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BRYANT LAKE BOWL THEATER
Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater is a charming venue in Minneapolis, known for its intimate atmosphere and vibrant programming. With a cozy capacity of just 82 seats, the theater features a 9' x 22' stage that has hosted an impressive array of performances, including the quirky holiday favorite "A Very Die Hard Christmas." The venue also showcases musical talent, featuring renowned artists such as Dan Wilson, The Civil Wars, Jeremy Messersmith, and Soccer Mommy. This blend of theater and live music creates a unique community hub where audiences can enjoy a diverse range of artistic expressions in an inviting setting.
Take a look at our calendar to see what excellent shows we have happening this month.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HOW DO I BUY TICKETS?
You can purchase tickets from our website using the link under the show’s description.
Any remaining tickets will be available at the door.
Doors typically open 30 or 60 minutes before the show; please check the event page on our website for specific times.
Tickets are available online up until two hours before each show. If the show isn’t sold out we will release the remaining tickets at the door.
I CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE SHOW.
CAN I GET A REFUND?
Sorry, but no.
No refunds or exchanges once you’ve purchased a ticket.
I JUST BOUGHT A TICKET.
DO I HAVE AN ASSIGNED SEAT?
Nope. All of our shows are general admission.
First come, first served.
CAN I EAT AND DRINK INSIDE THE THEATER?
For sure! (Bryant-Lake Bowl food and drinks, that is.)
We serve our full restaurant and bar menus inside the theater, which means you can order from and eat directly in your seat.
I’M INTERESTED IN BOOKING A SHOW.
WHAT DO I DO?
Reach out to Kristin Van Loon at Kristin@bryantlakebowl.com
When visiting Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater, convenient parking options are available to make your experience hassle-free. There’s a parking lot located directly behind the building, offering easy access for guests. Additionally, you'll find free off-street parking nearby, perfect for those looking to save on costs. For those who prefer guaranteed spots, paid off-street parking is also available in the vicinity. With these options, you can focus on enjoying the show without worrying about where to park!
Weird Sapphics
“The 80s: The greatest decade alive… unless you’re a dorky teenage lesbian, then it pretty much totally sucks!”
A campy sapphic comedy loosely based on the 1985 John Hughes classic “Weird Science.” Featuring a Frankenstein-ed beautiful woman, pure gay-ighties antics, and all the charm two loser high school lesbians can muster. Who’s ready to rock?!
CONTENT WARNINGS: homophobia/slurs, audience participation, flashing lights, fog, and gunshot
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Local News and For You, Anything!
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, THE RESIDENCY AT BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!" After the show, stay for Improv Community Time!
LOCAL NEWS: [Katie Knepler, Bret Meyer, Ari Newman, Ryan Klima, Chip Gehring]
An improvised newscast bringing you big stories from small towns. Brought to you by the Channel 12 news team of Beverly Cheddar, Kaleidoscope Jones, Bill Pesto, Rusty Skips, and Snort Hackman, we perform long form improvised local newscasts, complete with exciting intro music, interpersonal anchor drama, weather reports, sports updates, field correspondents, interviewees/eyewitnesses, and sometimes in-studio guests! This show is inspired by the local news I grew up watching in my mid-sized Central Illinois hometown, which featured silly-without-meaning-to-be-silly small town stories, over the top delivery, and awkward anchor banter. In our show, we deliver headlines, go on location to get the scoop, and DO let our personal lives affect our delivery of the news.
FOR YOU, ANYTHING!: [Meghan Wolff, Bhanu Shri, Angelique Lisboa, Chip Gehring, Kezia Germ, Meredith Howell, Liz Council, Karyn Wilson]
For You, Anything! plays around with traditional long form structures and answers the important question “what if we were just all cute and nice to each other”?
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Weird Sapphics
“The 80s: The greatest decade alive… unless you’re a dorky teenage lesbian, then it pretty much totally sucks!”
A campy sapphic comedy loosely based on the 1985 John Hughes classic “Weird Science.” Featuring a Frankenstein-ed beautiful woman, pure gay-ighties antics, and all the charm two loser high school lesbians can muster. Who’s ready to rock?!
CONTENT WARNINGS: homophobia/slurs, audience participation, flashing lights, fog, and gunshot
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Crescent Moon X Big Trouble
The collaborative project Crescent Moon x Big Trouble is back at it again.
Let me catch you up quick. Big Trouble is an instrumental band featuring many members of Heiruspecs. Crescent Moon is one of the greatest rappers to ever come out of Minnesota, famous for his work with Oddjobs and Kill the Vultures. Going back to about 2007 Sean McPherson from Big Trouble drove a minidisc and minidisc player full of new music over to Crescent Moon’s house and they quickly carved out a beautiful EP full of instrumentals that blended in with Crescent Moon’s powerful lyrics.
