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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 85 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!
Manners & Misconduct: Improvised Jane Austen
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 11th season, bringing you six new and completely improvised Jane Austen novels.
Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
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.
A Drinking Game MN presents Sister Act
We are excited to step into the world of Dolores (Wilson) Van Cartier and the chorus of nuns with you all!
Join us on April 4th as our cast does a live stage reading of Sister Act. We’ll bring back the vibes of the early 90’s, with the music and nuns to boot! While our actors will have drinking cues throughout, you, our audience will have your own set of drinking cues and game to play! Hear a bell, take a drink of whatever you like, be it alcohol, mocktails or even water! The name of the game is very much good cheer, great soundtrack and comedy! Let’s revisit St. Katherine’s Parish together!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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).
April 5, featuring:
Cesar Montufar was an award-winning educator who taught English for twenty-four years in impoverished communities of color in California and Minnesota. He was a long- time union volunteer, spent years working in the labor world, and has been a social activist for the better part of the last two-and-half decades, though his current battles are mostly in the query trenches of the publishing industry.
Martin Law is a Minneapolis-based musician and scholar. Over the past three decades he has contributed sounds to a variety of projects for film, radio, podcasts, art installations, live performances, psychoacoustic research, and for an esteemed local SciFi Reading Hour. Martin owes his academic career to Yanni (yes, THAT Yanni), to Jodi, and to accidentally insulting his boss's taste in music that one time--- an incident which can be recounted only in the form of a shaggy dog story. He has taught courses on speech, rhetoric, ethics, and cultural studies at colleges and universities across the country. His current scholarship on Blackness and disability highlights the power of fugitive speech to rescue radical futures.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
Holidating: The Improvised Rom-Com
The latest heartfelt rom com can be seen live! Come watch as the cast of Holidating creates a brand new never before seen romantic comedy based on a holiday from this month! Packed to the brim with every love trope you can imagine. Fall in love with the cast of Holidating!
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 5:30pm.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
OCE's World Music Night with guests Ritika and Shinjan
Ritika and Shinjan invite adventurous audiences into their genre-bending conversations with music in their first language - Bangla. As a duo, they are known and loved for drawing the listener into familiar, future, and faraway worlds as they connect our everyday with 200 year-old songs and poems written in specific geo-cultural contexts of pre- and post-partition India and Bangladesh. They are most loved for the creation and recent presentation of a South Asian folk opera on climate colonialism - 'The Mushroom that Swallowed the Moon Whole' that premiered at the MN Opera in Fall 2024.
Ritika Ganguly is a St. Paul-based composer and anthropologist born and raised in New Delhi, India. She has trained in genres within Bengali music, and is committed to vocabulary-building of South Asian folk music in the Twin Cities. Ritika is a 2021 McKnight Composers Fellow, and her body of work has been supported by the Minnesota Opera, Jerome Foundation, MRAC, Red Eye Theater, Cedar Cultural Center, Minnesota State Arts Board, among others.
Shinjan Sengupta grew up in Kolkata, India, immersed in music of genres ranging from Indian semi-classical, Bengali folk and Baul, to classic rock, blues, western folk, and country. He started his musical journey with the Bansuri and now enjoys blending genres on the guitar. He is constantly exploring ways to amalgamate sounds from various origins to create his own style. In the Twin Cities, he has performed at the Cedar Cultural Center, and has composed music for productions at the Katha Dance Theater and Minnesota Opera, among others.
OCE features veteran musicians from the Twin Cities, performing traditional music from the northern Mediterranean region ranging from Spanish Sephardic to Greek and Turkish music, and original compositions inspired by the regions. They weave tales of the history of the music from 711 A.D on and the fusion of sounds that spread through the Mediterranean, as well as the instruments they perform.
OCE on Facebook
Ritika Ganguly Website
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Manners & Misconduct: Improvised Jane Austen
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 11th season, bringing you six new and completely improvised Jane Austen novels.
Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
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.
That Felt Good
That Felt Good is a weekly variety show brought to you by a fuzzy puppet and their ragtag team of skin-covered best friends.
Every Friday night, we kick things off with a special guest comedian, followed by a hodgepodge of long-form improv with some music/film/miscellany scattered in.
With a cast of a Henson Company-trained puppeteer, a clown, an opera singer, and your favorite improvisers and performers, TFG promises that no two shows will be the same, but every one will be the weirdest thing you've seen all week.
Come enjoy a night out, you deserve a Friday that Felt Good.
TGIF, TFG
Tickets are $15. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Manners & Misconduct: Improvised Jane Austen
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 11th season, bringing you six new and completely improvised Jane Austen novels.
Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
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.
WTO/99
Smitten Kitten presents WTO/99.
50% of all ticket sales go to local mutual aid group Neighbors Helping Neighbors.
Featuring an intro by Anne Lehman of Smitten Kitten and post-screening Q&A with WTO/99 Producer/Editor Alex Megaro.
An immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization.
