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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!
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.
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.
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!
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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.
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.
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).
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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, by the end of the night, 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.
Patrick Harrigan is the author of the novel Lost Clusters (2005), and the short story collections Thin Times and Thin Places (2012), The Lecture Tour (2019) and On Tour Forever (2022). He is the co-editor of several MIT Press books concerning games and new media: Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming (2016), with Matthew Kirschenbaum; and the series First Person, Second Person and Third Person (2004-2009), with Noah Wardrip-Fruin. Other work of his has been published with Camden House, Fantasy Flight Games, Chaosium, Arc Dream Publishing, Gameplaywright, and ETC Press. His series of horror microfictions, “The Sunday Scaries,” appears weekly at Ghoulishdelights.com. He lives in Minneapolis.
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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.
A Drinking Game Mn presents Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
We’re stepping into the New Year with a movie so packed with adventure, the game has evolved.
Join us on 1.3 for A Drinking Game Mn, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle! Our cast will bring this story to life with all the action, humor and wild animals that you can imagine! What we’ll discover is that we can’t just play the game, we have to survive it by doing a live stage reading of the movie, all the while taking drinking cues through out to turn this show into a chaotic good time! You, our audience will also have drinking cues! Hear a bell, take a drink of whatever you like! To beat the game and return to the real world, sip don’t chug!
Join us as we start off the new year with a wild 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.
The Residency at BLB featuring Flesh and Felt and Cellar Dwellers
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!
FLESH AND FELT
[Jen Scott, Erin Clarkin, Riga Wiitala, zelia Gonzales, Hannah Robb]
Henson trained puppeteer and company of fleshy friends team up to improvise a structured character driven story. In other words, it’s a puppet and people making shit up.
CELLAR DWELLERS
[MaryJo Weishan, Jackson Mizusaki, Zach Lower, Tyler Gwinn, Alex Evans, Zac 2, Arielle, and Lee]
The Cellar Dwellers are a rag-tag group of improvisers who have emerged from the underground to provide a sense of other worldly silliness and wonder in every set!
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.
Monster Science First Thursdays: The Trial of Star Wars
Ring in the New Year with Star Wars! You love it! Or you hate it! Or most likely it’s both!
Examine the decades-long history of the Star Wars Wars, with childhoods destroyed, fandoms turning on themselves, and generally inexplicably hostile behavior inspired by some movies about space wizards!
Join Reverend Matt and Twin Cities Theater golden boy Michael Rogers (who both actually like most of Star Wars quite a lot, actually, but who have controversial opinions nevertheless, that they’re somehow not all mad about) as they unravel what is great about Star Wars and what went wrong with its fans! Plus jokes and monsters and PowerPoint!
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.
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.
an alleged Holiday Special
This show is cancelled due to inclement weather
an alleged Theatre Company returns to Bryant-Lake Bowl this winter with their fourth annual ‘an alleged Holiday Special.’
The company of an alleged Theatre Company has learned that their dear friend, Santa Claus, has passed away. With Mrs. Claus in grieving, our heroes must find a way to bring Santa Claus from the dead, to save Christmas once again. Who can help them? Of course… Baby New Year.
This variety show will contain improv, sketch comedy, live music, and insane lore. Come one, come all, and help an alleged Theatre Company celebrate the holidays, and BRING BACK SANTA CLAUS!!!
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.
an alleged Holiday Special
an alleged Theatre Company returns to Bryant-Lake Bowl this winter with their fourth annual ‘an alleged Holiday Special.’
The company of an alleged Theatre Company has learned that their dear friend, Santa Claus, has passed away. With Mrs. Claus in grieving, our heroes must find a way to bring Santa Claus from the dead, to save Christmas once again. Who can help them? Of course… Baby New Year.
This variety show will contain improv, sketch comedy, live music, and insane lore. Come one, come all, and help an alleged Theatre Company celebrate the holidays, and BRING BACK SANTA CLAUS!!!
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.
White Elephant Comedy Show
Comedians and Minnesota natives Anders Lee and Joe Cocozzello host the Twin Cities’ favorite annual holiday comedy show!
Featuring performers local and beyond, White Elephant is always an uproarious way to ring in that wonderful, slovenly week between Christmas and New Year’s.
Featuring:
Devohn Bland
Arman Shah
Nicky Kendall
Elizabeth Selin
Joey Phiefer
Karen Pickering
Hosted by Anders Lee & Joe Cocozzello
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.
