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The Twin Cities is growing by leaps and bounds, as evidenced by construction cranes dotting the landscape. That kinetic vitality was reflected onstage in 2016 in ambitious, well-crafted works that grappled with essential and elemental issues, including what it means to be human, to have grace, to walk in another's shoes. It all made for a thrilling year in the footlights.