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Prop maker Brooke Nelson recommends seeing the musical 

 at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. The story begins when six teenagers die in a gruesome roller coaster accident; they find themselves in limbo and must compete for the opportunity to return to life. Nelson says the show is a funny, touching look at what it means to value your life while you have it. Performances run through Oct. 20. 

Theater artist Paul Coate took his family to New Prague, Minn., to check out Daleko Arts production 

 The audience takes a walking tour of downtown Daleko’s haunted history, only to have it hilariously interrupted by a series of mishaps. Coate enjoyed the combination of walking about a small town while laughing heartily. Performances run through Oct. 12. 

As the director of the emergency medicine department in an east metro hospital, Richelle Jader says she’s thrilled to see a theater production that features the lives and work of small-town first responders. 

 is based on the book of the same name, and is inspired by Michael Perry’s experiences working as a volunteer firefighter in New Auburn, Wis. Performances run through Sept. 29 at The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wis. 

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The Jungle Theater presents “Ride the Cyclone.” Plus, Art Hounds recommend a theatrical ghost tour of New Prague and “Population 485” in Hudson.

This week on Art Hounds: A musical about death, a comical ghost tour and a play about saving lives in a small town.

Art Hounds Sept 26, 2019

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