Doorways
Doorways is Six Points Theater's initiative of ongoing programs such as symposia, community forums, post-show discussions, written communications and work with schoolchildren, all designed to open the door to greater understanding and enjoyment of the plays we present and to deeper insight into the subjects and issues they address. The programs are entertaining and educational and in conjunction with the current play on stage. All programs are free and open to the public.
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2024 - 2025 Season
The Messenger by Jenny Connell Davis
How Do Actors Prepare for Challenging Themes?
With actors Julia Isabel Diaz, Laura Esping, and Ashley Horiuchi.
Why Do People Become Racist?
With panelist Frank Hornstein who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003-2024.
His parents survived the Holocaust. His grandmother died in Auschwitz. And panelist Yuichiro Onishi,
Associate Professor of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota.
Are Current Times Encouraging Hate?
With panelist Rabbi Esther Adler, Mount Zion Temple, St. Paul.
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Survivors by Wendy Kout
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The Rise of Racism
Andrew Aoki, Augsburg University Professor, Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies and Political Science;
Duchess Harris, Macalester College Professor, American Studies; and Brad Lehrman, attorney.
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Stories of the Holocaust and Genocide
Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director, World Without Genocide, in Special Consultative Status with the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 2022, and actors.
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Christian Nationalism and Anti-Semitism
Rev. John Matthews, formerly of Grace Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, MN, and Rabbi Barry Cytron, former Macalester College Chaplain/Professor.
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​​Just for Us by Alex Edelman
A Conversation with Ryan London Levin
As Ryan performs in his first solo show, he’ll share thoughts on this experience and what it’s like to bring to life another person’s stories
Meet Director JC Cutler
Hear from JC and enjoy coffee and cookies before the performance
Panel Discussion: What’s it Like to be a Young Jew Today?
A diverse group of young Jews share their feelings about Jewish identity in this challenging time
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2023 - 2024 Season
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Survivors by Wendy Kout
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The Rise of Anti-Semitism In partnership with St. Paul Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Relations Council Minnesota & the Dakotas
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Genocide With Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director, World Without Genocide, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and Pastor James Erlandson, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, St. Paul, MN
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Christian Nationalism and Anti-Semitism With Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker, Mount Zion Temple, St. Paul, MN, and Pastor John Matthews, Grace Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, MN
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2022 - 2023 Season
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​Groupthink by Mathew Goldstein (World Premiere)
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​Meet the Actors With Lynda J. Dahl, Pedro Juan Fonseca, Joanna Harmon, Damian Leverett and John Middleton
Living in a World of Untruths and Alternative Facts at LAKE MONSTER BREWING, St. Paul
With Hamline's Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies David Schultz and Rabbi Esther Adler
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Uncle Philip's Coat by Matty Selman
Meet the Actor and Director
With actor JC Cutler and director Craig Johnson
Meet the Playwright
With Matty Selman
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What Does Clothing Design Say About Society? With Marilyn DeLong, Professor Emerita, in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, specializing in Fashion Trends and Cross-cultural Influence on Design
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Trayf by Lindsay Joelle
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Meet the Playwright - by zoom With Lindsay Joelle
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A Special Conversation with Rabbi Menachem Mendel Feller
Rabbi Feller is Director of the Upper Midwest Merkos Chabad Lubavitch and Lubavitch House
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The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler
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Meet the Actors
With Avi Aharoni, Lynda J. Dahl, Amanda Cate Fuller, Lea Kalisch and Tony Larkin
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Marriage, Race and Religion - CLE - 1.0 Elimination of Bias Credit Applied For With Marshall Tanick, moderator, Steve Harris, family law attorney, Karen Bryant, immigration law attorney, and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Feller, Director of the Upper Midwest Merkos Chabad Lubavitch and Lubavitch House
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2021 - 2022 Season
A Pickle by Deborah Yarchun
How to Pickle Vegetables
With Doris Rubenstein, the woman who was the inspiration for A Pickle
State Fair Food Over the Years - What's Changed?
With Sara Hayden, State Fair vendor, Tobie Nidetz, veteran of the hospitality industry, and James Norton, editor of Heavy Table
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The People’s Violin by Charles Varon
The Violin as an Instrument - Each Tells a Story - by zoom With Andy Fein, owner of Fein Violins, and Michael Sutton, a Minnesota Orchestra and MacPhail Center for Music faculty member
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Children of Holocaust Survivors - Keeping the Memory Alive - by zoom With Maia Brumberg-Kraus and Rosanne Zaidenweber, both daughters of survivors, moderated by therapist Beth Shapiro Johnson
The Holocaust's Stolen Property
With Marshall Tanick, moderator, George Sonnen, owner of St. Paul based History Bound, LLC, Rachel Dahl, partner in Maslon's Estate Planning Group, and Ivan Rafowitz, a multi-keyboardist musician and producer of contemporary music
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Two Jews Walk Into A War by Seth Rozin
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Meet the Actors
With Avi Aharoni and Nathan Keepers
Meet the Playwright
With Seth Rozin
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.