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Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater is a charming venue in Minneapolis, known for its intimate atmosphere and vibrant programming. With a cozy capacity of just 82 seats, the theater features a 9' x 22' stage that has hosted an impressive array of performances, including the quirky holiday favorite "A Very Die Hard Christmas." The venue also showcases musical talent, featuring renowned artists such as Dan Wilson, The Civil Wars, Jeremy Messersmith, and Soccer Mommy. This blend of theater and live music creates a unique community hub where audiences can enjoy a diverse range of artistic expressions in an inviting setting.
Take a look at our calendar to see what excellent shows we have happening this month.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HOW DO I BUY TICKETS?
You can purchase tickets from our website using the link under the show’s description.
Any remaining tickets will be available at the door.
Doors typically open 30 or 60 minutes before the show; please check the event page on our website for specific times.
Tickets are available online up until two hours before each show. If the show isn’t sold out we will release the remaining tickets at the door.
I CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE SHOW.
CAN I GET A REFUND?
Sorry, but no.
No refunds or exchanges once you’ve purchased a ticket.
I JUST BOUGHT A TICKET.
DO I HAVE AN ASSIGNED SEAT?
Nope. All of our shows are general admission.
First come, first served.
CAN I EAT AND DRINK INSIDE THE THEATER?
For sure! (Bryant-Lake Bowl food and drinks, that is.)
We serve our full restaurant and bar menus inside the theater, which means you can order from and eat directly in your seat.
I’M INTERESTED IN BOOKING A SHOW.
WHAT DO I DO?
Reach out to Kristin Van Loon at Kristin@bryantlakebowl.com
When visiting Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater, convenient parking options are available to make your experience hassle-free. There’s a parking lot located directly behind the building, offering easy access for guests. Additionally, you'll find free off-street parking nearby, perfect for those looking to save on costs. For those who prefer guaranteed spots, paid off-street parking is also available in the vicinity. With these options, you can focus on enjoying the show without worrying about where to park!
Catacomb Cinema Club
Join the goblins and ghouls who create your favorite annual spooky attraction, The Haunted Basement, as they open the crypt door and invite you in for an evening of fun and frights. Gather your squad and see if you can be the Final Girl for our horror film trivia (each month we have a terrifyingly fun new theme). Top teams win prizes! Then settle back and watch a horror film, curated each month by the weird little monsters of Catacomb Collective. Come dressed on theme and compete for the best costume prize. Be sure to check out hauntedbasement.org for this months theme and film!
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
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 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Tubthumping Thursdays
We'll be singing, when we're winning. Join us with a whiskey drink, a vodka drink, a lager drink, or a cider drink, any kind of drink. And enjoy a comedy variety show. Each monthly Thursday show will feature unique comedy from short/long form improv groups, comedians, and/or comedy sketches.
Comedy for the good times, and comedy for the better times.
Tickets are $12. Doors open at 6PM.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
She is Rizzin'
The world's probably ending, so we might as well laugh about it! Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is back with a sketch show* that covers everything from heartbreak to religion to Zac Efron. Put down your tissues and get your giggle on with your favorite Minneapolis sketch collective!
*This is not improv. We cannot stress that enough.
Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is a group of women, trans, and non-binary creatives who write and create all their own work. Established in 2017, the group has received accolades from the Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN Daily, and more!
Cast:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Susie Campbell
Contributing Writers:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Katie Wilson
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales 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 Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Vortex and Again & Again
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!"
March's shows feature Again & Again and Vortex.
Again & Again features Eric Heiberg, Sam Baker Harris, and John Eisenrich Vortex features Meghan Wolff, Ike Okafor, Meredith Howell, Karyn Wilson, KQ Quinn, Michael Rogers, Adam Mellerup, Neco Pacheaco, Ruben Gomez, MJ Matheson, and Rita Boersma.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building.
It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!*
*until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
Future Reference
Two generations, two plays, one evening to remember… for future reference.
English Scrimshaw Theatrical Novelties presents Future Reference, a darkly funny double feature from father and son playwrights Joshua and Aaron English Scrimshaw.
Act I: The evening begins with the premiere of Aaron English Scrimshaw's “End of the Line”, the story of Jim and what happens when he is hit by a sudden revelation at the bus stop.
