Plan your visit

Do not use the stored 528 Hennepin Avenue address. The current primary location is 3754 Pleasant Avenue South, though some productions are off site. There is no dedicated parking lot at the Center for Performing Arts; free street parking is available nearby. A pre-show email supplies event-specific details.

Accessibility

The theater at the Center for Performing Arts is wheelchair accessible. Seating layouts change by production, so contact the box office in advance for accessible and companion seating, entrance details, or other accommodations; off-site shows follow the host venue’s access provisions.

About Illusion Theater

Illusion Theater is a long-running Minneapolis theater and arts-education organization that develops and presents original work addressing contemporary life and social change. It moved from its former downtown Hennepin Avenue home in 2021; most performances and its offices are now at the Center for Performing Arts in south Minneapolis.

Venue policies

Address warning

Illusion moved from its former downtown Hennepin Avenue location in 2021.

Check-in

The theater uses name check-in; printed or electronic tickets are generally unnecessary.

Seating

The flexible black-box seating chart changes by production.

Parking

No dedicated lot is available; use legal street parking and review the pre-show email.