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What is The Theater of Public Policy?
The Theater of Public Policy is the country’s favorite (and coincidentally only) civics-inspired improv comedy company.
At live and online shows, they interview experts on a particular issue. Then, their cast of world-class improv comedy actors bring everything discussed to life live on stage.
Shows are smart, funny, and enlightening. Audiences learn something and laugh together.
Since 2011, they performed more than 300 shows across the United States. They have covered virtually every policy and political issue you can think of: housing, transportation, taxes, climate science, education, unions, gun rights and gun control, Brexit, infrastructure investment, religion, racial justice, rural life, China policy, journalism, and three different shows about the Farm Bill.
The show has hosted big thinkers and big names in the world of policy and politics. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Senator Tina Smith, Congressman Tom Emmer, Mayors Melvin Carter, Jacob Frey, Betsy Hodges, Chris Coleman, and RT Rybak, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel, former congressman Dick Gephardt, and many, many more.
The show is hosted by Tane Danger, a longtime improviser with a Master’s in public policy.
In addition to their flagship show, The Theater of Public Policy has partnered with hundreds of organizations on fun “thinky” events. Everything from custom live quiz shows, to historical walking tours, to a virtual museum guide just for cats and their owners. They work at the intersection of creative and smart.