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Off-Leash Area is a contemporary performance company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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The company focuses on creating original performance pieces that draw on many disciplines in theatre, dance, music, and visual art. Founded by Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig in 1999, Off-Leash Area has gone on to win critical praise and multiple awards for its highly stylized physical performances and set designs. Herwig and Ilse recently converted their garage into a mini-theater where they perform rough versions of their plays for small reservation-only audiences.

Company Members

  • Jennifer Ilse
  • Paul Herwig

    • Awards

    2000 Top Ten Shows of the Year for Z.A.P.! Künst
    2002 Top Ten Shows of the Year for The Sunrise Café
    Ten Best Sets of 2005: Paul Herwig for A Cupboard Full of Hate
    2005 City Pages Artists of the Year
    2005 Ivey Award for Outstanding Production for PSST!
    2006 Ivey Award for Choreography: Gerry Girouard for Crimes and Whispers
    2006 Ten Great Sets/Scenic Design: Paul Herwig for Crimes and Whispers

    2007 Ten Shows with Standout Sets/Designs: Paul Herwig for A Gift For Planet BX63

    Shows

  • 1999: The Bellman's Song
  • 2000: The Gryphon
  • 2001: Z.A.P.! Künst; Archy & Mehitabel
  • 2002: The Sunrise Café
  • 2003: Z.A.P.! Künst; The Sunrise Café
  • 2004: Predator/Prey (review); Philip Guston Standing on His Head Standing Philip Guston on His Head (review 1; review 2)
  • 2005: PSST! (review 1; review 2); Maggie's Brain (review); A Cupboard Full of Hate (review 1; review 2; review 3)
  • 2006: Philip Guston Standing on His Head Standing Philip Guston on His Head; A Cupboard Full of Hate; Crimes and Whispers (review 1; review 2; review 3; review 4)

    • References

    Off-Leash Area Wikipedia
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