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.
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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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.
To Balance the Extremes: A Winter Solstice Ritual
Norwegian and Finnish traditional songs, dances, and rituals keep Winter Spirits from overtaking us. Grief, darkness, and depression are balanced with joy, clarity, and engagement. A Nordic balance of extremes for Winter Solstice.
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Kari Tauring and friends present an interactive ritual performance, a tradition at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater. Music, movement, and poetry make for a compelling and interactive journey into darkness in order to find the light.
Winter in the Northlands always holds uncertainty. Below freezing temperatures and almost no sunlight create the need for community connection alongside the desire to isolate and sleep. Cold and dark come to us still. We have no more control than our ancestors did, though possibly better odds for survival in these modern times.
Some years are harder than others, and we have had a string of hard ones. This year there is an extra layer of grief and fear as we see human rights dissolve and friends and neighbors targeted for persecution. What did our ancestors do in the bleakest of times? What does it mean to balance with extremes?
Gathering in community is the most ancient way to hold one another as we learn to embrace the dark and cold without letting our light inside go out. Ancient runes for Ice, Need Fire, and Community hold these lessons. We explore them in breath and stretching. Traditional songs and dances hold ritual actions to appease these winter spirits. We sing and dance together to embody their wisdom. In darkness we hear the runos, the poems, the poets, who help us make meaning of things. The smell of evergreen lifts our spirits. We eat and drink and make toasts., remembering those who have passed, celebrating us here and now, summoning the joy of jultide to carry us through.
Kari Tauring and Carol Sersland share their Norwegian traditions in song and dance. Jack Tauring-Traxler and Cheré Suzette Bergeron bring musical texture to the dark night. Lynette Reini-Grandell and Morrey Nellis carry on the ancient tradition of Finnish poetry with wisdom words for today.
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $14 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.
PEEPHOLE'S TRIPLE D: A Non-Denominational Die-Hard December Show
From the cast that brought you DAVID LYNCH DRAG SHOW and GRINDHAUS, comes a very special holiday program dedicated to ending the war on Christmas . . .
PEEPHOLE! presents: TRIPLE D A Non-Denominational Die-Hard December Show . . . paying tribute to all your favorite films that take place in the month of December . . .
Featuring the talents of the PEEPHOLE! cast and a few incredible guests from around the Twin Cities. Join us to celebrate the joyous birth of Christ and also the Gremlins from the movie Gremlins. Bring your dollars to tip the divas, and to patronize the beautiful Bryant Lake Bowl. Dressing up is highly encouraged but not required. 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.
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.
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.
I'll Be Home For Kahless BINGO
Do you love Hallmark Christmas movies? Do you also love Star Trek? Well we have got the show for you! "I'll Be Home for Kahless", brings you all of your beloved Hallmark movie tropes with a Klingon twist! And what could make this even more fun? A combination of Bingo and A Drinking Game MN!
Here’s how the show will work: A show and bingo all in one! Audiences get to enjoy the staged reading version of “I’ll Be Home For Kahless” AND play bingo at the same time! As the show is performed, specific bingo words and Hallmark movie tropes will serve as bingo numbers. When that word or phrase occurs, the bingo caller will ring jingle bells and display that PowerPoint slide. Bingo players will then cross the corresponding word or phrase off on their bingo card. The game is designed for both a regular bingo (sideways or diagonal) winner and, subsequently, a cover-all or blackout winner. And of course… there are prizes!! We’re going to up the ante with A Drinking Game Mn by including phrases that will mean... take a drink! We know everyone always wins at A Drinking Game!
This is a special version of the hit show "I'll Be Home For Kahless: The Hallmark Parody of the Season" that ran at the Phoenix Theater last year. This staged reading has also been a fan favorite at Convergence for four years.
"I'll Be Home For Kahless" was written by Angela Fox, the writer who also brought you the award winning "Next: The Musical (A Sidekick Story)" and the critically acclaimed musical "No Small Parts".
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Ole Einar Edervederstad and the Meaning of Christmas
Midwesterian legend Ole Einar Edervederstad is returning to showbiz and you can be there when Ole and the Electrophonic Polka Band make their triumpherant return! Everything will go as planned and absolutely nothing will go wrong!
Featuring the talents of Joni Griffith, Catherine Hansen, Eryn Tvete, Trevor Woggon, and the apotomus Ole Einar Edervederstad!