Act II: Next is Joshua English Scrimshaw's “Watchbird", based on a prophetic 1953 short story by Robert Sheckley. Charlie manufactures armed drones designed to detect and detain murderers before they strike. Will this new technology usher in an age of peace and harmony… or end life on Earth as we know it?
This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Members’ Project Code.
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR ENGLISH SCRIMSHAW THEATRICAL NOVELTIES
“A smart and tasty departure from the expected.” - Pioneer Press
“Inventive, risky, and hilarious” - Star Tribune
“What's not to love?” - Cherry and Spoon
ABOUT THE CAST AND CREATORS
Joshua English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) is the co-founder of the Twin Cities-based all-ages theater company Comedy Suitcase and co-host of the weekly old-time radio podcast and performance group, The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society. Joshua has been called "a clever and inventive voice in Twin Cities comedy theater" by The Star Tribune, and "a modern day Buster Keaton" by mnartists.org. When he’s not performing, podcasting, or digging up fifteen-year-old pull quotes to use in his bio, Joshua runs multiple book clubs and tends to the endless and adorable needs of his dogs, cats, rabbit, guinea pig, and ball python. He is deeply grateful to the cast - family and friends all - for being a part of this production.
Aaron English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre in 2024. He wrote and performed “End of the Line” as a staged reading for his senior project. He is delighted for the opportunity to perform it again, fully staged at the BLB! First he'd like to thank Bianca for throwing herself into this show (again!) and for all her support during college. He'd like to thank his parents for cultivating and supporting his love of the arts. And finally a huge thank you to his partner Shepard for his love, encouragement, and reminders that you're still an artist even on days when you don't make anything at all.
Adrienne English Scrimshaw (director, actor) began her dance training in Los Angeles with members of the Sadlers Wells/Royal Ballet. It was very British. She studied Horton-based modern dance and choreography at CalArts. It was very Postmodern. While at CalArts she made her first forays into collaboration, working with installation artists, filmmakers and animators. Since moving to Minneapolis in 1990, Adrienne has performed for many local choreographers and spent fifteen years as a member of John Munger's Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble. As a choreographer Adrienne has a particular love of comedy and satire. She has created work for the Scrimshaw Brothers late night comedy shows, Look Ma No Pants and The Scrimshaw Show. She has choreographed for numerous Minnesota Fringe Festival shows including Shut Your Joke Hole, To Mars with Tesla, Amateur Hour, and Smart Girls on Ice, which the Star Tribune praised as “An eye opener for people who think they don’t like dance…” But she considers performing “Smells Like Nirvana” with Weird Al Yankovic at the Minnesota State Fair as the highlight of her career.
Bianca Rose (actor, director) Bianca Rose is so excited to be working on “End of the Line”. With a bachelors in Theatre, Bianca has worked many shows performing, directing, and many things in between. She has acted in shows including Midge from The Hollow, the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz, Judy from Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and many more. She has directed shows such as Wrinkle in Time, Queens, and More to Her Story. She would first like to thank Aaron for letting her partner with him on this meaningful show. She would like to thank her friends and family who have supported her, and for MayMay JB.
Natalie Rae Wass* (actor, co-producer) has known these playwrights for many moons, one of them since he was a baby, and is thrilled to collaborate with them! You may have seen her tapping into her pirate nature with Joshua and Kyra in last summer's Yo Ho Hum: A Pirate's Mid-life Crisis at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. You may have met her in a mascot costume and not even known it.
Sydney Knight (actor) graduated from North Central University in 2024 where she studied Global Studies and Theatre. Some of her favorite shows there and elsewhere have been Godspell, Pride & Prejudice, Silent Sky, and Anastasia. She lives in Champlin with her dear husband Ryan and their two insane cats. 1 Corinthians 2:2
Kyra Scanlan Duzynski (actor) is a lifelong dancer and musician. She has been a performing member of The Phipps Dance Theater since 2011 and enjoys choreographing contemporary dance pieces for local ensembles. In recent years, Kyra dipped her dance toes in the acting world via the Minnesota Fringe Festival. As the youngest child in her family, Kyra has always had a proclivity for performing. While she still enjoys doing character bits at the supper table and prancing around the living room for attention, she is grateful to the Twin Cities theater community for providing her with a broader audience.