In his lyrics, Crescent Moon offers a wide spectrum of emotions. Need some shit talk? No problem. A drinking song that sounds like it was either written 100 years in the future or the past? Done. A workaday story told from a completely left field point of view? Check. That spectrum gives Big Trouble the chance to bring their own wide spectrum in the world of instrumentals: a barren minimalist landscape punctuated by washed out slide guitar? Yes, chef. A lopsided chordal pattern that turns on itself when you least expect it? Hold my coffee. A 5/4 fusion blast with chords that dart around the key center? So glad you asked, yes.
Together, Crescent Moon and Big Trouble carve their own path, finding what works for the unique stories they want to tell with little regard for what a band is supposed to do. They’ve released the aforementioned EP and a three-song single. The group shows no signs of slowing down or speeding up. The path and pace they’ve chosen has led them into almost two decades of collaboration built on finding the best ways to push themselves and their music where it needs to go.
For the Bryant-Lake Bowl show on Saturday, November 22, Crescent Moon x Big Trouble will be sharing some new songs they’ve been working on as well as songs from earlier releases. Between day jobs, children and travel, it’s a rare thing indeed to catch Crescent Moon and Big Trouble on stage together, and you won’t regret making time for it in your busy schedule.
Crescent Moon X Big Trouble Back at the Bryant-Lake Bowl
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 9:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 8pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Weird Sapphics
“The 80s: The greatest decade alive… unless you’re a dorky teenage lesbian, then it pretty much totally sucks!”
A campy sapphic comedy loosely based on the 1985 John Hughes classic “Weird Science.” Featuring a Frankenstein-ed beautiful woman, pure gay-ighties antics, and all the charm two loser high school lesbians can muster. Who’s ready to rock?!
CONTENT WARNINGS: homophobia/slurs, audience participation, flashing lights, fog, and gunshot
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
A Very Carey Christmas Cabaret
Local chanteuse Nichole Carey returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl with another heartfelt and hilarious holiday cabaret!
Following in the footsteps of Dean Martin and Carol Burnett, this high-energy variety show features live music, burlesque, big laughs, surprise guests, and so much more. With only two performances to enjoy, don't miss your chance to kick off the season with the always entertaining Nichole Carey & Company!
Nichole Carey is a Twin Cities–based performer, writer, and producer best known for creating and starring in A Very Carey Christmas Cabaret, an annual sold-out tradition at the Bryant Lake Bowl since 2018. Her work blends humor, heart, and a touch of mischief, with performances spanning Minneapolis, Saint Paul, New York, and Chicago. She is the founder of Nichole Carey & Company and co-founder of Alchemy Arts with her spouse and collaborator, award-winning dancer and 2025 McKnight Fellow, Andrew Lester.
Musical Direction By: Blake Brauer
Also featuring the talents of: Max Besner, Scot Froelich, Doug Hooker, Megan Kim, Andrew Lester, Jeremy Motz, Boo Segersin, Nicole Wilder, and Lewis Youngren
With Choreography by Doug Hooker and Andrew Lester
Tickets are $20 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Local News and For You, Anything!
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, THE RESIDENCY AT BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!" After the show, stay for Improv Community Time!
LOCAL NEWS: [Katie Knepler, Bret Meyer, Ari Newman, Ryan Klima, Chip Gehring]
An improvised newscast bringing you big stories from small towns. Brought to you by the Channel 12 news team of Beverly Cheddar, Kaleidoscope Jones, Bill Pesto, Rusty Skips, and Snort Hackman, we perform long form improvised local newscasts, complete with exciting intro music, interpersonal anchor drama, weather reports, sports updates, field correspondents, interviewees/eyewitnesses, and sometimes in-studio guests! This show is inspired by the local news I grew up watching in my mid-sized Central Illinois hometown, which featured silly-without-meaning-to-be-silly small town stories, over the top delivery, and awkward anchor banter. In our show, we deliver headlines, go on location to get the scoop, and DO let our personal lives affect our delivery of the news.
FOR YOU, ANYTHING!: [Meghan Wolff, Bhanu Shri, Angelique Lisboa, Chip Gehring, Kezia Germ, Meredith Howell, Liz Council, Karyn Wilson]
For You, Anything! plays around with traditional long form structures and answers the important question “what if we were just all cute and nice to each other”?
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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The Residency at BLB on Facebook
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
A Very Carey Christmas Cabaret
Local chanteuse Nichole Carey returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl with another heartfelt and hilarious holiday cabaret!
