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MMT Co-Producer

Our Co-Producer program is designed so that an individual or group can provide support to MMT in order to advance the production of a particular work of rarely produced musical. The idea is to permit people to support works that are of particular interest to them by helping to mitigate the risks to MMT inherent in the production of musicals rarely or never performed locally.

Here is the general outline of the program:

• Co-Producer agrees to make an donation to MMT to secure the royalties for a particular show (typically between $2,000-$6,000, depending on a variety of factors, including anticipated ticket price, audience size, number of tickets to be sold, the demand for rights, and the licensing agent).
• MMT and Co-Producer agree on a proposed budget for the show, with MMT being responsible for all aspects of the production.
• Co-Producer is invited to participate in creative/artistic conversations, in part to assist in making decisions about how best to spend the budget for the show and when variances from the budget make the most sense to create a production that is both an artistic and commercial success. In some instances, Co-Producer may decide to fund additional variances to specified items outside of the original scope of the budget.
• Predicated on the budget (as modified with the consent of Co-Producer as described above), Co-Producer agrees to make an additional donation to guaranty that MMT’s total losses on the production do not exceed some agreed-upon limit. Because the budget is fixed and only subject to increase or variance with the input of Co-Producer, Co-Producer will know in advance the maximum potential losses that may be incurred in excess of the agreed-upon limit.
• If desired, Co-Producer receives recognition as such in promotional materials, program, and any regular donor acknowledgements.
• Co-Producer receives up to 10 complementary tickets to the production.

If you are interested in becoming a Minneapolis Musical Theatre Co-Producer please e-mail MMT Artistic Director Joe Hendren at joeh@aboutmmt.org.

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Minneapolis Musical Theatre is committed to bringing rarely or never-performed musicals to the Twin Cities, and we need your help! Donations are always welcome! Click the link below to contribute directly to our organization and thank you for your support of MMT!

Performance History

2022-2023 Season
STRIKING 12
ANALOG & VINYL (area premiere)
OTHELLO: THE REMIX (area premiere)

2021-2022 Season
MINNE-MUSICALS
The Charm (area premiere)
End of the Line (area premiere)
The Hipster Sister (area premiere)
A Relative Relationship (area premiere)
Welcome to Ridgington (area premiere)
HANDS ON A HARDBODY (area premiere)

2019-2020 SEASON
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! THE MUSICAL! (area premiere)
DADDY LONG LEGS (area premiere)
LIZZIE (cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis)

2019 SEASON
LOVE COMICS (area premiere)
BE MORE CHILL (area premiere)

2017-2018 SEASON
tick, tick…BOOM!
THE TOXIC AVENGER (area premiere)
HIGH FIDELITY (area premiere)

2016-2017 SEASON
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL (area premiere)

2015-2016 SEASON
MURDER BALLAD (area premiere)
SILENCE: THE MUSICAL – Co-production with Bitter Boy Productions (area premiere)
LEAP OF FAITH (area premiere)

2014-2015 SEASON
EATING RAOUL (area premiere)
CALVIN BERGER (area premiere)
HAPPY DAYS: A NEW MUSICAL (area premiere)

2013-2014 SEASON
CARRIE THE MUSICAL (area premiere)
2013 Best Actress in a Musical, Jill Iverson and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Lori Maxwell (Lavender Magazine)
FIVE COURSE LOVE (area premiere)
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (area premiere)

2013 SEASON
REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL
SUNSET BOULEVARD
2013 Best Actor in a Musical, Tim Kuehl (Lavender Magazine)

2011-2012 SEASON
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL (revival)
THE STORY OF MY LIFE (area premiere)
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND: THE MUSICAL (area premiere)

2010 – 2011 SEASON
EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL(area premiere)
bare (area premiere) – 2011 Best Actor in a Musical, Dan Lundin (Lavender Magazine)
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (area premiere) – 2011 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Kim Kivens (Lavender Magazine)

2009 – 2010 SEASON
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL (area premiere)
BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN – Named in “Top 10 Productions of the Year”, St. Paul Pioneer Press
MAME

2008 – 2009 SEASON
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (area premiere) – 2008 Best Choreography, Steven Meerdink (Lavender Magazine)
THE SECRET GARDEN
ZANNA, DON’T! (area premiere)

2007 – 2008 SEASON
JERRY SPRINGER – THE OPERA (area premiere) – Best Comedy, City Pages “Best of the Twin Cities”
SUMMER OF ’42 (area premiere)
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM

2006 – 2007 SEASON
CHESS
ZOMBIE PROM (area premiere) – Outstanding Musical of 2007 (smaller theaters), Minneapolis Star Tribune
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN – 2007 Ivey Award and 2007 Lavender Magazine Best Actor in a Musical Award for Edward Williams, Jr.’s performance as Molina

2005 – 2006 SEASON
THE WHO’S TOMMY – Among Outstanding Musicals of 2005 (smaller theaters), Minneapolis Star Tribune
CONVENIENCE (area premiere)
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES – 2006 Best Actors in a Musical, Kevin Hansen & Steven Meerdink (Lavender Magazine)

2004 – 2005 SEASON
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL (area premiere) – Outstanding Musical of 2004 (smaller theaters), Minneapolis Star Tribune
JANE EYRE: THE MUSICAL (area premiere)
APPLAUSE

2003 – 2004 SEASON
PAGEANT: THE MUSICAL (revival)
ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS AND RAGING QUEENS (Benefit Performance, area premiere)
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
A CLASS ACT (area premiere)

2002 – 2003 SEASON
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
MAIL: A NEW MUSICAL (area premiere)

2001 – 2002 SEASON
WHEN PIGS FLY (area premiere) – Named in “Top 10 Productions of the Year”, St. Paul Pioneer Press
WEIRD ROMANCE (area premiere)
LUCKY STIFF (area premiere)

2000 – 2001 SEASON
A NEW BRAIN (area premiere)
VIOLET (area premiere)
CANDIDE
PAGEANT: THE MUSICAL (revival)

2000
PASSION (area premiere)

1999
PAGEANT: THE MUSICAL (area premiere)

1998
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

1997
BROADWAY TODAY

1995
FOREVER PLAID (touring production)

1994
ROMANCE / ROMANCE (touring production)
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: THE SOUND OF THEIR MUSIC (touring production)

1993
GODSPELL (touring production)
‘S WONDERFUL GERSHWIN (touring production)

1992
BROADWAY TODAY (touring production)

Auditions

No auditions are currently scheduled.

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MMT Info

OUR MISSION
Minneapolis Musical Theatre is dedicated to providing community access to high quality yet affordable works of musical theatre never before – or very rarely – seen by Twin Cities audiences.

Founded in 1992, Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) has staged works both within the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota.  Originally conceived as a touring troupe by founders Kevin Hansen and Steven Meerdink, MMT traveled the Midwest with a combination of musical reviews and lesser-known musicals.  In 1997/1998 the Minneapolis Musical Theatre produced its first shows in the Twin Cities –Broadway Today and Sweeney Todd – which initiated a long and very successful partnership with the Bryant Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater.

Minneapolis Musical Theatre was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1999, and in 2000 became the first ‘Company-in-Residence’ at Bryant Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater.  Its first full season was in 2000-2001, and ever since MMT has grown as a theatrical force in the Twin Cities.

MMT’s first production of its 2002-2003 season, The Rocky Horror Show, opened in October 2002 at Hennepin Stages (formerly Hey City Theater) in the heart of Minneapolis’ Hennepin Theater District.  Over the years, the Minneapolis Musical Theatre has produced a long list of area premieres (Pageant, Passion, A New Brain, Violet,When Pigs Fly, Weird Romance, Lucky Stiff, Mail, A Class Act, Bat Boy, Jane Eyre,Convenience, Zombie Prom, Jerry Springer – The Opera, Summer of ’42, Bright Lights Big City, Zanna Don’t!, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Evil Dead, bare and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and – in conjunction with the Minnesota AIDS Project – the area premiere of a one-night-only benefit performance of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens in 2003.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press listed MMT’s When Pigs Fly in the ‘Top 10 Productions’ of 2001.  The Minneapolis Star Tribune named MMT’s area premiere of Bat Boy, Outstanding Musical of 2004 (smaller theaters), The Who’s Tommy, one of three Outstanding Musicals of 2005 (smaller theaters) and Zombie Prom, Outstanding Musical of 2007 (smaller theaters).  City Pages honored MMT’s area premiere of Jerry Springer – The Opera as Best Comedy in their ‘Best of the Twin Cities’.

MMT’s October 2008 area premiere of Bright Lights, Big City coincided with a move to the Illusion Theater.  In 2012 Minneapolis Musical Theatre entered into a partnership with Hennepin Theatre Trust and moved into the New Century Theatre in downtown Minneapolis’ City Center complex.

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