Shepard Bruin (graphic designer) opted out of an arts major to seek an associate degree in Automated Systems, graduating in 2023. He now primarily utilizes this extended knowledge of machinery to draw cool robots. His contributions to this show include the title for “End of the Line”, playing the part of the Overseer in the initial performance of the aforementioned show, and creating the art for the pamphlet you're holding right now. He'd like to thank Mirage for her continued support.
*Member of the Actor’s Equity Association
Tickets are $16 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.
Future Reference
Two generations, two plays, one evening to remember… for future reference.
English Scrimshaw Theatrical Novelties presents Future Reference, a darkly funny double feature from father and son playwrights Joshua and Aaron English Scrimshaw.
Act I: The evening begins with the premiere of Aaron English Scrimshaw's “End of the Line”, the story of Jim and what happens when he is hit by a sudden revelation at the bus stop.
Act II: Next is Joshua English Scrimshaw's “Watchbird", based on a prophetic 1953 short story by Robert Sheckley. Charlie manufactures armed drones designed to detect and detain murderers before they strike. Will this new technology usher in an age of peace and harmony… or end life on Earth as we know it?
This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Members’ Project Code.
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR ENGLISH SCRIMSHAW THEATRICAL NOVELTIES
“A smart and tasty departure from the expected.” - Pioneer Press
“Inventive, risky, and hilarious” - Star Tribune
“What's not to love?” - Cherry and Spoon
ABOUT THE CAST AND CREATORS
Joshua English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) is the co-founder of the Twin Cities-based all-ages theater company Comedy Suitcase and co-host of the weekly old-time radio podcast and performance group, The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society. Joshua has been called "a clever and inventive voice in Twin Cities comedy theater" by The Star Tribune, and "a modern day Buster Keaton" by mnartists.org. When he’s not performing, podcasting, or digging up fifteen-year-old pull quotes to use in his bio, Joshua runs multiple book clubs and tends to the endless and adorable needs of his dogs, cats, rabbit, guinea pig, and ball python. He is deeply grateful to the cast - family and friends all - for being a part of this production.
Aaron English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre in 2024. He wrote and performed “End of the Line” as a staged reading for his senior project. He is delighted for the opportunity to perform it again, fully staged at the BLB! First he'd like to thank Bianca for throwing herself into this show (again!) and for all her support during college. He'd like to thank his parents for cultivating and supporting his love of the arts. And finally a huge thank you to his partner Shepard for his love, encouragement, and reminders that you're still an artist even on days when you don't make anything at all.
Adrienne English Scrimshaw (director, actor) began her dance training in Los Angeles with members of the Sadlers Wells/Royal Ballet. It was very British. She studied Horton-based modern dance and choreography at CalArts. It was very Postmodern. While at CalArts she made her first forays into collaboration, working with installation artists, filmmakers and animators. Since moving to Minneapolis in 1990, Adrienne has performed for many local choreographers and spent fifteen years as a member of John Munger's Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble. As a choreographer Adrienne has a particular love of comedy and satire. She has created work for the Scrimshaw Brothers late night comedy shows, Look Ma No Pants and The Scrimshaw Show. She has choreographed for numerous Minnesota Fringe Festival shows including Shut Your Joke Hole, To Mars with Tesla, Amateur Hour, and Smart Girls on Ice, which the Star Tribune praised as “An eye opener for people who think they don’t like dance…” But she considers performing “Smells Like Nirvana” with Weird Al Yankovic at the Minnesota State Fair as the highlight of her career.
Bianca Rose (actor, director) Bianca Rose is so excited to be working on “End of the Line”. With a bachelors in Theatre, Bianca has worked many shows performing, directing, and many things in between. She has acted in shows including Midge from The Hollow, the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz, Judy from Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and many more. She has directed shows such as Wrinkle in Time, Queens, and More to Her Story. She would first like to thank Aaron for letting her partner with him on this meaningful show. She would like to thank her friends and family who have supported her, and for MayMay JB.
