SPARK theater + dance

**Did you know we have a Give to the Max Day event? 

It’s The SWING KaChing: SPARK’s Annual Friendraiser, Thursday, November 21st at 6:30 pm, and it’s FREE! 

See our website for more info: sparktheater.com

Help us produce our next production!

We need your help to raise $25,000 towards our next production

and $225,000 towards our 2025 budget.

Coming December 2025 at Elision Playhouse in Crystal, SPARK theater + dance will present

Magi: Revisited

A re-imagined telling of O. Henry’s classic tale “The Gift of the Magi"

You know our deal: We value not only the art an artist brings, we value their well-being and we reflect that in how we compensate them for the time they invest in our project.

What you may not know is that movement development can take a long time! Whether it is one of our original pieces, or our upcoming production that is a re-imagined and movement-based telling of O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi, it takes a lot of time to develop the movement and get it to a polished place. We don’t expect professional artists to take hours out of their work day to work for “almost free”. What does that mean? Do you know that some theater companies pay their performers stipends that break down to be $5/hour for their time in rehearsals and performances? That is not how SPARK wants to treat professional artists.

Will you help us raise the funds to pay artists well? 

Click on the “DONATE” button above to make your donation today.

Would you consider taking it a step further...

Would you consider becoming a monthly donor? This type of support goes a long way, no matter the amount. It helps us plan, pay our on-going costs, and when we have enough supporters, it builds towards a production fund. We have had some supporters experience life changes and have had to withdraw their monthly support. Would you consider stepping up as a monthly supporter? You set the amount. We set up the ACH, and we initiate a payment every month. (ACH has less fees than a monthly donation through GiveMN.)

Thanks for your consideration!

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SPARK theater + dance

To create and perform theater and dance

To notice and nurture the gifts within individuals

To be a community

Making art + building relationships = stronger community

SPARK theater + dance's mission is to create and perform theater and dance work, notice and nurture the gifts within individuals, and be a community.

SPARK's History:

2006 "The Supercilious Ways of Walter Wading" at the Loring Playhouse

2007 "Masterminds" in FridgeFest

2008 "The Supercilious Ways of Walter Wading" in the MN Fringe Festival

2008 SPARK produced Collide*A*Scope (a community-driven arts festival)

2009- 2012 The Dormant Years

2012  "The Evolution of Sam" in the MN Fringe Festival

2013 Toured "The Evolution of Sam" to WA state, Hill City, SD and Via Affirmativa in Colorado Springs, CO

2016 "The Supercilious Ways of Walter Wading" at Open Window Theatre

2016 SPARK Creativity Initiative's Summer Picnic, Space to Create

2017 "HOME: an immersive production about MN teens waiting to be adopted" at the Capri Theater

2018  Arts Activities Support grant awarded through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council

2018: The start of Company Class with SPARK

2019 "The Supercilious Ways of Walter Wading" performed at Sanctuary Covenant Church in North Minneapolis.

2019 "The Supercilious Ways of Walter Wading" was funded by SPARK donors and The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for performances at: Waite Park Recreation Center, Powderhorn Park Recreation Center, Plymouth Creek Center, and North Hennepin Community College. 

2019 The start of SPARK Lab.

2019 Arts Project Support grant awarded through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. 

2020 Colors in Motion funded by SPARK donors and The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. 

2023 MRAC Flexible Support Grant short film project "I dream of pizza".

2024 Short Film Premiere and Community Workshop at Plymouth Community Center.

2024 Company Class resumed. Vespers began. 

Email: info@sparktheater.com for more information.