Following in the footsteps of Dean Martin and Carol Burnett, this high-energy variety show features live music, burlesque, big laughs, surprise guests, and so much more. With only two performances to enjoy, don't miss your chance to kick off the season with the always entertaining Nichole Carey & Company!
Nichole Carey is a Twin Cities–based performer, writer, and producer best known for creating and starring in A Very Carey Christmas Cabaret, an annual sold-out tradition at the Bryant Lake Bowl since 2018. Her work blends humor, heart, and a touch of mischief, with performances spanning Minneapolis, Saint Paul, New York, and Chicago. She is the founder of Nichole Carey & Company and co-founder of Alchemy Arts with her spouse and collaborator, award-winning dancer and 2025 McKnight Fellow, Andrew Lester.
Musical Direction By: Blake Brauer
Also featuring the talents of: Max Besner, Scot Froelich, Doug Hooker, Megan Kim, Andrew Lester, Jeremy Motz, Boo Segersin, Nicole Wilder, and Lewis Youngren
With Choreography by Doug Hooker and Andrew Lester
Tickets are $20 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Rain Or Shine: An Evening of Monologues on Days that began bad but got better
Local Comedian and Writer Devohn Bland introduces a group of artists of different backgrounds and practices to perform 10 minutes Monologues with a single prompt: a day that began bad but got better. This show is set up to create a space for folks to talk about very specific scenarios, in hopes that the personal can connect shared universal experiences. More than comedy, more than poetry, but mostly ending in something better.
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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Holidating: Christmas
An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday! Do you wish holiday romcoms happened all year? Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year round! Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love, breakups, and meet cutes themed around this month’s holiday, Christmas!
Cast:
Sarah Arnold-Simondet
Chris Rodriguez
Justin Michael
Will Schroeder
Hannah Wydeven
Laura Berger
Keys:
Justin Nellis
Produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet & Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
OASIS Laugh Battle at Bryant Lake Bowl
No scripts. No mercy. Just chaos, courage, and comedy.
The Twin Cities' fiercest BIPOC comedians face off in the rawest, rowdiest comedy show in the Twin Cities.
Every round, performers battle it out in lightning-fast improv games—and the audience calls the shots. You decide who stays, who slays, and who gets eliminated.
🔥 Come for the battle. Stay for the laughs.
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
A Drinking Game Mn presents: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Inside a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe.
We are back y’all and we are bringing you the one, the only, he who puts the mean in green, the Grinch! A Drinking Game Mn will do a live stage reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas where not only our cast will have drinking cues, but you, our audience will have them as well! Hear a bell ring and take a drink of whatever you like! Be it Alcohol, snow (that’s water babes), NA options, pop, tears… We recommend leaving the tears for the Grinch and grab yourself a beverage you’ll enjoy! Our cast will bring the magic to life from the green, mean machine himself to the holiday cheer and adventure!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Mistress Ginger’s Generation X-mas
Hark! Mistress Ginger is here to make your Yuletide extra gay. With her 4th annual X-mas spectacular, this cabaret queen is serving up a sleighful of holiday tunes from Christmas past, some from beloved TV specials, some from your favorite pop divas, and some from way, way back (Nutcracker, anyone?). With George Maurer on piano and dancer Jarod Boltjes, it’ll be a rousing romp brimming with live music, high kicks, and a stud muffin or two – sure to get your chestnuts roasted.
Mistress Ginger is a singer and dancer, captivating audiences with her cabaret performances in the Twin Cities since 2006. From intimate gatherings at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater to enchanting evenings at the Crooners Supper Club, she weaves stories through her songs, inviting listeners on whimsical journeys brimming with heart, imagination, and the occasional fan kick. And she can cook too! Her cookbook, Mistress Ginger Cooks, is a campy primer for plant-based eating with pizzazz, and signed copies will available after the show – a perfect holiday gift!
“Mistress Ginger is a cabaret singer who brings warmth and depth to a lyric, and always lets the song shine through. She moves easily from the steam of a torch song to the campy wink of a double entendre – always while holding up the classic composers and lyricists she loves.” –Michael Whistler of Interact Center for the Arts, for MPR News Art Hounds, 2021
“Mistress Ginger took their Broadway, Circa 1986 audience on a journey from musical-obsessed, closeted queer kid, to fully-formed, gender-expansive diva in a transcendent, camp show. She joked that their vocal range is like Bea Arthur’s, but strong vocal skills were presented all throughout the show. Not once did she falter, in a show that felt well-rehearsed — yet off-the-cuff — with room for improvisation, like personally interacting with the audience on a first-name basis…” -Derek Maurawski-Harguth of Derek Please, Twin Cities Gay Scene
George Maurer (piano) is a performer, arranger, music director and composer – talents that have taken him all over the world. He has performed with Eric Clapton, shared the stage with Bruno Mars, composed for renowned musicians, and music directed the Tony- and Grammy-awarded original cast of Broadway’s Jersey Boys in The Midtown Men. He was also the recipient of a McKnight Composers Fellowship in 2014. More info
Jarod Boltjes (dancer), a MN native, is a current company member with James Sewell Ballet and Collide Theatrical. Some previous credits include Contempo Physical Dance, St. Paul Ballet, and Twin Cities Ballet. Outside of the dance studio you can find Jarod teaching yoga and barre fitness classes as a certified instructor, under the circus tent cross-training aerialist at Circus Juventas, and embracing the MN seasons outside with his two dogs Thomas and Luna.
