TTT is able to distill Shakespeare’s (and other) plays down to the emotional truth of the story, building it back up into something that’s accessible and relatable for everyone – from experienced theater audiences to those in their performances out in the community. Twelfth Night, one of his most popular comedies, contains many of Shakespeare’s…

Lorca presents herself as a serious theater artist – which she has certainly proven to be – but she clearly also harbors an enormous reservoir of mischief and wit, as her production serves out a cavalcade of sight gags, mining every ounce of wordplay embedded in Shakespeare’s text, and comical depictions of incidents – such…

Through the presence of the chorus, director and choreographer Marcela Lorca creates a balletic landscape on which the action unspools, with additional choreography by Brian Bose. Movement becomes as powerful as speech in bringing meaning to the piece. JD Steele’s musical compositions are jazz inflected with hints of blues and in the latter moments, glorious…

A gutting ‘Iphigenia at Aulis’ lands with poetic heartbreak. Ten Thousand Things stages the reimagined Greek classic with music and an all-star cast. Most theaters would consider it a win to have just one moment in a show that’s so viscerally arresting, it causes many to put hands over hearts and gasp. In director Marcela…

And then COVID hit. We went into overdrive, and we are still working really hard all the time. We’ve had to plan, re-plan and play all these different budget and process scenarios. What can we do now, how can we support our artists, keep the work moving forward and reach our partners? How do we…

We’re all in this somber, somewhat dark place, but over and over we said, ‘We can’t bring that darkness out, we need to bring the joy and the silly and the comedy.’

These artists have created the toe-tappingest, wonderfulest show in town. Anyone who can watch Thunder Knocking On The Door without a permanent grin on their face amazes me. Rambo, Oglesby & Co., along with Moore and Deevo, and with Lorca’s intelligent direction, sing and play their hearts out and they will send you over the…

Director Marcela Lorca has a sure hand for narratives with a foundation in myth and fable, and turning them into something that feels authentically like real life.

“What I’m discovering is that there is so much humanity and so many questions about internal transformation in the show,” Lorca said. “Everyone has their own crossroads when they butt up against the hardest things.”

Given that SDCF is the Directors and Choreographers Foundation, honoring Marcela Lorca, who creates work in both disciplines (often at the same time), feels like a perfect fit. Moreover, Marcela’s nearly three-decade commitment to the Twin Cities as an educator, artist, and leader who has consistently opened doors to a broad range of artists and…