"WTO/99 brilliantly makes the case for the Seattle WTO protests as a watershed moment in modern history—one with urgent significance in understanding issues we face today. The militarization of the police, the proliferation of right-wing media and fake news, the collapse of our democracy into fascism, and the ever-growing power of multinational corporations all seem to be taking hold before our eyes in this film. WTO/99 accomplishes this convincingly and artfully, seamlessly weaving together primary sources in a bravura manner" - Eric Allen Hatch
Website
WTO/99 on Instagram
Alex Megaro on Instagram
Tickets are $10. Doors open at 2:30pm. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
WTO/99
Smitten Kitten presents WTO/99.
50% of all ticket sales go to local mutual aid group Neighbors Helping Neighbors.
Featuring an intro by Anne Lehman of Smitten Kitten and post-screening Q&A with WTO/99 Producer/Editor Alex Megaro.
An immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization.
"WTO/99 brilliantly makes the case for the Seattle WTO protests as a watershed moment in modern history—one with urgent significance in understanding issues we face today. The militarization of the police, the proliferation of right-wing media and fake news, the collapse of our democracy into fascism, and the ever-growing power of multinational corporations all seem to be taking hold before our eyes in this film. WTO/99 accomplishes this convincingly and artfully, seamlessly weaving together primary sources in a bravura manner" - Eric Allen Hatch
Website
WTO/99 on Instagram
Alex Megaro on Instagram
Tickets are $10. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.We do not do refunds or exchanges.
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.
Movie Fight Club
People got movie opinions, and sometimes those opinions have right hooks.
Come see several of Twin Cities most hilarious cinephiles engage in several rounds of verbal fisticuffs covering a wide-range of movie and pop-culture topics.
Confirming what is over and under-rated! Relitigating guilty pleasures!
Igniting the hot takes!
Featuring:
Comrade Tripp
Zach Curtis
Benji Nate
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Manners & Misconduct: Improvised Jane Austen
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 11th season, bringing you six new and completely improvised Jane Austen novels.
Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
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.
That Felt Good
That Felt Good is a weekly variety show brought to you by a fuzzy puppet and their ragtag team of skin-covered best friends.
Every Friday night, we kick things off with a special guest comedian, followed by a hodgepodge of long-form improv with some music/film/miscellany scattered in.
With a cast of a Henson Company-trained puppeteer, a clown, an opera singer, and your favorite improvisers and performers, TFG promises that no two shows will be the same, but every one will be the weirdest thing you've seen all week.
Come enjoy a night out, you deserve a Friday that Felt Good.
TGIF, TFG
Tickets are $15. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
PEEPHOLE! presents: POP! POP! POP!, a drag and burlesque brunch
Join us for PEEPHOLE's inaugural brunch, POP!!!, a drag and burlesque tribute to your favorite flavors of pop music and culture.
Featuring the talents of:
Anne Noying
Estee Rhettie
Dulce Diabla
Haughty Hazelnut
Jack Jester
Zaya D. Cassadine
Raux D'kyll
Hosted by Mink Hole
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 Sliding Scale at the Door. Doors open at 12pm. Online ticket sales end at 11am.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.We do not do refunds or exchanges.
Manners & Misconduct: Improvised Jane Austen (Copy)
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 11th season, bringing you six new and completely improvised Jane Austen novels.
Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
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.
Warning Lights on the Dashboard
Your once lush, curly hair fell out.
Aladdin's lamp is sad.
You're gonna skid.
No gas.
Exclamation points.
What kind of trouble am I in here; catastrophic?
Could be.
There's only one way to find out:
DRIVE ON.
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Warning Lights on the Dashboard
A solo acoustic show, with a couple of special guests.
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Rob Shapiro, songwriter (Populuxe), actor, playwright, sometime essayist and comic, and audiobook narrator, started his career in Minneapolis at Children’s Theatre in 1984, Kirby Puckett’s rookie year. His work, often drawing comparisons to Ray Davies (Kinks) for its details, has been featured in Oscar-winning films (did his barely audible song in that scene tip the scales? Yes. Yes it did) and video games, he’s voiced hundreds of audiobooks, receiving multiple Earphones & Audie Awards. Despite relocating to NYC in the ‘90s and LA since, he remains a Twins fan. Pity him.
Website
Populuxe on Facebook
Rob Shapiro on Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
GRENDEL'S MAMA COMES CALLIN'!
Chris Vinsonhaler is a translator, storyteller, and medievalist whose work bridges scholarship and live performance. A retired Professor of English at The City University of New York, she brings Beowulf to life as both text and event, recovering the poem’s riddling structure, irony, and moral complexity through translation, commentary, and performance. Her approach treats the poem not as a relic of the past but as a living narrative shaped by voice, repetition, and ethical pressure.
Vinsonhaler’s performance-based Beowulf projects have received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a CUNY Faculty Development Grant, and her work has been presented nationally and internationally at universities, conferences, and festivals. Beowulf: An Epic Enigma is the culmination of decades of scholarship, memorization, and live performance, offering a radical new translation that challenges heroic nostalgia and reveals the poem’s unsettling moral design.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
More 4Play with Threshold Theater
The end of the world. The morning after. A haunted housewarming. Undercover S&M. It’s More 4Play.
