Live Action Set is a physical theater performance company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Founded in 2003, their first standout production, Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban, was the top-selling show at the 2005 Minnesota Fringe Festival.2005 MINNESOTA FRINGE RECORD NUMBER OF SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES, Minnesota Fringe Festival press release; 17 October 2005 In 2011, their original production about myths re-envisioned in the Old West, The 7-Shot Symphony, received an Ivey Award for Overall Excellence.
Current leadership Noah Bremer- Artistic Director Joanna Harmon- Executive Director
Founding company members Noah Bremer Megan Odell Galen Treuer Vanessa Voskuil
Awards 2005 Artists of the Year (with director Jon Ferguson)"Artists of the Year 2005 ; City Pages; Volume 26, Issue 1308; 28 December 2005 2005 Outstanding Experimental Theatre Work for Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban -Minneapolis Star Tribune 2006 Best Stage Production for Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban "Best Stage Production" ; City Pages; Volume 27, Issue 1325; 26 April 2006
2009 Best of Twin Cities Theater for My Father's Bookshelf "Best Stage Production"; City Pages; 6 January 2010
2011 Ivey, Overall Excellence for The 7-Shot Symphony "Overall Production"; Ivey Awards; 19 September 2011
Shows 1997-2001 Teletubbies 2003: Exposure 2004: Before Dark (review) 2005: Ice Cube; Storming of the Bastille; Hello Remember Me; Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban (review 1; review 2) 2006: Zombies on Ice; The Percussionist 2007: Desiderare: Desire the Undesirable 2008: The Piano Tuner; The Rite of Spring; Deviants 2009: My Father's Bookshelf 2010: The Happy Show, April 29-May 14 at the Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, MN; The Lord of the Rings in 9 Minutes, various locations, Minneapolis, MN 2011: The 7-Shot Shymphony, March 10–27 at The Loring Theater, Minneapolis, MN; July 15–24 at Strawdog Theatre, Chicago, IL; Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus, August 5–14 at Mill City Museum's train shed, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN 2012: The 7-Shot Shymphony, January TOUR (Miami, Sanibel, Ft. Myers, Louisville, Memphis); Kill Bill Treteau, various locations, Minneapolis, MN; Basic North, a performance in three intertwining directions, June 28-July 8 at The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
References
External links Official website "Radio mnartists: Live Action Set" mnartists interview Skinner, Quinton; "Spotlight: The Percussionist, Holiday House"; City Pages; Vol. 27, Issue 1338; 26 July 2006 Darst, Lightsey; "Four is Enough: Minneapolis St.Paul Magazine"; July 2006 Combs, Marianne; "Off to join the circus"; April 2010