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Twin Cities actor suffers cardiac arrest on stage

Posted at 4:05 PM on September 17, 2011 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
Filed under: People, Theater

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Warren C. Bowles performing in the role of Martin Luther King Jr.
Image: Nathan Howard/Post-Bulletin

Warren C. Bowles was on stage at the Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis Friday night when he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Bowles, 63, is a veteran Twin Cities performer and an instructor at Augsburg College. He was giving a monologue near the end of the opening night of "Neighbors" when he collapsed.

At last report, Bowles was at Hennepin County Medical Center, where he is in the Intensive Care Unit.

According the Mixed Blood website, performances of "Neighbors" have been suspended for the weekend.


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