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The Minneapolis home to the Brave New Workshop for 40 years has a new owner.

 is being reborn under the name "The Phoenix Theatre."

It will be managed by a newly formed nonprofit organization called "The Arts Nest." The mission of the The Arts Nest is to nurture and support emerging artists and arts professionals by creating access to opportunities for learning, connections and visibility. A website for the organization is under construction.

According to a release, the space is being remodeled to make it more suitable as a rental venue for theater, dance and performance art.

The space is scheduled to reopen in November and will feature regular Tuesday night cabarets, as well as productions by visiting companies and shows nurtured by "the nest."

 is scheduled to be the first visiting company to use the Phoenix Theater with its premiere of "Detainee" by Sam Graber, running Nov. 6-15.

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The old Brave New Workshop space in Minneapolis will become a space  more suitable as a rental venue for theater, dance and performance art.

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