Theater Mu’s new artistic director sees role as call to arms

Theater Mu’s new artistic director sees role as call to arms

At a moment when national arts funding is threatened, especially for organizations serving diverse audiences, Theater Mu is raising the bar on its ambitions.The Twin Cities-based Asian-American theater has tapped longtime Los Angeles actor, director and writer Fran de Leon as the fifth artistic director in its 33-year history. De Leon has toured nationally with her one-woman show, “Faces of America” and co-led the traveling theater Will & Compan…

Theater Mu Names Fran de Leon New Artistic Director

De Leon succeeds Lily Tung Crystal and interim artistic director Katie Bradley, and will lead the Midwest’s largest Asian American theatre company alongside managing director Ann Thu T. Pham.