Fargo North graduate returns as the Grinch in Minneapolis production

Fargo — A Fargo North High graduate is getting ready to steal Christmas in Minneapolis. Reed Sigmund is returning to the title role in the Children s Theatre Company s "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Sigmund says playing the Grinch was intimidating at first. He felt the pressure to make the role his own. Reed Sigmund discovered theater as a 4th grader at Horace Mann Elementary School and continued in productions at Ben Franklin Junior High, North High and Trollwood Performing Arts School. He says he's lucky to have made a career out of doing something he loves. Contributed/Children's Theatre Company Fourteen years after first taking the role, Sigmund says he still feels the rush every time he puts on the big green, furry costume. Sigmund grew up in north Fargo, and his first time on stage came at Horace Mann Elementary. He says that the first school play set everything in motion. "Then went on and did shows at Ben Franklin Middle School and F