FRANK THEATRE was founded with the desire to produce work that provides opportunities for artists to grow, to stretch, to work outside of and beyond the typical opportunities provided by theatres with a greater commercial interest. The theatre has successfully pursued this goal through the consistent staging of works that require the actors, designers, and director to challenge themselves and each other.

FRANK THEATRE is a Twin Cities' based company, founded in 1989 by Artistic Director Wendy Knox. In its seventeen year history, the theatre has staged 35 productions: FARMYARD by Franz X. Kroetz, KATZELMACHER by Rainer Fassbinder, TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill, QUARTET by Heiner Muller, SINCERITY FOREVER by Mac Wellman, MIRIAM'S FLOWERS and LUCY LOVES ME by Migdalia Cruz, MEDEA by Beverly Smith-Dawson, ETTA JENKS by Marlane Meyer, MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell, MAD FOREST by Caryl Churchill, and a developmental workshop of Heiner Muller's DESCRIPTION OF A PICTURE, EXPLOSION OF A MEMORY (adapted by Artistic Director Wendy Knox) followed by a full production the next year, the English language premiere of Maaria Koskiluoma's TOTTERING HOUSE , Shakespeare's MEASURE FORMEASURE, Suzan-Lori Parks' THE AMERICA PLAY, Kevin Kling's THE EDUCATION OF WALTER KAUFMANN, Caridad Svich's ALCHEMY OF DESIRE/DEAD-MAN'S BLUES, Ruth Mackenzie's music/theatre/dance piece KALEVALA: dream of the salmon maiden (1997, 1999,2001), THE CHEKHOV PROJECT, by Anton Chekhov and Kira Obolensky, AMBIENT LOVE RITES by Daniel Alexander Jones, a restaging of Frank's premiere work FARMYARD to celebrate the 10th anniversary, THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, THE TRESTLE AT POPE LICK CREEK by Naomi Wallace, THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINA by Kira Obolensky, PERFECT PIE by Judith Thompson, THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI by Bertolt Brecht, SELF DEFENSE, or death of some salesmen by Carson Kreitzer, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare, THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER by Carson Kreitzer, and THE CRADLE WILL ROCK by Mark Blitzstein, F***** A by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, and the premiere of THE WOMEN OF TROY, a company developed musical adaptation of THE TROJAN WOMEN.