History
The company was founded in 1995 by two directors named Julia Fischer and Greg Smucker, and a designer named Joe Stanley. 15 HEAD focused on creating original company works, employing a unique method of communal creation to bring their productions to the stage.
Following two years at Old Arizona studios, they became a resident company at the Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis in 1997. Several former members went on the create the Minneapolis-based company known as Sandbox Theatre.
In its final years (after the departure of two of the original founders), the remaining company members utilized methods popularized by Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. The company was awarded a Jerome Fellowship grant for their work in 2002 and 2004. 15 Head produced plays and offered classes in the Viewpoints method in Minneapolis from 1995, until the dissolution of the company in 2005.
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