Red Eye Theater

{{Short description|Multidisciplinary creative laboratory for performance work}}

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| name = Red Eye Theater

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| address = 2213 Snelling Ave

| city = Minneapolis, MN 55408

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|44.961154|-93.244509|type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| opened = 1983

| website = {{URL|redeyetheater.org}}

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Red Eye Theater (legal name Red Eye Collaboration) is a multidisciplinary creative laboratory dedicated to the development and presentation of boundary-breaking performance work in Minneapolis, Minnesota.{{cite web |url=http://www.redeyetheater.org/about/Mission |title=Redeye Theater - Home |website=www.redeyetheater.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612143206/http://www.redeyetheater.org/about/Mission |archive-date=2013-06-12}} It was founded in 1983 by writer/director Steve Busa, performer Miriam Must, and visual artist Barbara Abramson.Collins, Robert; "Expect the Unexpected"; Mpls.St.Paul Magazine; November, 1985.

Branching out from a theatrical base to support a wide range of programming, Red Eye is home to theater, dance, music, performance art, and interdisciplinary forms. In addition to creating its own acclaimed multimedia theatrical productions, Red Eye functions as an incubator and producer of other artists' works. Red Eye's "New Works 4 Weeks Festival," the annual culminating public component of a six-month development program for emerging and mid-career artists, has been called "one of the most important platforms for new and experimental performance in Minnesota."Secrets of the City; June 2019: https://www.secretsofthecity.com/events/view/new-works-4-weeks-festival-isolated-acts-theo-langston

In October 2018, Red Eye lost its long-time Loring Park storefront space to gentrification."Red Eye Theater loses building, founders leaving after next show"; Twin Cities Pioneer Press; August 30, 2018: https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/30/red-eye-theater-loses-building-founders-leaving-after-next-show/ In 2019, Red Eye announced the retirement of its founding leaders and the appointment of seven new Artistic Directors to collectively guide the organization forward. Red Eye’s new Artistic Directors are Theo Langason, Hayley Finn, Jeffrey Wells, Valerie Oliveiro, Andrew Lee Dolan, Emily Gastineau, and Rachel Jendrzejewski. All previously worked at Red Eye as independent artists.{{cite web |url=http://www.redeyetheater.org/about/new-artistic-directors |title=Red Eye Theater - Home |website=www.redeyetheater.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022035553/http://www.redeyetheater.org/about/new-artistic-directors |archive-date=2019-10-22}}

In 2022, Red Eye relocated to a permanent facility as a part of the city's Seward Redesign's Seward Commons Project.{{Cite web |last=Regan |first=Shelia |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Red Eye Theater starts over at 'a new little pocket for arts' in south Minneapolis |url=https://www.startribune.com/red-eye-theater-starts-over-at-a-new-little-pocket-for-arts-in-south-minneapolis/600168010/}} At the new location Red Eye's first performance was streamed live for audiences on March 24, 2022.

Others of the hundreds of artists who have collaborated with or presented work at Red Eye include Lee Breuer, BodyCartography Project, Sheila Callaghan, Lisa D'Amour, Angharad Davies, Christina Ham, Jordan Harrison, Ann Marie Healy, HIJACK, Kim Hines, Julia Jarcho, Emily Johnson, Sibyl Kempson, Wendy Knox, Ruth Margraff, Megan Mayer, Neal Medlyn, Leslie Mohn, Kira Obolensky, Ashwini Ramaswamy, Rosy Simas, Karen Sherman, SuperGroup, Deborah Jinza Thayer, Morgan Thorson, Anne Washburn, and Marcus Young.http://www.redeyetheater.org/about/productions; http://www.redeyetheater.org/event-index/category/archive; http://www.citypages.com/arts/before-the-wrecking-ball-red-eye-theater-says-goodbye-to-its-space-of-nearly-30-years/493852871

Red Eye has received major funding from the Jerome Foundation,[http://www.jeromefdn.org/grantees?keyword=Red+Eye+Collaboration&op=Search&form_build_id=form-uBzHsiQSQo6bjAUMh5l4Aclc5uOQb6ESAbmuZRO_j9c&form_id=jerome_search_form Grantees], Jerome Foundation Website. Retrieved August 6, 2015. McKnight Foundation,[https://www.mcknight.org/grant-programs/grantees?query=Red+Eye+Collaboration&year=&program_area=Arts Grantee Database], McKnight Foundation website. Retrieved August 6, 2015. Target Corporation, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council,[http://www.mrac.org/news/recent-grant-awards#Capital%20Grant%20Awards Recent Grant Awards], Metropolitan Regional Arts Council website. Retrieved August 6, 2015. Minnesota State Arts Board,[http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/2016/2016-awarded-opsup.htm FY 2016 Grants Awarded] Minnesota State Arts Board website. Retrieved August 6, 2015. and National Endowment for the Arts,[http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/Fall_2014_Art_Works_Grants_by_Discipline_FINAL.pdf National Endowment for the Arts — December 2014 Grant Announcement: Art Works grants] Retrieved August 6, 2015. among others.