The four plays are:
“An Expansion” by Cayson Miles - As the sun expands, two young women meet to experience the end—together.
“Crater” by Scott C. Sickles - Josh was the one who got away—until he wakes up in Archie’s arms in a Vegas hotel room. The night before was great; the morning after is complicated.
“Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to The Mineshaft” by Kyle Therral Wilson - A playful imagining of a rumor that Susan Sontag once visited the infamous 1970s S&M bar The Mineshaft in disguise.
“Housewarning Party” by Richard Castle - Gay dads Artie and Raul visit their daughter’s new suburban home, hoping to repair their relationship—if they can ignore the house’s unsettling supernatural quirks.
Directed by: James Knight-Zappa
Stage Managed by: Asa Gutow
Sets & Props Design: Jenna Mady
Lights & Sound Design: Nick Mrozek
Costume Design: Aella Rose-Hill
Intimacy Coordinator: Mason Tyer
Featuring the cast of:
Sandi Flahn as IVY (An Expansion) / SUSAN SONTAG (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft)
Anya Naylor as AMANDA (An Expansion) / FRAN LEBOWITZ (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / RAVEN (Housewarning Party)
Dale O'Dell as JOSH (Crater) / ARTIE (Housewarning Party)
David Schlosser as ARCHIE (Crater) / RAUL (Housewarning Party)
Cole Strelecki as MR. ED (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / JOSH (Housewarning Party)
“Threshold continues to carve out space for new, queer-driven work, and…[a] reminder of why those stories matter.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $10 - $20 Sliding Scale 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.
That Felt Good
That Felt Good is a weekly variety show brought to you by a fuzzy puppet and their ragtag team of skin-covered best friends.
Every Friday night, we kick things off with a special guest comedian, followed by a hodgepodge of long-form improv with some music/film/miscellany scattered in.
With a cast of a Henson Company-trained puppeteer, a clown, an opera singer, and your favorite improvisers and performers, TFG promises that no two shows will be the same, but every one will be the weirdest thing you've seen all week.
Come enjoy a night out, you deserve a Friday that Felt Good.
TGIF, TFG
Tickets are $15. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
More 4Play with Threshold Theater
The end of the world. The morning after. A haunted housewarming. Undercover S&M. It’s More 4Play.
The four plays are:
“An Expansion” by Cayson Miles - As the sun expands, two young women meet to experience the end—together.
“Crater” by Scott C. Sickles - Josh was the one who got away—until he wakes up in Archie’s arms in a Vegas hotel room. The night before was great; the morning after is complicated.
“Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to The Mineshaft” by Kyle Therral Wilson - A playful imagining of a rumor that Susan Sontag once visited the infamous 1970s S&M bar The Mineshaft in disguise.
“Housewarning Party” by Richard Castle - Gay dads Artie and Raul visit their daughter’s new suburban home, hoping to repair their relationship—if they can ignore the house’s unsettling supernatural quirks.
Directed by: James Knight-Zappa
Stage Managed by: Asa Gutow
Sets & Props Design: Jenna Mady
Lights & Sound Design: Nick Mrozek
Costume Design: Aella Rose-Hill
Intimacy Coordinator: Mason Tyer
Featuring the cast of:
Sandi Flahn as IVY (An Expansion) / SUSAN SONTAG (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft)
Anya Naylor as AMANDA (An Expansion) / FRAN LEBOWITZ (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / RAVEN (Housewarning Party)
Dale O'Dell as JOSH (Crater) / ARTIE (Housewarning Party)
David Schlosser as ARCHIE (Crater) / RAUL (Housewarning Party)
Cole Strelecki as MR. ED (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / JOSH (Housewarning Party)
“Threshold continues to carve out space for new, queer-driven work, and…[a] reminder of why those stories matter.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $10 - $20 Sliding Scale 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.
More 4Play with Threshold Theater
The end of the world. The morning after. A haunted housewarming. Undercover S&M. It’s More 4Play.
The four plays are:
“An Expansion” by Cayson Miles - As the sun expands, two young women meet to experience the end—together.
“Crater” by Scott C. Sickles - Josh was the one who got away—until he wakes up in Archie’s arms in a Vegas hotel room. The night before was great; the morning after is complicated.
“Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to The Mineshaft” by Kyle Therral Wilson - A playful imagining of a rumor that Susan Sontag once visited the infamous 1970s S&M bar The Mineshaft in disguise.
“Housewarning Party” by Richard Castle - Gay dads Artie and Raul visit their daughter’s new suburban home, hoping to repair their relationship—if they can ignore the house’s unsettling supernatural quirks.