Natalie Rae Wass* (actor, co-producer) has known these playwrights for many moons, one of them since he was a baby, and is thrilled to collaborate with them! You may have seen her tapping into her pirate nature with Joshua and Kyra in last summer's Yo Ho Hum: A Pirate's Mid-life Crisis at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. You may have met her in a mascot costume and not even known it.
Sydney Knight (actor) graduated from North Central University in 2024 where she studied Global Studies and Theatre. Some of her favorite shows there and elsewhere have been Godspell, Pride & Prejudice, Silent Sky, and Anastasia. She lives in Champlin with her dear husband Ryan and their two insane cats. 1 Corinthians 2:2
Kyra Scanlan Duzynski (actor) is a lifelong dancer and musician. She has been a performing member of The Phipps Dance Theater since 2011 and enjoys choreographing contemporary dance pieces for local ensembles. In recent years, Kyra dipped her dance toes in the acting world via the Minnesota Fringe Festival. As the youngest child in her family, Kyra has always had a proclivity for performing. While she still enjoys doing character bits at the supper table and prancing around the living room for attention, she is grateful to the Twin Cities theater community for providing her with a broader audience.
Shepard Bruin (graphic designer) opted out of an arts major to seek an associate degree in Automated Systems, graduating in 2023. He now primarily utilizes this extended knowledge of machinery to draw cool robots. His contributions to this show include the title for “End of the Line”, playing the part of the Overseer in the initial performance of the aforementioned show, and creating the art for the pamphlet you're holding right now. He'd like to thank Mirage for her continued support.
*Member of the Actor’s Equity Association
Tickets are $16 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.
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 first shows of 2024 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Holidating: April Fool's
An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday!
Love is no joke! Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year round. Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love featuring that month's holiday, April Fools. Grab your tissues and your laugh buckets, holiday lovers!
Produced By: Sarah Arnold-Simondet & Philip Simondet
Music Director: Daniel Goldschmidt
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Insurgent Transmissions: Life is Beautiful
Insurgent Transmissions is a film series highlighting the varied Palestinian experience. Made by contemporary Palestinian makers, the films depict the many ways that Palestinians resist occupation in their daily lives and filmmaking practices. Beginning with Annemarie Jacir’s touching family drama, Wajib, the programming will unfold as a series of transmissions: Jacir chooses the second film, and each subsequent filmmaker will select the next film in the series. The films in Insurgent Transmissions highlight the works of contemporary Palestinian filmmakers, amplifying their voices through their films and the films they see as most urgent in this moment of cultural erasure and genocide.
This monthly series is presented by Mizna. Ticket fees go towards supporting the featured Palestinian filmmakers. Online tickets are $10, tickets at the door are sliding scale $5–15. Additional opportunities to support urgent grassroots fundraisers in Gaza will be available at the screening.
ACCESSIBILITY: To make these events accessible, masks are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Unfortunately we cannot require masks because Bryant Lake Bowl serves food and drinks inside the screening space. Films will be in Arabic with English subtitles.
APRIL FILM: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL BY MOHAMED JABALY
In 2014, while a young Palestinian director Mohamed Jabaly was visiting a film festival in Tromsø, Norway, Israel launched a war on Gaza and the borders to his home were closed. It will be seven years before he can return home and see his family again. While waiting for the situation to change, Jabaly and friends begin documenting the process of applying for asylum. Facing many challenges, Mohamed stays connected with family in Gaza. They provide solace, but when Gaza is attacked again, Mohamed is faced with an impossible choice: if he goes back to Gaza, he may never be able to leave again and continue his work as a filmmaker. Told by a director who uses his creativity to connect with the world and forge a way forward, Life is Beautiful is a story of overcoming a life put on hold by international politics and rigid bureaucracy.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 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.
My Little Monsters: The Monsters and Ponies of Equestria
Reverend Matt is joined by the incomparable Heather Meyer for a journey into a land of manticores, griffons, dragons, and many more mythical monsters - Equestria, the setting of My Little Pony!
Learn some deep ancient legendary creature lore, and some somewhat less ancient My Little Pony facts!
Is friendship really magic?
COME AND FIND OUT!
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $14 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.
She is Rizzin'
The world's probably ending, so we might as well laugh about it! Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is back with a sketch show* that covers everything from heartbreak to religion to Zac Efron. Put down your tissues and get your giggle on with your favorite Minneapolis sketch collective!