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Tickets are $25. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
Website
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Letters to Santa…With a Twist
“Letters to Santa…With a Twist”
One Woman. 10 Characters. Zero Filter.
Written by Janelle Ranek and Brenda Lucy.
Performed by Janelle Ranek.
Janelle Ranek is back with an ALL NEW round of Letters to Santa!
This year’s brilliantly twisted lineup includes Larry Dyc, still on his relentless quest to get on Shark Tank; Nora Pearl, author of “Don’t Touch the Raccoon” and other children’s books, visits the Vatican. Meet Candy, the campground host, armed with nonstop nature advice and pro tips for what not to wipe with in the woods.
Then there’s Martha Greenleaf —teeming with Toastmasters confidence and Dale Carnegie optimism — motivating everyone from prison inmates to preschool teachers. Mary and her Christmas story - Bethlehem, Demon Hunters and Cats. And as always, Gloria: the martini-swilling, crass old broad who doles out advice live.
The Star Tribune has called Ranek, “consistently and viciously funny.” This year, Ranek was featured on KSTP’s MNLive! with Meagan Newquist and Chris Egert. Check it out!
Co-created with her wife, Brenda Lucy, their fearless and unpredictable comedy style has earned a devoted following — fans who’ve made Letters to Santa their holiday tradition for more than 20 years. Make it yours, too!
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Tickets are $22 in Advance / $25 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
OASIS Laugh Battle at Bryant Lake Bowl
No scripts. No mercy. Just chaos, courage, and comedy.
The Twin Cities' fiercest BIPOC comedians face off in the rawest, rowdiest comedy show in the Twin Cities.
Every round, performers battle it out in lightning-fast improv games—and the audience calls the shots. You decide who stays, who slays, and who gets eliminated.
🔥 Come for the battle. Stay for the laughs.
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Weird Sapphics
“The 80s: The greatest decade alive… unless you’re a dorky teenage lesbian, then it pretty much totally sucks!”
A campy sapphic comedy loosely based on the 1985 John Hughes classic “Weird Science.” Featuring a Frankenstein-ed beautiful woman, pure gay-ighties antics, and all the charm two loser high school lesbians can muster. Who’s ready to rock?!
CONTENT WARNINGS: homophobia/slurs, audience participation, flashing lights, fog, and gunshot
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Improv Zodiac!
Improv Zodiac! is a unique monthly improv show that celebrates each zodiac season. Every month, three curated teams of Twin Cities improvisers—who share astrological placements in that month’s featured sign—come together to deliver hilarious, one-of-a-kind performances. Whether or not you’re interested in astrology, you'll love watching how the stars align on stage!
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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. $10 at the Door with a Valid Student ID. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Madde Gibba presents "One Wild & Precious Life"
Madde Gibba keeps trying over and over again. A new job, a new man, a new hair color, but nothing has ever felt quite right. What happens when you’ve been so busy trying on so many different versions of a life, that you’ve not gotten around to starting the one you thought you should be living?
A brand new one-woman storytelling show by Madde Gibba. Stories of adventure, love, bites, and bits.
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
PEEPHOLE! presents: GRINDHAUS, a drag and burlesque tribute to grindhouse cinema
From the cast that brought you DAVID LYNCH DRAG SHOW and MIDNIGHT MADNESS
PEEPHOLE! presents:
GRINDHAUS
a drag and burlesque tribute to grindhouse cinema
Featuring the talents of:
Omnipotent Pain
melancholy sometimes
Auntie Splash
Pistachio Creampie
Cerberus the Hound
Heda Thrasher
Marquis Fleur de Lis
Hosted by Mink Hole
Bring your dollars to tip the divas, and to patronize the beautiful Bryant Lake Bowl. Dressing up is highly encouraged but not required.
GRINDHOUSE THEMED COSTUME CONTEST AT INTERMISSION!
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 Sliding Scale at the Door. Doors open at 9:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 8pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Babes Out
Buckle up, Babes...There's been a murder on the Babe Train Express. Watch out as world renowned detectives work with (and sometimes against) the babes as they discover mysterious deaths and sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Local News and For You, Anything!