Directed by: James Knight-Zappa
Stage Managed by: Asa Gutow
Sets & Props Design: Jenna Mady
Lights & Sound Design: Nick Mrozek
Costume Design: Aella Rose-Hill
Intimacy Coordinator: Mason Tyer
Featuring the cast of:
Sandi Flahn as IVY (An Expansion) / SUSAN SONTAG (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft)
Anya Naylor as AMANDA (An Expansion) / FRAN LEBOWITZ (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / RAVEN (Housewarning Party)
Dale O'Dell as JOSH (Crater) / ARTIE (Housewarning Party)
David Schlosser as ARCHIE (Crater) / RAUL (Housewarning Party)
Cole Strelecki as MR. ED (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / JOSH (Housewarning Party)
“Threshold continues to carve out space for new, queer-driven work, and…[a] reminder of why those stories matter.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $10 - $20 Sliding Scale 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.
What's Next? Improv & Variety Show
Improv comedy, with a unique monthly selection of variety acts. From stand-up to sketch to music to magic, you’re sure to be asking yourself…what’s next?
Local improv troupe Whose Left have been performing in the Twin Cities with their unique blend of absurdist and narrative improv since 2022. Products of Huge Improv Theater’s curriculum (RIP), they’ve performed at Improv-A-Go-Go, Honey Jar Improv, and other places where improv is thrust upon the unexpecting public.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
More 4Play with Threshold Theater
The end of the world. The morning after. A haunted housewarming. Undercover S&M. It’s More 4Play.
The four plays are:
“An Expansion” by Cayson Miles - As the sun expands, two young women meet to experience the end—together.
“Crater” by Scott C. Sickles - Josh was the one who got away—until he wakes up in Archie’s arms in a Vegas hotel room. The night before was great; the morning after is complicated.
“Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to The Mineshaft” by Kyle Therral Wilson - A playful imagining of a rumor that Susan Sontag once visited the infamous 1970s S&M bar The Mineshaft in disguise.
“Housewarning Party” by Richard Castle - Gay dads Artie and Raul visit their daughter’s new suburban home, hoping to repair their relationship—if they can ignore the house’s unsettling supernatural quirks.
Directed by: James Knight-Zappa
Stage Managed by: Asa Gutow
Sets & Props Design: Jenna Mady
Lights & Sound Design: Nick Mrozek
Costume Design: Aella Rose-Hill
Intimacy Coordinator: Mason Tyer
Featuring the cast of:
Sandi Flahn as IVY (An Expansion) / SUSAN SONTAG (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft)
Anya Naylor as AMANDA (An Expansion) / FRAN LEBOWITZ (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / RAVEN (Housewarning Party)
Dale O'Dell as JOSH (Crater) / ARTIE (Housewarning Party)
David Schlosser as ARCHIE (Crater) / RAUL (Housewarning Party)
Cole Strelecki as MR. ED (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / JOSH (Housewarning Party)
“Threshold continues to carve out space for new, queer-driven work, and…[a] reminder of why those stories matter.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $10 - $20 Sliding Scale 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.
More 4Play with Threshold Theater
The end of the world. The morning after. A haunted housewarming. Undercover S&M. It’s More 4Play.
The four plays are:
“An Expansion” by Cayson Miles - As the sun expands, two young women meet to experience the end—together.
“Crater” by Scott C. Sickles - Josh was the one who got away—until he wakes up in Archie’s arms in a Vegas hotel room. The night before was great; the morning after is complicated.
“Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to The Mineshaft” by Kyle Therral Wilson - A playful imagining of a rumor that Susan Sontag once visited the infamous 1970s S&M bar The Mineshaft in disguise.
“Housewarning Party” by Richard Castle - Gay dads Artie and Raul visit their daughter’s new suburban home, hoping to repair their relationship—if they can ignore the house’s unsettling supernatural quirks.
Directed by: James Knight-Zappa
Stage Managed by: Asa Gutow
Sets & Props Design: Jenna Mady
Lights & Sound Design: Nick Mrozek
Costume Design: Aella Rose-Hill
Intimacy Coordinator: Mason Tyer
Featuring the cast of:
Sandi Flahn as IVY (An Expansion) / SUSAN SONTAG (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft)
Anya Naylor as AMANDA (An Expansion) / FRAN LEBOWITZ (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / RAVEN (Housewarning Party)
Dale O'Dell as JOSH (Crater) / ARTIE (Housewarning Party)
David Schlosser as ARCHIE (Crater) / RAUL (Housewarning Party)
Cole Strelecki as MR. ED (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / JOSH (Housewarning Party)
“Threshold continues to carve out space for new, queer-driven work, and…[a] reminder of why those stories matter.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $10 - $20 Sliding Scale 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.
More 4Play with Threshold Theater
The end of the world. The morning after. A haunted housewarming. Undercover S&M. It’s More 4Play.
The four plays are:
“An Expansion” by Cayson Miles - As the sun expands, two young women meet to experience the end—together.
“Crater” by Scott C. Sickles - Josh was the one who got away—until he wakes up in Archie’s arms in a Vegas hotel room. The night before was great; the morning after is complicated.
“Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to The Mineshaft” by Kyle Therral Wilson - A playful imagining of a rumor that Susan Sontag once visited the infamous 1970s S&M bar The Mineshaft in disguise.
