Bold Stories Begin Here
Celebrating 10 years!
Our History & Mission
In 2016, performing artist Catherine Glynn founded A.R.T. with the mission of gathering artists from all walks of life, paying them a living wage, and teaching devised theater-making while encouraging balance between creating new work and recreating within the beauty of Southeastern Minnesota.
What is Devised Theater?
We define devised work as original theatrical performances built from the ground up through conversations, writing, movement exploration, and improvisatory theatre techniques. Devised Theater bears the fingerprints of ALL who contribute.
Our Values
Creativity
“Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully...it's about capturing those moments that make life worth living.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
"To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it."
Osho
The Power of Creative Practice
Creativity is a core value that helps make sense of our chaotic world.
Audacious Raw Theater was born of Catherine Glynn's own creative chaos in 2016. Blending her years of experience as a performer, educator, and devised theater-maker, she formed a multi-year initiative and partnership with Lanesboro Arts to foster the development of new theatrical works and teach performers the innovative art of devising.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
"In today's climate in our country....we need ART, and we need ART in all forms. We need all methods of ART to be present, everywhere present and all the time present."
Maya Angelou
Uplifting Every Voice
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are paramount. To Matter is the Minimum.
We seek to cultivate individual and collective development through what we call solo-ensemble experiences. By strengthening and honing each participant's voice, listening, validating their stories, and building consensus, we aim to uplift ALL voices through the power of ART.
A.R.T. promises to provide a safe, equitable space and pay for people of any race, gender, or belief system to explore and create.
Collaboration
"It is the long history of humankind (and animal-kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed."
Charles Darwin
Collaboration, Education & (Re)Evolution. Pass it on.
Having been taught by Masters like Robert Wilson, Tadashi Suzuki, Jewel Walker, the Rude Mechs, Ann Bogart & SITI Company (Saratoga International Theater Institute), the Tectonic Theatre Project, Collaboraction, and Sushi Dance Studio, and receiving MFAs from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Delaware's PTTP, Catherine is devoted to passing theatrical skills on to future generations so that they may prevail and continue revolutionizing the theatrical form/norm.
Our Stagework Awaits You
From seasoned performers to new makers, our devised theater season invites you into bold collaboration and fresh technique — check what is on our stage now.