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, THE RESIDENCY AT BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!" After the show, stay for Improv Community Time!
LOCAL NEWS: [Katie Knepler, Bret Meyer, Ari Newman, Ryan Klima, Chip Gehring]
An improvised newscast bringing you big stories from small towns. Brought to you by the Channel 12 news team of Beverly Cheddar, Kaleidoscope Jones, Bill Pesto, Rusty Skips, and Snort Hackman, we perform long form improvised local newscasts, complete with exciting intro music, interpersonal anchor drama, weather reports, sports updates, field correspondents, interviewees/eyewitnesses, and sometimes in-studio guests! This show is inspired by the local news I grew up watching in my mid-sized Central Illinois hometown, which featured silly-without-meaning-to-be-silly small town stories, over the top delivery, and awkward anchor banter. In our show, we deliver headlines, go on location to get the scoop, and DO let our personal lives affect our delivery of the news.
FOR YOU, ANYTHING!: [Meghan Wolff, Bhanu Shri, Angelique Lisboa, Chip Gehring, Kezia Germ, Meredith Howell, Liz Council, Karyn Wilson]
For You, Anything! plays around with traditional long form structures and answers the important question “what if we were just all cute and nice to each other”?
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Babes Out
Buckle up, Babes...There's been a murder on the Babe Train Express. Watch out as world renowned detectives work with (and sometimes against) the babes as they discover mysterious deaths and sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Babes Out
Buckle up, Babes...There's been a murder on the Babe Train Express. Watch out as world renowned detectives work with (and sometimes against) the babes as they discover mysterious deaths and sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
I Wrote This For You
Little valentines for one another!
Your favorite performers, songwriters, actors, and playwrights, writing things for their favorite performers, songwriters, actors, and playwrights. And then, it gets performed.
Featuring work by Rachel Buhman, Katy Kessler, Alsa Bruno, Leslie Vincent, Remi Chacon, and Bee Davis and more!
Hosted by local performer and improviser Jen Scott ("Clown Funeral" at the MN Fringe, "Bring Your Kids", Penny and the Bandits), I Wrote This For You is a collection of shiny new work, celebrating some of our favorite local performers.
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Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Buffalo Show
For our end of the year show the winds are blowing in from the west, we are excited to welcome three artists from Pine Ridge, Joe Pulliam, Scotti Clifford and Welby June! Joining local stars Al Gross, Sal IV and the Buffalo Weavers!
Tickets are $8 in Advance / $10 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Wh*re d'vores
Your favorite sketch group is back with another all-new, all-fun sketch comedy show! November 7, 8, and 9, come see Ladybrain tackle hot-button issues like ugly oil paintings, soup in a bag, undead kitchen accessories, and more. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry (from laughing), you’ll rethink your opinion of James Bond. What could be better?
Cast:
Gabby Vanden Avond*
Meredith Jacobs*
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O’Halleran
Mickey Trost
Anna Weggel**
*producer
**contributing writer
Ladybrain is a sketch comedy collective of Twin Cities performers and writers. The group originated in 2017 as a way for women, non-binary, and trans artists to write comedy in a safe and supportive space. This is their 16th show as a group, and fifth at Bryant Lake Bowl! Accolades include the 2019 MN Fringe Underdog Award, and several members were called “a pleasure to have in class” in elementary school.
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Hemma (single release) feat. Mareyes & Def Sonic
On Saturday, November 8, 2025 emerging progressive folk, artist Hemma, will debuting her latest single at Bryant Lake Bowl along with her latest LP "Abalone Sky," (production, by Brian Joseph & Sean Carey). Support by blooming artist Mareyes, & "hypno folk" artist Def Sonic.
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Tickets are $15. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 8pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Wh*re d'vores
Your favorite sketch group is back with another all-new, all-fun sketch comedy show! November 7, 8, and 9, come see Ladybrain tackle hot-button issues like ugly oil paintings, soup in a bag, undead kitchen accessories, and more. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry (from laughing), you’ll rethink your opinion of James Bond. What could be better?
Cast:
Gabby Vanden Avond*
Meredith Jacobs*
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O’Halleran
Mickey Trost
Anna Weggel**
*producer
**contributing writer
Ladybrain is a sketch comedy collective of Twin Cities performers and writers. The group originated in 2017 as a way for women, non-binary, and trans artists to write comedy in a safe and supportive space. This is their 16th show as a group, and fifth at Bryant Lake Bowl! Accolades include the 2019 MN Fringe Underdog Award, and several members were called “a pleasure to have in class” in elementary school.
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Bring Your Kids!
Bring Your Kids!