“Housewarning Party” by Richard Castle - Gay dads Artie and Raul visit their daughter’s new suburban home, hoping to repair their relationship—if they can ignore the house’s unsettling supernatural quirks.
Directed by: James Knight-Zappa
Stage Managed by: Asa Gutow
Sets & Props Design: Jenna Mady
Lights & Sound Design: Nick Mrozek
Costume Design: Aella Rose-Hill
Intimacy Coordinator: Mason Tyer
Featuring the cast of:
Sandi Flahn as IVY (An Expansion) / SUSAN SONTAG (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft)
Anya Naylor as AMANDA (An Expansion) / FRAN LEBOWITZ (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / RAVEN (Housewarning Party)
Dale O'Dell as JOSH (Crater) / ARTIE (Housewarning Party)
David Schlosser as ARCHIE (Crater) / RAUL (Housewarning Party)
Cole Strelecki as MR. ED (Susan Sontag Goes on a Date to the Mineshaft) / JOSH (Housewarning Party)
“Threshold continues to carve out space for new, queer-driven work, and…[a] reminder of why those stories matter.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $10 - $20 Sliding Scale 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.
Anjimile
Anjimile (ann-JIM-uh-lee) Chithambo has forged a distinctive musical path characterised by unflinching introspection and deep honesty. Emerging from Boston’s vibrant indie scene while studying at Northeastern University, Anjimile captivated audiences with earnest songwriting, delicate sonic textures, and performances that felt like prayer and celebration.
Critical acclaim quickly followed; 2020’s Giver Taker, hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the year's best albums, positioned him as a compelling voice exploring enduring themes of spirituality, identity, and liberation. With The King (2023), Anjimile intensified his examination of Black and trans existence amid personal and societal turbulence, reaffirming his courageous commitment to navigating discomfort as a means of liberation.
You’re Free to Go, picks up where The King left off, but with its hands open wide - a central question being: what happens when you let go and let love in?
Crafted over years marked by transformation, the album traces vividly the profound complexities of change - from breakups to new love; deep grief and loss to renewal and rediscovery. “The past two years have been a deeply transitional point in my life,” Anjimile explains. On You’re Free to Go, he learns to trust life again.
You’re Free to Go is a portrait of transformation — not as a wound, but as an opening. Richly textured, this collection of songs is an honest reflection of life's fluctuations. It holds space for contradiction and finds liberation in tenderness. As Anjimile beautifully articulates, the album embodies "breathing into the question," acknowledging that life’s most profound moments often come without clear answers, but rather exist in the gentle tension of uncertainty and discovery. In every note, Anjimile provides space for each listener to reflect and uncover their own truths, while gently reminding us that freedom isn’t the absence of pain, but the courage to love, to ask, to keep beginning again.
Tickets are $18 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
80s kids
"HOLY JOHN HUGHES THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!"
Get ready to turn up the nostalgia and sing your heart out! Synthpop sweethearts Shannon Curtis and Jamie Hill are returning to Minneapolis with 80s kids 2 — the second installment of their nationally touring hit side project 80s kids.
80s kids 2 — lovingly referred to by those in the know as "80s kids 2: The Empire Strikes Back" —is a high-octane joyride through the best of 1980s synthpop — tied together with funny, moving stories about growing up in the 80s.
From the electrifying beats of Pet Shop Boys and New Order to the heart-on-the-sleeve melodies of OMD and Erasure, this show is a love letter to the decade of iconic anthems and underdog heroes.
This dynamic concert-style theater show features all-time favorites from Thompson Twins, Soft Cell, Alphaville, Naked Eyes, The Human League, and many more — delivered in a wildly fun and interactive performance that feels like you’re experiencing them live for the first time.
With awesome, authentic sound, amazing immersive video art, killer merch, inclusive energy, and magnetic, joyful stage presence, this hit show is an experience that you don’t want to miss. Get your tickets today!
* Freebies at the merch table for people wearing 80s fashion!
Live videos and more information: https://80skids.live
RAVES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
"HOLY JOHN HUGHES THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! You guys were amazing!!" — Andrea W, Burlington, VT
"I wasn't sure what to expect from your show, but I didn't have any idea it was going to be that amazing. That was phenomenal!!" — Mary S, St. Louis, MO
"OMG that was so incredible!! It was sincerely the best time I've had in months." — Simone D, Oakland, CA
"It was electric, exciting, and emotional. I needed to see your show so much more than I anticipated!" — Hillary C, San Diego, CA
"My partner and I had such a great time singing and dancing along to literally every single song! SO. Friggin. Good!!" — Brenton S, Austin, TX
Tickets are $30 in Advance / $35 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
Looking for Liza
Cabaret queen Mistress Ginger is taking you on a musical odyssey of very Minnelli proportions, full of love, laughs, song and dance. As Liza Minnelli celebrates her 80th year and releases her long-awaited memoir, Ginger revisits the legend with fresh inspiration. What new revelations might make their way into the show?
We’re getting back to the dream, one Liza tune at a time. Featuring live band, sizzling hot dancers, and enough pizzazz to lift you up out of your vagabond shoes and into showbiz bliss.
