Other

Written and performed by the Breaking Ice Company
Directed by Heidi Hunter Batz
March 28, 29, 31 & April 4, 5th 2008

On March 28, 29, 31 and April 4 and 5, Pillsbury House Theatre’s multi-racial, socio-political improvisational performance troupe, Breaking Ice will bring its provocative performance style to the mainstage using poetry, music, movement and scenes to examine how we construct and adapt our cultural identities in an increasingly diverse world. ¨ Other is an exploration of the ways we may confine ourselves by our self definitions. Are we really liberal if by checking the liberal box we are signing on to another group of oppressive values? Do we limit our growth potential by the boxes we check? And it asks the question, when can we stop representing ourselves and just be ourselves. For more than 10 years, under the stewardship of Heidi Hunter Batz, Breaking Ice has brought artists from the Twin Cities community together to collaboratively create theatre for a vast array of audiences. In 2007, Breaking Ice performed across the country, inspiring dialogue around social issues in hospitals, universities, government agencies, conferences and corporations.