 hours a week depending on availability. Some work can be done at home. We are looking for someone with experience in promotional writing in the arts, and experience using a variety of marketing and social media platforms and software (ie. ticketing platforms, websites, databases).
Please contact Jennifer at [email protected] if interested.

THE KNAVE OF KNIVES - THE DUCHESS OF DAWN RETURNS TODAY!

Join us THIS WEEKEND June 8 and 9 at 7:00pm.

Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

Please call us at 612-724-7372 ASAP if you have physical access needs so we can message you with an alternate entry. This show is entirely non-verbal and is appropriate for 14+ (with exceptions of course, call us to chat)!

Still seats available - tonight, Saturday, Sunday at 7pm!

Walk-ups welcome!

https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

THE KNAVE OF KNIVES - THE DUCHESS OF DAWN OPENS TODAY!

Join us THIS WEEKEND June 7, 8, 9 at 7:00pm.

Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

Please call us at 612-724-7372 ASAP if you have physical access needs so we can message you with an alternate entry. This show is entirely non-verbal and is appropriate for 14+ (with exceptions of course, call us to chat)!

2 DAYS till we introduce The Duchess of Dawn.. You don't want to miss it.

Our Garage really is our garage, so if you haven't been here before, it's in a residential neighborhood, with parking along adjacent streets. Please be respectful of our neighbors! Once you are here, follow the little arrows alongside the house and into the backyard, where an attendant will greet you near the garage door to let you in (don't come by way of the alley). Restrooms are only available after the performance (and they are not accessible, as they are on the top floor of our house).

Stick around afterwards for popcorn, drinks, and conversation by the fire!

Access: If you have a physical disability that requires accommodation please contact us 24 hours in advance.

Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

Join us welcoming The Knave back to stage after 12 years!

Admission is by suggested donation between $10-$30. Seating is limited to approximately 40 seats and the Garage fills up fast, so make your reservation early! You can also make your donation at the door by cash, or card via Square.

Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

This summer is Off-Leash Area's 25TH anniversary!! Celebrate with us at The Knave of Knives - The Duchess of Dawn June 7-9.

Tickets: http://www.offleasharea.org/the-knave-of-knives---the-duchess-of-dawn.html

We are pleased to be named a 2024 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Flexible Support Grant Recipient for $25,000! Thank you for your ongoing support!

Inspired by string theory and populated with stuffed animals, The Knave of Knives - The Duchess of Dawn takes place in an immersive installation surrounding both stage and audience, tracing the fragile threads of time and space to unearth a clandestine karmic history.

Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

We've shown you the fantastical set in progress for The Knave of Knives - The Duchess of Dawn, but are you ready for the equally dreamlike, unsettling, and absurd costumes? Thank you to Jaclyn Mack for costuming our Duchess!

Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/offleasharea

TWO (2) WEEKS TILL THE KNAVE OF KNIVES - THE DUCHESS OF DAWN!

At once dreamlike, unsettling, and absurd, Off-Leash Area’s new show introduces two strange and haunting figures from an Otherworldly Court who engage in a fantastical power struggle for power over the multiverse. Inspired by string theory and populated with stuffed animals, the show takes place in an immersive installation surrounding both stage and audience, tracing the fragile threads of time and space to unearth a clandestine karmic history.

Created and Performed by Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig.

Tickets on sale: http://www.offleasharea.org/the-knave-of-knives---the-duchess-of-dawn.html