Faye M. Price

Macalester alumni, Faye M. Price is the former co-Artistic Producing Director and co-Center Director of Pillsbury House + Theatre in Minneapolis, where she has helped to lead the transformation of Pillsbury House, a 135 year old community service center, and Pillsbury House Theatre, a 27 year old professional theatre, into a one-of-a-kind, center for creativity and community. A long-time Minneapolis resident, Faye is a multidisciplinary theatre artist. She has performed on many national stages and was a founding acting company member of both Mixed Blood Theater and Penumbra Theatre where she remains a company member. As a production dramaturg at the Guthrie, Faye collaborated on over 30 productions under the artistic leadership of Garland Wright and Joe Dowling.  Faye directed the world premiere of Nina Simone: Four Women at Park Square Theatre in St Paul, A Crack in the Sky at the History Theatre and most recently The Watsons go to Birmingham – 1963 at the Kennedy Center. At the award-winning Pillsbury House, she brought the voices of some of the country’s most challenging and exciting living playwrights to the Twin Cities. Awarded the August Wilson Fellowship to study Dramaturgy and Literary Criticism, Faye received her graduate degree from the University of Minnesota.