About BareBones

BareBones Productions is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) performing arts non-profit.  We operate as a collective of visual and performing artists to produce visionary parade sections, outdoor installations, and spectacle performances, generally involving stilting, bicycles, and great big puppets.  Our grandest production is The Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza, a cult favorite throughout the Twin Cities.

Over the years, BareBones has also produced five annual Winter Pageants on ice and snow, five summertime Dumpster Duels performance competitions based on scavenged garbage, and various other outdoor puppet shows including The Little Match Girl and Raven Steals the Sun.

Our venues have been public parks and other public spaces around the Twin Cities.  These include Minnehaha Falls Park and Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Dunning Fields and Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, and the parking lots at Bedlam Theatre and the Midtown Public Market in Minneapolis.

BareBones has performed in parades and escapades throughout the Twin Cities metro area including the Independence Day parades in Edina and Marine-on-St. Croix, the Minneapolis Aquatennial Torchlight Parade, the Midtown Greenway Parade Of Arts, The St. Paul Classic Bike Tour, and the Minnesota State Fair Mall Parade.

In addition, BareBones conducts two visual and performing arts residencies as afternoon day camps each summer in St. Paul.  These take place at the Calibre Ridge and Liberty Plaza apartments of the Twin Cites Housing Development Corporation in collaboration with Campfire USA.