Theatre In the Round

In 1969, Theatre in the Round moved from downtown Minneapolis to its current LOCATION in the Seven Corners neighborhood, a turn-of-the-century furniture warehouse which had just lost its tenant, Bimbo's Pizza Emporium. Under the guidance of the architectural firm Ralph Rapson & Associates -- designers of the Guthrie and University of Minnesota theaters -- workers built a unique arena stage, where the audience surrounds the action. Its 259 seats are only seven rows deep, so no seat is more than 30' from center stage.

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