A comedy variety show for kids and their grown ups.
Perfect for ages 5 and up.
Featuring comedians, musicians and generalized silliness.
Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes.
More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets are $7 for Kids / $12 for Adults. Doors open at 2PM. Online ticket sales end at 1PM.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Local News and For You, Anything!
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, THE RESIDENCY AT BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!" After the show, stay for Improv Community Time!
LOCAL NEWS: [Katie Knepler, Bret Meyer, Ari Newman, Ryan Klima, Chip Gehring]
An improvised newscast bringing you big stories from small towns. Brought to you by the Channel 12 news team of Beverly Cheddar, Kaleidoscope Jones, Bill Pesto, Rusty Skips, and Snort Hackman, we perform long form improvised local newscasts, complete with exciting intro music, interpersonal anchor drama, weather reports, sports updates, field correspondents, interviewees/eyewitnesses, and sometimes in-studio guests! This show is inspired by the local news I grew up watching in my mid-sized Central Illinois hometown, which featured silly-without-meaning-to-be-silly small town stories, over the top delivery, and awkward anchor banter. In our show, we deliver headlines, go on location to get the scoop, and DO let our personal lives affect our delivery of the news.
FOR YOU, ANYTHING!: [Meghan Wolff, Bhanu Shri, Angelique Lisboa, Chip Gehring, Kezia Germ, Meredith Howell, Liz Council, Karyn Wilson]
For You, Anything! plays around with traditional long form structures and answers the important question “what if we were just all cute and nice to each other”?
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Wh*re d'vores
Your favorite sketch group is back with another all-new, all-fun sketch comedy show! November 7, 8, and 9, come see Ladybrain tackle hot-button issues like ugly oil paintings, soup in a bag, undead kitchen accessories, and more. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry (from laughing), you’ll rethink your opinion of James Bond. What could be better?
Cast:
Gabby Vanden Avond*
Meredith Jacobs*
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O’Halleran
Mickey Trost
Anna Weggel**
*producer
**contributing writer
Ladybrain is a sketch comedy collective of Twin Cities performers and writers. The group originated in 2017 as a way for women, non-binary, and trans artists to write comedy in a safe and supportive space. This is their 16th show as a group, and fifth at Bryant Lake Bowl! Accolades include the 2019 MN Fringe Underdog Award, and several members were called “a pleasure to have in class” in elementary school.
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Monster Science First Thursdays: Monstromance
Join Reverend Matt and the extraordinary Twin Cities performers Wini Froelich and Kira Pontiff in an exploration of the genre of the modern monster romance novel. It’s a huger and much, much weirder world than you might expect! You’ve heard of romances with vampires, ghosts, and even werewolves - and you’ll certainly hear more here - but what about romance novels about dragons, or minotaurs, and stranger stuff besides? Facts! History! Psychosexual analysis! Come and see!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
OASIS Laugh Battle at Bryant Lake Bowl
No scripts. No mercy. Just chaos, courage, and comedy.
The Twin Cities' fiercest BIPOC comedians face off in the rawest, rowdiest comedy show in the Twin Cities.
Every round, performers battle it out in lightning-fast improv games—and the audience calls the shots. You decide who stays, who slays, and who gets eliminated.
🔥 Come for the battle. Stay for the laughs.
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Holidating: Thanksgiving
An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday!
Do you wish holiday romcoms happened all year?
Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year round!
Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love, breakups, and meet cutes themed around this month’s holiday, Thanksgiving!
Cast:
Justin Michael
Christian Unser
Hannah Wydeven
Laura Berger
Phil Schramm
Erin Clarkin
Keys: Daniel Goldschmidt
Produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet & Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour
A live reading series featuring original science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Two writers spin original science fiction, and one musician underscores the readings with complementary auditory landscapes. We focus on Science Fiction so that we as a society are consciously building our futures, to see and talk about ourselves and each other in new ways- to see people of color, women, queer folks, and immigrants in the future- to show all of us in positions of power, and to show different ways of leading, etc. Science fiction examines not only the effects of continuing to mistreat the planet, humans, plants, and animals; but also envisions new ways of doing things (and remembers ancient ways of doing and being in the future).
Lyda Morehouse (she/her) leads a double life. By day she’s a mild mannered science fiction author of such works as the Shamus Award winner and Locus Award Nominated Archangel Protocol (2001) and Apocalypse Array, the Philip K. Dick Citation of Excellence winner (2004). By night, she dons her secret identity as Tate Hallaway, best selling paranormal romance author. Her most recent novel, Welcome to Boy. Net, was published by Wizard Tower Press in April of 2024. Between the two identities, Lyda has published sixteen novels and is currently working on her seventeenth. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her wife of nearly forty years. Thanks to her unique name you can easily find her on bluesky and a few other social media sites.
