Matt Sciple

Matt Sciple a City Pages artist of the year (2007), has directed, performed in or written over 75 plays for theaters across Minnesota, including Gremlin Theatre's Orson's Shadow, the 2008 Ivey Award winner for best ensemble. Sciple's favorite audiences, though, have been found in prisons, homeless shelters and chemical dependency centers, touring with Ten Thousand Things, for whom he directed Waiting for Godot and played 30 roles in 12 plays, including Tateh in Ragtime and Edgar in King Lear.

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Thespis to theater in America: “Why can’t I quit you?”

by Matt Sciple • Apr. 28

Criticism | Vision

A dramatic dialogue in which theater addict Matt Sciple hides behind the fake moustache of satire to question the value of his chosen profession.

Unbearable lightness of holiday theater

by Matt Sciple • Dec. 30

Criticism | Tradition | Vision

Snow can be heavy, dirty, and hard to handle. Holiday shows are not. Matt Sciple thinks they might benefit from a bit more blizzard, a bit less whitewash.

The "Real" Thing

by Matt Sciple • Jul. 8

Fringe

Matt Sciple uncovers a Unified Theatri-fringical Theory of Everything, and invents an art-making equation, while digging through 35+ shows at the Fringe.

I ♥ difficult actors

by Matt Sciple • Dec. 30

Process

Have you met Anita Coddle or Ivanna Feelit? Though they may seem difficult, they keep theater lively.

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