“Drawing Lessons,” co-commissioned by Ma-Yi Theater Company and the Children’s Theatre Company is set to open for previews in Minneapolis on Oct 8. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to ...

Among the great advances in education over recent decades is the rejection of a “one size fits all” approach to learning. Different brains process information differently, and there are skills that ...

Change is hard for anyone but especially for a twelve year old girl who doesn’t understand why they have to pick up their lives and move one city over, seemingly for no reason. Drawing Lessons, the ...

What inspired you to write the Drawing Lessons? The play has two sources of inspiration. My friend Jack Tamburri (who is currently directing the production at CTC) and I collaborated on a project ...

Barall wrote “Drawing Lessons,” a coming-of-age play about a Korean American adolescent who is into graphic novels. The play premieres Saturday at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, where, ...

Spread the loveIn an era where technology often dominates children’s activities, the timeless art of drawing remains a ...