Grant Sorenson is an innovative and dynamic theatermaker whose "breathtaking…real and visceral" work spans the classical canon, contemporary drama, music theater, and opera.
His directing work has been seen at the Guthrie Theater, Open Eye Theater, Boston Center for the Arts, Crane Theater, Boston University Opera Institute, Running Errands, 7th House Theater, Wayzata Theatre, Maison Bodega, Everwood Farmstead, MN Fringe Festival, and others.
Grant is the producing artistic director of THE MODERN REP, the Twin Cities' only professional theater company focused solely on classical work. His productions for THE MODERN REP include Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, Shakespeare's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and the regional premiere of Oscar Wilde's SALOMÉ.
He is also the producer and curator of TABLE/READ, a monthly theatergoing event in Minneapolis. This innovative social and performance experiment brings one-nightly-only theatrical performances of regional and world premieres to non-traditional theatre spaces in the Twin Cities.
He has served as an assistant director for the Boston Early Music Festival, Theater Latte Da, The Moving Company, Hennepin Theatre Trust, and others.
He has developed new work with The Playwright's Center, Running Errands, 7th House Theater, Boston Opera Collaborative, and others.
Grant served as the associate program director of Wayzata Theatre from 2018-2023, directing fifteen productions and co-creating an award-winning educational theatre program that staged six productions across three performance spaces each year. His other teaching experience includes Boston University, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Hennepin Arts, and others.
UPCOMING
PROJECTS
THE SEAGULL
THE MODERN REP
October 2026
PYRAMUS & THISBE
Boston Early Music Festival
November 2026
THE BITTER TEARS OF
PETRA VON KANT
THE MODERN REP @ PAIKKA
February 2027
PLAYBOY OF THE
WESTERN WORLD
THE MODERN REP
April-May 2027
Hosting the one year anniversary of TABLE/READ. Photo by Nina Luna Creative.
"Moonshot ambition."
"Inventive and modern and forward-thinking, pushing the envelope and the boundaries of what theater can be and do, and always just exactly what we need at the present moment."
"Eschews traditional theatrical forms, creating something immediate, immersive, and visceral."
"Sorenson’s deft direction guides the cast through rapidly changing registers, sustaining the audience’s empathy in scenes that could easily veer into a maudlin or sadistic tone."
- Racket
SORENSON