Having parted ways with the Ames Center in Burnsville,
Chameleon Theatre Circle is spending their 20th season at various locations north of the Minnesota River. Which, as a Northeast suburbs dweller, makes me happy. Because they've got a great line-up this season, including the rarely produced musical
Chess, coming to the new Gremlin space in St. Paul next month, and the cult favorite
Little Shop of Horrors at the Sabes JCC next spring. But first, they're opening their season with the family drama
Independence, by
Playwrights' Center core writer Lee Blessing. Playing in Artistry's Black Box theater (opposite the sold out
Music Man), it's an intense, intimate, and well done look at a family dealing with mental illness, unwanted pregnancies, separation, and years of pain.
