On November 1, 2019, Children's Theatre Company announced the settlement of all 16 lawsuits. Additional suits were filed under the Minnesota Child Victims Act. On December 1, 2015, two former students from the 1970s and early 80s filed civil lawsuits against the theater claiming abuse by Donohue and Jason McLean, a former actor. Donahue was sentenced to a year in prison and 15 years' probation during which time he was to completely disengage himself from the Children's Theatre Company. John Clark Donahue was fired 1984 after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of three male minor students.
It is now located next to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The programs began operating from space donated in a restaurant before moving to an abandoned fire station donated when the troupe affiliated itself with the social service agency Pillsbury-Waite Settlement House. Tolkien, Kate DiCamillo, and Jacqueline Woodson. Recent plays and musicals produced are written by leading playwrights that include wholly original stories and adaptations of books by popular authors such as Matt De La Peña, Jeff Kinney, J.R.R. Actors in productions are a mix of adult and young adult performers. Many productions were adaptations from children's literature including Pippi Longstocking, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Cinderella, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Year with Frog and Toad, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Alice in Wonderland, some of which have been in the company's repertoire for decades. It became the education department of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1965, ending in 1975 when it became an independent 501c(3) non-profit organization. The founding is credited to John Clark Donahue and Beth Linnerson under the name The Moppet Players from 1961-1965. Architect Michael Graves designed the expansion for the theater in 2003, nearly doubling the production shops and adding the Cargill stage and lobby space. Ĭhildren’s Theatre Company operates two theatre spaces including the UnitedHealth Group Stage which seats 747 and the mixed-use Cargill Stage which seats up to 300. The November 2, 2004, edition of Time magazine named the company as the top theater for children in the U.S. The theater is the largest theater for multigenerational audiences in the United States and is the recipient of 2003 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. The Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is a regional theater established in 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in plays for families, young audiences and the very young.
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