Leah Cooper

Leah Cooper is a freelance stage director, nonprofit administration consultant, co-founder of this here Web site, and the Executive Director of the newly formed Minnesota Theater Alliance. She also serves on the Minneapolis Arts Commission and the board of directors for Live Action Set. From 2001 to 2006, she led the Minnesota Fringe Festival to annual attendance increases and financial stability. Up next, she is directing August: Osage County at Park Square Theatre.

Articles by this author

Transformation

by Leah Cooper • Apr. 19

Process | Social Service | Vision

Far from big budget shows and scrambles for development opportunities, Leah Cooper experiences the kind of theater that still lives up to her childhood ideals.

Building a better bucket brigade

by Leah Cooper • May. 23

Innovation | Process

And see, it’s that maniacal way you pull on your hair and squeal that requires us to keep the rehearsal schedule secret from you.

System error

by Leah Cooper • Jan. 29

Management

The board president's moping. The actor's angry. The audience is harassed, and the managing director's thinking of hitting someone with an auction clipboard.

Blog posts by this author

BLOG: Southern's McKnight fellowships move to Springboard

Posted Apr. 27

News and notes | Management

Springboard will temporarily manage the McKnight dance and choreography fellowships previously administered by the Southern Theater.

BLOG: Jeff Bartlett in hospital after fall

Posted Aug. 19

News and notes |

Jeff Bartlett is in the intensive care unit of Hennepin County Medical Center after a fall at Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

BLOG: Are you thirsty?

Posted Sep. 8

News and notes |

Heart of the Beast performs a puppet play about water at the dedication of Minneapolis's newest public art drinking fountain.

BLOG: First public screening of local Film "Ana’s Playground" at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

Posted Mar. 4

News and notes |

Filmed in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood with a local cast and crew, you can see it first on March 6 at 3:15 p.m. at Augusburg College.

BLOG: Too late to support Play by Play Theatre Bookstore

Posted Jun. 14

News and notes | Management | Training

The Midwest's only theater bookstore closes after two years of tenacity and hope.

BLOG: Update on Jeff Bartlett

Posted Aug. 20

News and notes |

A CaringBridge website has been set up to help friends of Jeff Bartlett follow his recovery and care.

BLOG: Let's talk about Minnesota's identity and the arts

Posted Sep. 29

News and notes |

A free discussion moderated by Andy Sturdevant, with photographer Wing Young Huie, dancer/choreographer Ananya Chatterjea; and MN Original host Chuck Olsen.

BLOG: Conversation about Outrageous Fortune Tuesday at 1:00

Posted Mar. 16

News and notes |

Arena Stage, National New Play Network, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre discuss Outrageous Fortune live on the Web.

BLOG: Tom Poole hit by car

Posted Jun. 27

News and notes |

Tom Poole is at Regions Hospital recovering from brain surgery.

BLOG: National Community Spirit Awards honoring Native American artists comes to Twin Cities

Posted Aug. 24

News and notes |

The prestigious national Community Spirit Awards, presented by First People's Fund, will be at SteppingStone Theatre in St. Paul September 10 at 7:00 p.m.

BLOG: What's missing at the Iveys?

Posted Oct. 15

News and notes |

Max Sparber considers what gets left out of the Iveys in an article on mnartists.org, specifically new work by small companies. What do you think?

BLOG: Where to go with your Jerome travel grant

Posted Mar. 17

News and notes |

Learn about "Art and Resistance" in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

BLOG: Get to the Max Day

Posted Nov. 4

News and notes | Management

It's like a holiday for giving, when Minnesotans want to make donations! To you! Missing Give to the Max Day is like missing a party thrown in your honor!

BLOG: Chanhassen Flash Mob of 207 dancers at Mall of America

Posted Aug. 27

News and notes |

See video of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' Flash Mob performance on Sunday at Mall of America.

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