The band:
Lori Dokken, piano
Jen Case, bass
David Stanoch, drums
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.
“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
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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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Looking for Liza
Cabaret queen Mistress Ginger is taking you on a musical odyssey of very Minnelli proportions, full of love, laughs, song and dance. As Liza Minnelli celebrates her 80th year and releases her long-awaited memoir, Ginger revisits the legend with fresh inspiration. What new revelations might make their way into the show?
We’re getting back to the dream, one Liza tune at a time. Featuring live band, sizzling hot dancers, and enough pizzazz to lift you up out of your vagabond shoes and into showbiz bliss.
The band:
Lori Dokken, piano
Jen Case, bass
David Stanoch, drums
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.
“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
Website
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
That Felt Good
That Felt Good is a weekly variety show brought to you by a fuzzy puppet and their ragtag team of skin-covered best friends.
Every Friday night, we kick things off with a special guest comedian, followed by a hodgepodge of long-form improv with some music/film/miscellany scattered in.
With a cast of a Henson Company-trained puppeteer, a clown, an opera singer, and your favorite improvisers and performers, TFG promises that no two shows will be the same, but every one will be the weirdest thing you've seen all week.
Come enjoy a night out, you deserve a Friday that Felt Good.
TGIF, TFG
Tickets are $15. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.
Manners & Misconduct: Improvised Jane Austen
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 11th season, bringing you six new and completely improvised Jane Austen novels.
Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
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.
Late Night Monster Science: Cryptogonzo
Some cryptozoology is about new varieties of ape or the survival of real prehistoric animals. Some of it…is not. Come on down to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for an evening of the far realms of cryptozoology, the uncanny mothmen and glowing pterosaurs and biologically impossible lizard men and so, so much more besides. Monsters that couldn’t possibly be actual animals, but which people report nevertheless! They’re amazing!
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Good Camel Live: Political Comedy And Storytelling
Good Camel Live is a political live comedy show featuring improv, storytelling, and stand-up every first Wednesday of the month at Bryant Lake Bowl Theater.
A core improv ensemble performs alongside a rotating guest storyteller or comic, who performs two longer sets and closes the night.
The improv is created on the spot and shaped by current events. The stories are personal. The comedy is political and rooted in lived experience.
Some moments are hilarious. Some moments are real. No matter what happens, it is honest and happening live. BIPOC curated but open to all.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
What's Next? Improv & Variety Show
Improv comedy, with a unique monthly selection of variety acts. From stand-up to sketch to music to magic, you’re sure to be asking yourself…what’s next?
Local improv troupe Whose Left have been performing in the Twin Cities with their unique blend of absurdist and narrative improv since 2022. Products of Huge Improv Theater’s curriculum (RIP), they’ve performed at Improv-A-Go-Go, Honey Jar Improv, and other places where improv is thrust upon the unexpecting public.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
Our Favorite Sketches (and the one we hate)
In a time when very little feels funny, Ladybrain is bringing back fan-favorite sketches for a supercharged, mega-awesome night of sketch comedy. During their 8 years as a group, Ladybrain has amassed a vast repertoire of sketches that deserve another day in the spotlight…and now’s their chance! From muppet martial arts to those times when your brain simply won’t leave you alone, there’s something for everyone in this wacky revue!
All performer profits will benefit anti-ICE mutual aid efforts including Lake Street Food Distro, a donation and community-based organization that serves the people of Lake Street and beyond. Help your neighbors and take a night off from your worries, what could be better?
Tickets are $20. 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.
Our Favorite Sketches (and the one we hate)
In a time when very little feels funny, Ladybrain is bringing back fan-favorite sketches for a supercharged, mega-awesome night of sketch comedy. During their 8 years as a group, Ladybrain has amassed a vast repertoire of sketches that deserve another day in the spotlight…and now’s their chance! From muppet martial arts to those times when your brain simply won’t leave you alone, there’s something for everyone in this wacky revue!
All performer profits will benefit anti-ICE mutual aid efforts including Lake Street Food Distro, a donation and community-based organization that serves the people of Lake Street and beyond. Help your neighbors and take a night off from your worries, what could be better?
Tickets are $20. 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 featuring Denim on Denim and Heaven's Precious Angels
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!
Denim on Denim
Denim on Denim is a long-form improv group that has been playing together since 2019. They might not be the world's best improv group, but they are indeed the word's hottest.
Heaven's Precious Angels [Kevin Albertson, Eric Heiberg, Dan Linden, Angelique Lisboa, Bradley Machov, Philip Simondet, Seniz Yargici] Heaven's Precious Angels is a seething mass of experienced improvisers sent from heaven above to blast joy into your soul.
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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.
Our Favorite Sketches (and the one we hate)
In a time when very little feels funny, Ladybrain is bringing back fan-favorite sketches for a supercharged, mega-awesome night of sketch comedy. During their 8 years as a group, Ladybrain has amassed a vast repertoire of sketches that deserve another day in the spotlight…and now’s their chance! From muppet martial arts to those times when your brain simply won’t leave you alone, there’s something for everyone in this wacky revue!
