Paul Herwig presents “Prairie Fire”
Minneapolis, MN – Paul Herwig presents Prairie Fire, a new original multi-media theater production, that is a fantastical and haunting tribute to childhood. Both melancholic and hopeful, Prairie Fire follows a young boy born among the Midwest prairies, along with the wonder and travails of growing up. When confronted by the chaos and division of the world, he faces a choice: become an Agent for Destruction, or a Warrior against the Darkness.
Prairie Fire will be performed in a “white box” raw studio space at St Paul Ballet Studios, within the Fairview Business Center, in Saint Paul, January 23-24 at 8pm, and January 25 at 7pm, 2026. Tickets can be reserved with a suggested donation of $10-$30 and are available now. Three performances only.
Prairie Fire has been in development on and off since the pandemic, when Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse, Off-Leash Area co-directors, found themselves with a newly built-out and then suddenly empty performance space in the Nokomis neighborhood. During that spring, with everything shut down, Paul set up his projection gear and began work on Prairie Fire. Now, six years later, the project has come to fruition. Prairie Fire remains at its core an allegorical and magical reflection on the journey from childhood to adulthood starting in the 1960’s and running into the present. Prairie Fire surrounds the audience in an environment of live animation and video projections, drawn from family albums, historical documentation from a small Minnesota prairie town, and that of contemporary events.
Paul Herwig is a 26-year veteran of the local alternative performing arts community, and has for 42 years worked as a professional actor, deviser/creator of original physical theater, and set and projection designer in Europe, Canada, and throughout the US. Paul relocated to Minneapolis in 1998. Paul is also a McKnight Theater Fellow, and is a recipient of a dozen individual artist awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Jerome Foundation.
Paul has for the past six years been providing live animated projection art for events (MIA Art in Bloom, Museum of Russian Art galas, etc), public art projects (Mill City Museum, MN State Fair), and performing arts productions (James Sewell Ballet, Black Label Movement dance company, etc), under the name Future Projections (https://www.futureprojections.net/).
INFORMATION:
Dates: January 23-24 at 8pm, January 25 at 7pm
Venue: St Paul Ballet Studios, 655 Fairview Ave N, St Paul, MN 55104 (in the Fairview Business Center)
Tickets: Suggested donation $10-30 per person: https://ticketstripe.com/prairiefire
More Info at: https://www.futureprojections.net/prairie-fire.html
Event Links
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