Scott Keever (he/they) is an award-winning guitarist and composer from Minneapolis. He has specialized in solo guitar, primarily fingerstyle, utilizing resophonic, classical, jazz and folk guitar sounds in his explorations while also focusing on Celtic and Eastern European styles. His stylistic range can be heard on his solo albums "Solo Guitar: Vol. 1" (2018) and “Solo Guitar: Vol. 2” (2022) (both available on Spotify and Apple Music) As well as being a solo performer, Scott plays guitar, Bulgarian tambura and oud for Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), an award-winning Twin Cities band that specializes in Balkan dance music. He is also currently a member of chamber pop group Follow The Firefly and has recently worked with Ukrainian Village Band. He has been a long-time musician and performer in the local Minnesota theater scene and has appeared in productions with Brave New Workshop, Flying Foot Forum, Walking Shadow Theater, Ethnic Dance Theater, O’Shea Irish Dance and Table Salt Productions. He has also composed music for short films, documentaries, theater, radio and podcasts.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Insurgent Transmissions: Palestine Cinema Days
Insurgent Transmissions: A Palestine Film Series presents monthly screenings at Bryant Lake Bowl.
Join us on November 2, 2025 at 2PM for a screening of WHEN I SAW YOU by Annamarie Jacir. This screening is presented as part of Palestine Cinema Days.
WHEN I SAW YOU (98m, Palestine, 2012)
In 1967, Arab states waged a second war against Israel with the objective of liberating Palestine. They were defeated, and the Israeli army deployed into the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in these territories fled the military occupation to refugee camps in neighbouring Arab countries, joining the hundreds of thousands of refugees that had settled in camps more than two decades earlier in 1948.
Free-spirited 11-year-old Tarek (Mahmoud Asfa) and his mother Ghaydaa (Ruba Blal) have temporarily settled in the Harir camp in Jordan, but in the chaos they have been separated from Tarek’s father Ghassan. Restless and uneasy, Tarek has trouble adjusting to the indignity of destitution and living on humanitarian aid. Only a few miles away from the Harir camp, in the clandestine encampments that border Israel, the atmosphere is radically different, as armed Palestinian freedom fighters are training for battle to reverse the course of historic injustice and reclaim their lands and homes. When Tarek and his mother cross paths with this group of combatants, the boy is emboldened and chooses to stay with them, forcing his mother to follow suit.
ABOUT PALESTINE CINEMA DAYS
As international news outlets, world leaders, and major social media platforms continue to censor and distort the narrative while fueling the dehumanization of Palestinians and their ongoing suffering, we are using our channels to support the forcibly canceled Palestine Cinema Days Festival. On November 2, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Palestine Cinema Days organizes over 500 Palestinian film screenings around the world. This global effort is a show of solidarity with Palestine, an act of amplification for censored Palestinian voices, and a contribution to shifting the distorted narrative.
ABOUT INSURGENT TRANSMISSIONS
Insurgent Transmissions is a film series highlighting the varied Palestinian experience. Made by contemporary Palestinian makers, the films depict the many ways that Palestinians resist occupation in their daily lives and filmmaking practices. Beginning with Annemarie Jacir’s touching family drama, Wajib, the programming will unfold as a series of transmissions: Jacir chooses the second film, and each subsequent filmmaker will select the next film in the series. The films in Insurgent Transmissions highlight the works of contemporary Palestinian filmmakers, amplifying their voices through their films and the films they see as most urgent in this moment of cultural erasure and genocide.
This monthly series is presented by Mizna monthly at Bryant Lake Bowl. Ticket fees go towards supporting the featured Palestinian filmmakers. Online tickets are $10, tickets at the door are sliding scale $5–15. Additional opportunities to support urgent grassroots fundraisers in Gaza will be available at the screening.
ACCESSIBILITY: To make these events accessible, masks are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Films will be in Arabic with English subtitles.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 Sliding Scale at the Door. Doors open at 1pm. Online ticket sales end at 12pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
A Drinking Game Mn presents: Bob’s Burgers
Oh my god.
It’s happening.
A Drinking Game Mn is bringing you several episodes of Bob’s Burgers to life! Our cast will do a live stage reading of the hit TV series, all the while having drinking cues throughout! If their character names are said, they’ll take a drink! YOU, our audience will also get to partake and you will have your own drinking cues! Hear a bell, take a drink of whatever you like! Join us as we bring this beloved family to life as they try to run a burger shop! Who’s your favorite character and are you ready to meet them?