All performer profits will benefit anti-ICE mutual aid efforts including Lake Street Food Distro, a donation and community-based organization that serves the people of Lake Street and beyond. Help your neighbors and take a night off from your worries, what could be better?
Tickets are $20. 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.
Twin Town Live
Twin Town Live is a whirlwind multi-media variety comedy show with: stand-up, sketch, music, and more.
Hosted and created by Elliot Weber.
Featuring the most talented performers in the Twin Cities and nationally touring acts.
Expect nothing - Laugh a lot!
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
HedgeHearts: A Woodland Puppet Rom Com -- The Minneapolis Premier Screening
HedgeHearts: a Woodland Puppet RomCom
Lily the Hedgehog finds herself stuck in a love triangle with her best friend Marco, and Rebecca... the cactus of his dreams. Created by Liz Hara (Sesame Street, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) and starring Liz Hara, Victor Yerrid (Crank Yankers, Dark Crystal), and Camille Chen (Game Night, Renfield)
Featuring Live Puppet Acts by Kurt Hunter, Liping Vong, and Erica Warren
Join us March 15th for an Oscar party Red Carpet event! Feel free to dress fancy and take your picture with the puppet stars of HedgeHearts.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Sh*tfaced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Mark your calendars for End Times Theater’s third Sh*tfaced Shakespeare Fundraiser on March 21st at 7pm! Come see your favorite performers to get wasted on stage and raise money for our upcoming musical production of "Insane Animals"!
How It Works: You, the audience, get to decide how drunk our performers will be! During the show, every $20 you donate will grant you the ability to choose one performer to take a shot in character. You can buy as many shots as you like, but you and the performers won't know if they're getting alcohol or something else! It's shot roulette!
Enjoy an evening of low stakes tomfoolery and an accessible romp through the language of The Bard. "Romeo & Juliet" will hit the stage with all the lines you know and leave the performers at the mercy of the audience.
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
The Residency at BLB featuring Denim on Denim and Heaven's Precious Angels
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!
Denim on Denim
Denim on Denim is a long-form improv group that has been playing together since 2019. They might not be the world's best improv group, but they are indeed the word's hottest.
Heaven's Precious Angels [Kevin Albertson, Eric Heiberg, Dan Linden, Angelique Lisboa, Bradley Machov, Philip Simondet, Seniz Yargici] Heaven's Precious Angels is a seething mass of experienced improvisers sent from heaven above to blast joy into your soul.
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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.
HedgeHearts: A Woodland Puppet Rom Com -- The Minneapolis Premier Screening
HedgeHearts: a Woodland Puppet RomCom
Lily the Hedgehog finds herself stuck in a love triangle with her best friend Marco, and Rebecca... the cactus of his dreams. Created by Liz Hara (Sesame Street, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) and starring Liz Hara, Victor Yerrid (Crank Yankers, Dark Crystal), and Camille Chen (Game Night, Renfield)
Featuring Live Puppet Acts by Kurt Hunter, Liping Vong, and Erica Warren
Join us March 15th for an Oscar party Red Carpet event! Feel free to dress fancy and take your picture with the puppet stars of HedgeHearts.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
HedgeHearts: A Woodland Puppet Rom Com -- The Minneapolis Premier Screening
***Canceled due to weather***
The new premiere screening date is Friday March 20th at 7pm (6pm doors.
HedgeHearts: a Woodland Puppet RomCom
Lily the Hedgehog finds herself stuck in a love triangle with her best friend Marco, and Rebecca... the cactus of his dreams. Created by Liz Hara (Sesame Street, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) and starring Liz Hara, Victor Yerrid (Crank Yankers, Dark Crystal), and Camille Chen (Game Night, Renfield)
Featuring Live Puppet Acts by Kurt Hunter, Yvonne Freese, and Erica Warren
Join us March 15th for an Oscar party Red Carpet event! Feel free to dress fancy and take your picture with the puppet stars of HedgeHearts.
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 at the Door. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Dice of Destiny: Neon City
Jump into the colorful, chaotic world of Dice of Destiny: Neon City! This fully improvised show combines pure, unapologetic 80s action flick escapism with rad roleplaying thrills. Guided by a gnarly Game Master, this killer cast of improvisers serves up unbelievable plots, unforgettable catchphrases, and unexplainable hairstyles. It’s a thrill ride where every roll of the dice is laced with Aqua Net and adrenaline. Don’t flake—catch The Bearded Company for a new adventure that’s, like, totally awesome!
Neon City was a hit at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival with great reviews across the board!
"This show rolls the dice in quick witted hilarity. Love this crew’s chemistry."
"The whole cast was simply amazing and had me laughing the entire show."
"Another fantastic show from The Bearded Company!"
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YouTube
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
The Residency at BLB featuring Denim on Denim and Heaven's Precious Angels
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!
Denim on Denim
Denim on Denim is a long-form improv group that has been playing together since 2019. They might not be the world's best improv group, but they are indeed the word's hottest.
