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PHOTOS: The Last Firefly (Children’s Theatre Company)

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Boom (Ricardo Vazquez) and Lightning (Stephanie Bertumen) fight in The Last Firefly. Photo by Dan Norman.

Epic action might not be what you think of with children’s theatre, but even a cursory look at The Last Firefly (currently playing at the Children’s Theatre Company) will show you otherwise. Here’s a look at this striking play by Naomi Iizuka.

All photos by Dan Norman.

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Boom (Ricardo Vazquez) and Kuroko (Joy Dolo) are stopped by Ax (Luvern Seifert).
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Naomi Iizuka’s script and Eric J. Van Wyk’s stage design evoke the dramatic confrontations of wuxia films.
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Ax (Luverne Seifert) gets the better of Boom (Ricardo Vazquez).
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Lightning (Stephanie Bertumen) makes a dramatic appearance.
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Sun Mee Chomet as Monkey.

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The Last Firefly plays at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis through November 13, 2016.

Twin Cities Arts Reader
The <em>Twin Cities Arts Reader</em> is an arts and lifestyles magazine whose coverage examines arts and selected activities in the state of Minnesota and across the country. It provides Minnesota's largest source of in-depth, critical theatre coverage, and reaches more than 600,000 readers per year.
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