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Theatre de la Jeune Lune entrance

The front entrance of Theatre de la Jeune Lune at 105 North First Street, Minneapolis. Photograph by Sharon Morrow, November 16, 2008. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Theatre de la Jeune Lune lobby

The lobby of Theatre de la Jeune Lune. Photograph by Sharyn Morrow, November 16, 2008. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Theatre de la Jeune Lune lobby

Ticket holders waiting in the lobby of Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis to see a show during the 2007 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Sophie, August 6, 2007. CC BY 2.0.

Theatre de la Jeune Lune

Theatre de la Jeune Lune was a theater company formed in 1978 in Paris by Dominique Serrand, Barbra Berlovitz, and Vincent Gracieux, all of whom studied at the École Internationale de Théâtre with Jacques Lecoq. In 1985 it moved to Minneapolis, where it grew to include actor and co-artistic director Steven Epp. The company was renowned for its ensemble work and experimental plays and won a Tony Award for best regional theater in 2005. After the economic recession of 2008, it found itself in debt and was forced to close.

Minneapolis Pops perform at the Lake Harriet bandshell

The Minneapolis Pops perform at the Lake Harriet bandshell, July 2019. Photo by Linda A. Cameron; used with permission.

Lake Harriet Bandshell Park

When a streetcar line first reached the shores of Lake Harriet (Bde Unma) in Minneapolis in the 1880s, it triggered decades of building projects designed to accommodate visitors who could reach the site easily from other Twin Cities locations. Beginning in 1888, five successive structures occupied the northwest corner of the lake—the most recent being the fanciful Milo Thompson-designed bandshell, which opened in 1986.