Punchinello Players

Punchinello Players
Formation1914
Dissolved1994
TypeTheatre group
PurposeStudent-run Community Theatre
Location

Punchinello Players, founded in 1914, was a theatre organization of the University of Minnesota. When it closed it was the second oldest student-run community theater in the U.S.[1] Punchinello - located on the St. Paul campus - originated for the purpose of improving the lives of the greater community. As a university-associated theater it changed with the times and continued to explore and interrogate the human condition.[2] Punchinello Players closed in 1994 due primarily to its home, North Hall (formerly the St. Paul Campus Dining Hall), being slated for demolition.

  1. ^ "Tongue-in-Cheek Look At Musicals To Be Staged By Punchinello Players". UNM News Service 4.19.82. University of Minnesota News Service.
  2. ^ "Country Plays with Country Players". 'Rural Manhood: Devoted to the County (Rural) Work of the Young Men's Christian Associations in Village, Town and Open Country. The International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations, New York: 417–418. January 1918. Retrieved December 30, 2017.