Master and Margherita

The faculty of the University of Minnesota’s theater arts and dance programs are swimming in so much genius that its productions, done mostly to invite students into the process (and thus, away from the pressures of generating income), are among the most inventive in town. This fall, puppeteer Michael Sommers and physical theater specialist Luverne Seifert (both instructors) have turned their attention to an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s anti-Stalinist novel, The Master and Margarita. And they’ve enlisted some other notables to help paint the chaos: playwright Kira Obolensky, choreographer Shawn McConneloug, and Eric Jensen, a musician and composer known for his work with Theatre de la Jeune Lune—along with thirtysome university students. The show will be presented outdoors, the better to evoke the chill of 1930s Moscow. Bundle up! 101 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-624-2345; www.theatre.umn.edu”