Heaven's Precious Angels [Kevin Albertson, Eric Heiberg, Dan Linden, Angelique Lisboa, Bradley Machov, Philip Simondet, Seniz Yargici] Heaven's Precious Angels is a seething mass of experienced improvisers sent from heaven above to blast joy into your soul.
The Residency at BLB is produced by JimJam Media (Philip Simondet and Sarah Arnold-Simondet)
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.
Dice of Destiny: Neon City
Jump into the colorful, chaotic world of Dice of Destiny: Neon City! This fully improvised show combines pure, unapologetic 80s action flick escapism with rad roleplaying thrills. Guided by a gnarly Game Master, this killer cast of improvisers serves up unbelievable plots, unforgettable catchphrases, and unexplainable hairstyles. It’s a thrill ride where every roll of the dice is laced with Aqua Net and adrenaline. Don’t flake—catch The Bearded Company for a new adventure that’s, like, totally awesome!
Neon City was a hit at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival with great reviews across the board!
"This show rolls the dice in quick witted hilarity. Love this crew’s chemistry."
"The whole cast was simply amazing and had me laughing the entire show."
"Another fantastic show from The Bearded Company!"
Website
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Dice of Destiny: Neon City
Jump into the colorful, chaotic world of Dice of Destiny: Neon City! This fully improvised show combines pure, unapologetic 80s action flick escapism with rad roleplaying thrills. Guided by a gnarly Game Master, this killer cast of improvisers serves up unbelievable plots, unforgettable catchphrases, and unexplainable hairstyles. It’s a thrill ride where every roll of the dice is laced with Aqua Net and adrenaline. Don’t flake—catch The Bearded Company for a new adventure that’s, like, totally awesome!
Neon City was a hit at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival with great reviews across the board!
"This show rolls the dice in quick witted hilarity. Love this crew’s chemistry."
"The whole cast was simply amazing and had me laughing the entire show."
"Another fantastic show from The Bearded Company!"
Website
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
OCE's World Music Night featuring special guests Willow Brae
Willow Brae is the duo of Andrea Stern, Celtic harpist and multi-instrumentalist Laura MacKenzie on traditional wind instruments and voice. Together they bring to life the airs, dance tunes and songs of the Irish and Scottish countrysides, conveying the warm resonance of traditional music and song as well as the spark and excitement of dynamic dance tunes. Their unusual combination of Celtic harp and various wind instruments creates a wondrous spectrum of sound. Laura performs on a dazzling array of wooden flutes, whistles, a variety of bagpipes, concertina and voice. Andrea plays a diverse range of styles on her Celtic harps and creates many of the duo’s engaging arrangements. While covering a variety of Celtic cultures, Willow Brae’s performances communicate their love for these traditions with skill, knowledge, humor, joyful music and fascinating instrumentation.
OCE features veteran musicians from the Twin Cities, performing traditional music from the northern Mediterranean region ranging from Spanish Sephardic to Greek and Turkish music, and original compositions inspired by the regions. They weave tales of the history of the music from 711 A.D on and the fusion of sounds that spread through the Mediterranean, as well as the instruments they perform.
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Willow Brae Website
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 5:30pm.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Buffalo Show
Storytelling is the gems of being alive. Stories are what connects us to each other, they connect the world to the past, the future and now. Come and be a judge for our Wintercount storytelling contest and hear some great stories.
Musical guests will keep the evening flowing; Obsidian James joins Savage Buffalo.
MC's: Micah Nickey and Strong Buffalo.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
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.
Cellular Cinema: An Experimental Film Showcase
Cellular Cinema is an artist-run experimental film showcase for contemporary films you might not find in traditional theaters. From the absurd to the existential, Cellular Cinema is home to any moving art that is strange, risky or difficult to categorize.
Come early and check out art for sale by local artists!
Tickets are $10. 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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
A Drinking Game MN presents: Cinderella (1997)
If it’s magic you’re looking for, it’s magic we will bring to the stage in this live stage reading of Cinderella! Join us as our cast brings the 1997 version of Cinderella to life! We’ll have the songs, the dancing, costumes and we’ll absolutely be bringing all the magic! We can’t wait to show you what we have planned!
Our cast will have drinking cues through out the show as act it out, dance it out and sing it out! You, our audience, will have your own set of cues! Anytime you hear a bell ring, you can take a drink of whatever you like! So let’s go to the ball, let’s find that prince and see where the magic takes us!
See you there!
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.
Comedy Magician Nick Diffatte
One of the most sought-after variety acts touring the globe is bringing his full show to Bryant Lake Bowl.
Nick Diffatte's award-winning mashup of eye-popping magic and uproarious comedy has led to regular performances at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle and features on programs such as CBS’s The Late Late Show and Penn and Teller's Fool Us. Diffatte has performed at nearly every property up and down the Las Vegas strip, including the New York, New York Hotel & Casino where he is currently starring in Cirque du Soleil’s hit residency, Mad Apple.
Don’t miss this chance to see Nick’s show in one of the most intimate settings he’s visiting this year.
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.
We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts.