MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. The core takeaway from “Drawing Lessons” is anyone can draw. Set during the ...

In CTC’s ‘Drawing Lessons,’ an adolescent expresses herself in graphic images Michi Barall’s play premieres at the Minneapolis children’s theater as the first of 16 commissions from a $1.5 million ...

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 ...

For many adolescents, graphic novels serve as an unexpected bridge to art, literature, storytelling, and occasionally to independence and adulthood. This is the liminal space that Michi Barall, SoA ...