University Retirees Volunteer Center

Rarig Theater Productions Fall 2026

Program Overview:

The University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts and Dance is a collaborative hub for education, artistic research, and professional training in Dance and Theatre. This fall season explores themes of identity, mortality, and the meaning of life through stories of loss, possibility, and the human experience. 🌐 Rarig Fall 2026 Events

Productions Needing Volunteers:

Volunteers needed: 5 ushers at each performance.

• Ride the Cyclone – A Musical: Six teenagers. One catastrophic accident. One impossible chance. Ride the Cyclone unfolds through the stories each teenager tells of the life they lived and the life they never had the chance to live. Part ghost story, part musical fever dream, Ride the Cyclone is ultimately a meditation on memory, possibility, and what makes life matter.

Volunteers needed: 2 ushers at each performance.

• Angels in America – Part One: Millennium Approaches: Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the intersecting lives of several New Yorkers in the mid-1990s during the height of the AIDS crisis and amid the social and political tensions of the Reagan era.

Volunteer Activities:

• Ushering.
• Taking tickets.
• Distributing programs.
• Answering basic questions.
• Assisting with light theater clean-up after the performance.

Dates, times, and Locations:

• All performances are held at Stoll Thrust Theatre, Rarig Center, 330 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
• Ushers must arrive one hour before performance start time for assignments and instructions.

Ride the Cyclone – A Musical

• Friday, November 6 @ 7:30 PM (usher arrival: 6:30 PM)
• Saturday, November 7 @ 7:30 PM (usher arrival: 6:30 PM)
• Sunday, November 8 @ 2:00 PM (usher arrival: 1:00 PM)
• Wednesday, November 11 @ 7:30 PM (usher arrival: 6:30 PM)
• Thursday, November 12 @ 7:30 PM (usher arrival: 6:30 PM)
• Friday, November 13 @ 7:30 PM (usher arrival: 6:30 PM)
• Saturday, November 14 @ 7:30 PM (usher arrival: 6:30 PM)
• Sunday, November 15 @ 2:00 PM (usher arrival: 1:00 PM)

Angels in America – Part One: Millennium Approaches

• Thursday, November 19 @ 7:00 PM (usher arrival: 6:00 PM)
• Friday, November 20 @ 7:00 PM (usher arrival: 6:00 PM)
• Saturday, November 21 @ 1:00 PM (usher arrival: 12:00 noon)
• Saturday, November 21 @ 7:00 PM (usher arrival: 6:00 PM)
• Sunday, November 22 @ 1:00 PM (usher arrival: 12:00 noon)

What to wear:

• Business casual attire, preferably black clothing.

Volunteer eligibility and training:

• Brief training will be provided upon arrival.

Parking/Transportation:

• Free parking is available at the 21st Avenue S and 19th Avenue parking ramps, which are the closest options.
• Bring your parking ticket to the Rarig House Manager upon arrival.

Volunteer Compensation:

• One complimentary ticket for a guest accompanying the usher.

*When registering please indicate whether you are a URVC/UMRA volunteer.

Deadline for volunteer application: October 23^rd, 2026

To register, select the date/shift below; check the box in the column on the right.

Or, contact University Retirees Volunteer Center

by email at URVC@UMN.EDU (preferred) or by phone at 612-625-8016