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
WITCH, PLEASE!: Mistress Ginger's Halloween Fantasy
Get ready for a bewitching night of magic and mischief! Cabaret queen Mistress Ginger invites you into a world where spellcasting meets song and dance as she conjures up hilarious musical numbers and reveals her WitchTok secrets. From love potions gone wrong to enchanting transformations, this show is filled with tricks, treats, and plenty of glitter. Don’t miss your chance to see your favorite showgirl brew up some Halloween magic—grab your broomsticks and your tickets now!
Starring cabaret queen Mistress Ginger
Featuring dancer Scott Stafford
Directed by David Hanzal
Mistress Ginger has been enchanting Twin Cities audiences with her signature cabaret magic since 2006, lighting up stages from the Bryant-Lake Bowl to the Ordway Center and Crooners Supper Club. Blending song and story, she whisks audiences away on whimsical journeys filled with heart, humor, and imagination. She is also the author of Mistress Ginger Cooks (2014), a playful plant-based cookbook.
“The fabulous Mistress Ginger performed rousing, live vocal cabaret numbers between dances — and even during them. A Juilliard-trained dancer, Mistress Ginger performs cabaret in the Twin Cities. Her comedic timing and quick-wit were on full display, and her audience was enraptured… Her nuanced facial expression work while singing in a Broadway-ready tone? Masterful… It was a campy and vampy delight.” -Derek Maurawski-Harguth, Twin Cities Gay Scene
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Tickets are $18 in Advance / $22 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency feat. Last Action Movie and Improvised Twilight Zone
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!" After the show, stay for Improv Community Time!
LAST ACTION MOVIE: (Alyssha Rose-Jordan Bird, Nate Bird, Michael Krefting, Blake Wanger, Matt Kelly, and Matt Saxe) Boom! Bang! Crash! LAST ACTION MOVIE performs improvised movies of all kinds, from classic action, to Bond, Coen Bros, heist and more! Mixing improv, stage combat, and film elements, LAST ACTION MOVIE has been blowing audiences faces off across the country since 2011 with its legendary improvised movie shows!
IMPROVISED TWILIGHT ZONE: (Matt Axelson, Kate Button, Craig Corsi, Ruben Gomez, Bailey Hess, Ryan Klima, Neco Pacheaco, Deanna Pistono, Philip Simondet, Victoria Schanen, and Luke Zimmerman) Improvised Twilight Zone is a narrative journey toward the interstitial and the supernatural, investigating glimpses beyond reality in the style of the classic TV show.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
WITCH, PLEASE!: Mistress Ginger's Halloween Fantasy
Get ready for a bewitching night of magic and mischief! Cabaret queen Mistress Ginger invites you into a world where spellcasting meets song and dance as she conjures up hilarious musical numbers and reveals her WitchTok secrets. From love potions gone wrong to enchanting transformations, this show is filled with tricks, treats, and plenty of glitter. Don’t miss your chance to see your favorite showgirl brew up some Halloween magic—grab your broomsticks and your tickets now!
Starring cabaret queen Mistress Ginger
Featuring dancer Scott Stafford
Directed by David Hanzal
Mistress Ginger has been enchanting Twin Cities audiences with her signature cabaret magic since 2006, lighting up stages from the Bryant-Lake Bowl to the Ordway Center and Crooners Supper Club. Blending song and story, she whisks audiences away on whimsical journeys filled with heart, humor, and imagination. She is also the author of Mistress Ginger Cooks (2014), a playful plant-based cookbook.
“The fabulous Mistress Ginger performed rousing, live vocal cabaret numbers between dances — and even during them. A Juilliard-trained dancer, Mistress Ginger performs cabaret in the Twin Cities. Her comedic timing and quick-wit were on full display, and her audience was enraptured… Her nuanced facial expression work while singing in a Broadway-ready tone? Masterful… It was a campy and vampy delight.” -Derek Maurawski-Harguth, Twin Cities Gay Scene
Website
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube
Tickets are $18 in Advance / $22 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Tubthumping Thursdays
We'll be singing, when we're winning. Join us with a whiskey drink, a vodka drink, a lager drink, or a cider drink, any kind of drink. And enjoy a comedy variety show. Each monthly Thursday show will feature unique comedy from short/long form improv groups, comedians, and/or comedy sketches.
Comedy for the good times, and comedy for the better times.
Tickets are $12. Doors open at 6PM.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Improv Zodiac!
Improv Zodiac! is a unique monthly improv show that celebrates each zodiac season. Every month, three curated teams of Twin Cities improvisers—who share astrological placements in that month’s featured sign—come together to deliver hilarious, one-of-a-kind performances. Whether or not you’re interested in astrology, you'll love watching how the stars align on stage!
Improv Zodiac! on Instagram
Steph Callaghan on Instagram
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. $10 at the Door with a Valid Student ID. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.