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.
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.
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.
Star Wars Holiday Special for Toys for Tots
Things are a bit different this year but still weird and awesome.
Tickets available at BLB on Wednesday, December 10th at noon with your toy donation! Your generosity and support of this event over the years remains unmatched. Are eternal thanks for making us part of your holiday traditions. For my 20th year doing this (and 18th year at BLB) i’ve called in some help from my friends. While the main program will be the Star Wars Holiday special event you know and love, each show we have a unique element to it.
3:30pm Show
First round on F1rst Wrestling! Bring an unwrapped toy donation to the 3:30pm show and your first pint of Bent Paddle Wookiee Cookie Cream Ale or fountain beverage is on us! Just one more round, friend…
6:30pm Show
Star Wars Holiday Special survival kits from The Racket! Hot pink glow sticks, ear plugs and other bits and bobs to help you survive the onslaught of sights and sounds from another galaxy.
9:30pm Show
Tape Freaks Presents: The Star Wars Holiday Special. Check out a custom pre show and be dazzled by some silly trivia and fun facts from historians of cinematic oddities, Tim Holly and Colette Ricci, before settling in for some incomparable weirdness.
Free entry with Toy Donation.
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.
Star Wars Holiday Special for Toys for Tots
Things are a bit different this year but still weird and awesome.
Tickets available at BLB on Wednesday, December 10th at noon with your toy donation! Your generosity and support of this event over the years remains unmatched. Are eternal thanks for making us part of your holiday traditions. For my 20th year doing this (and 18th year at BLB) i’ve called in some help from my friends. While the main program will be the Star Wars Holiday special event you know and love, each show we have a unique element to it.
3:30pm Show
First round on F1rst Wrestling! Bring an unwrapped toy donation to the 3:30pm show and your first pint of Bent Paddle Wookiee Cookie Cream Ale or fountain beverage is on us! Just one more round, friend…
6:30pm Show
Star Wars Holiday Special survival kits from The Racket! Hot pink glow sticks, ear plugs and other bits and bobs to help you survive the onslaught of sights and sounds from another galaxy.
9:30pm Show
Tape Freaks Presents: The Star Wars Holiday Special. Check out a custom pre show and be dazzled by some silly trivia and fun facts from historians of cinematic oddities, Tim Holly and Colette Ricci, before settling in for some incomparable weirdness.
Free entry with Toy Donation.
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.
Star Wars Holiday Special for Toys for Tots
Things are a bit different this year but still weird and awesome.
Tickets available at BLB on Wednesday, December 10th at noon with your toy donation! Your generosity and support of this event over the years remains unmatched. Are eternal thanks for making us part of your holiday traditions. For my 20th year doing this (and 18th year at BLB) i’ve called in some help from my friends. While the main program will be the Star Wars Holiday special event you know and love, each show we have a unique element to it.
3:30pm Show
First round on F1rst Wrestling! Bring an unwrapped toy donation to the 3:30pm show and your first pint of Bent Paddle Wookiee Cookie Cream Ale or fountain beverage is on us! Just one more round, friend…
6:30pm Show
Star Wars Holiday Special survival kits from The Racket! Hot pink glow sticks, ear plugs and other bits and bobs to help you survive the onslaught of sights and sounds from another galaxy.
9:30pm Show
Tape Freaks Presents: The Star Wars Holiday Special. Check out a custom pre show and be dazzled by some silly trivia and fun facts from historians of cinematic oddities, Tim Holly and Colette Ricci, before settling in for some incomparable weirdness.
Free entry with Toy Donation.
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).
December 7 featuring:
Abra Staffin-Wiebe (she/her) loves optimistic science fiction, cheerful horror, and dark fantasy. Dozens of her short stories have appeared at publications including Tor.com, F&SF, Escape Pod, and Odyssey Magazine. She is also a professional narrator for Escape Artists Inc, speaks regularly at writing/SF conventions, and edits Aswiebe's Market List, a resource for writers. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling, she collects folk tales and photographs whatever stands still long enough to allow it.
Caly McMorrow (she/her) is a musician, artist, and software engineer based in St. Paul, MN, where she lives with her partner, dog, and collections of synthesizers and saxophones. Her work explores the merging of old and new, live and recorded, organic and electronic, and creator and audience. Her work has been supported by Jerome Foundation, The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
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.
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.