Founded in 2000 by Michael Sommers and Susan Haas.

Open Eye Figure Theatre creates grand theatrical events manifested on an intimate scale, combining artistic forms to make work that is both whimsical and profound.

Open Eye Figure Theatre adds a new dimension to the cultural landscape with its Main Stage work, reaches communities of all ages though the Driveway Tour Program, cultivates the work of other artists through the Open Studio Program, and has fun with the Toy Theatre After Dark Program. 

You can receive email information by sending an email to Info@openeyetheatre.org with "ADD" in the subject line. Please give us your full name in the body of the email. And join the  Face Book Open Eye Figure Theatre Group!

Open Eye is committed to economic accessibility to the arts, keeping ticket prices affordable and offering a Pay as Able option upon request. Your contributions can help us keep our work available to everyone. Tax Deductible Donations may be mailed to Open Eye Theatre, 506 East 24th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Thank you.

Michael Sommers, Artistic Director of Open Eye Figure Theatre, has worked in professional theater for thirty years and is recognized as one of the Twin Cities most versatile and ingenious theatre artists. An Associate Professor in the newly formed Department of Collaborative Arts at the University of Minnesota, Mr. Sommers is a two time Bush Fellowship recipient, and a 2004 McKnight Theatre Fellow. In 2008 he was awarded a Ford Fellowship and in 2009 he was recognized with the Bush Enduring Visions Award.

His creations for Open Eye are A Prelude to Faust, The Holiday Pageant,The Elusive It, Love, Go Figure, Homage to Louise B, Under Over On, The Adventures of Katie Tomatie, and The Adventures of Juan Bobo and The Adventures of Little Grandpa, Dancing With a Contagion, and Dummy a Display.
 
Susan Haas, Producing DIrector, has worked within and outside of the arts community in the Twin Cities for thirty years. Educated in theatre  at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has steered the company since 2000, responding to the social and artistic climate. Her work has been the design of the nationally recognized Driveway Tour, the development of the Open Studio Program, and the opening of the Open Eye Theatre as a permanent home for the company.

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