*This is not improv. We cannot stress that enough.
Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is a group of women, trans, and non-binary creatives who write and create all their own work. Established in 2017, the group has received accolades from the Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN Daily, and more!
Cast:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Susie Campbell
Contributing Writers:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Katie Wilson
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales 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
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!"
**APRIL’S PERFORMERS TBA**
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building.
It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!*
*until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
She is Rizzin'
The world's probably ending, so we might as well laugh about it! Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is back with a sketch show* that covers everything from heartbreak to religion to Zac Efron. Put down your tissues and get your giggle on with your favorite Minneapolis sketch collective!
*This is not improv. We cannot stress that enough.
Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is a group of women, trans, and non-binary creatives who write and create all their own work. Established in 2017, the group has received accolades from the Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN Daily, and more!
Cast:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Susie Campbell
Contributing Writers:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Katie Wilson
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales 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: Clueless
As If!!!
A Drinking Game MN returns in April with Clueless!
Join our cast as we do a live stage reading of this 90’s hit. Clueless will come to life on stage and oh yes, we’ll be bringing the fashion! Not only will our cast have drinking cues, but you, our audience will also have them! Hear a bell, take a drink of what ever you like be it alcohol, NA, water, tears… Except tears get salty so maybe choose one of the other options. Join us and get ready with your favorite quotes!
“It does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty”
See you all soon!
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.
Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour
A live reading series featuring new 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 because we need to be thinking of the future as a society, for a multitude of reasons: we need to be seeing and talking about ourselves and each other in new ways- seeing people of color, women, queer folks, and immigrants in the future- showing folks in positions of power, showing different ways of leading, etc. Society also needs to think about the effects of continuing to mistreat the planet, humans, plants, and animals; but also to envision new ways of doing things (or imagining old ways of doing things in the future).
April 6, 2025 featuring:
Naomi Kritzer (she/her) is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, she is probably best known for her political blog, which provides deep-dive information on candidates in local political races. Her fiction has won the Hugo Award, the Edgar Award, the Nebula Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. She has a spouse, two grown kids and three cats (the number of cats is subject to change without notice). You can find Naomi online at naomikritzer.com or on Bluesky as @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Her latest book, Liberty’s Daughter, came out in November 2023.
Dissociate (he/him), the science fiction-inspired dark electronic project from musician and sound designer Jonathan Ford is spontaneity personified. For over 20 years, Ford has been manufacturing aural chaos from hardware sound sources, live synthesizers, triggered samples and abused filter banks in real-time. Each Dissociate performance offers a unique exploration, bringing forth instant musical discoveries within this confined aural space. As a musician, Ford has performed with Nitzer Ebb, Covenant, Haujobb, and more. Ford co-founded and hosted The Descent on the University of Minnesota's Radio K, and has performed with Dies Irae !US, Tiree & Hutch, Stellar Vector and Rear Window. As a sound designer, Ford has contributed music, audio collages, and sound effects to theatrical and performance art pieces including independent film, the XIV World Congress International Federation for Theatre Research in Amsterdam, and the Walker Museum in Minneapolis, MN. Ford is also guitarist for synth pop group Little Tin Box.
Cole Sarar (she/they) is a writer, photographer, and tech-artist. She creates public, interactive literary pieces in collaboration with local writers, using phone technology and simple physical design. She’s the creator of Cole Sarar’s Sci-Fi Reading Hour, a live reading series featuring new science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Cole’s creative work envisions possible futures and alternate presents, employing under-represented characters and situations to imagine ourselves existing in the future, having roles, and doing things other than what has been written for us in the past. Their work falls along the intersection of technology and literature. They might use code and tech behind the scenes, or simple physical items like paper, flags, and our cell phones to create surprising, interactive fiction in physical space. Cole served on the board of Art Shanty Projects, and moonlights for various arts organizations. They are first generation Turkish-American.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
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.
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
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.
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
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.
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
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.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Rosie Daze Band "Nobody Here But Us" Album Release Show
Riding the wave of their first season and first recording Due North 2024, the Minneapolis-based Bluegrass/ Old Time/ Folk/ all-women band, Rosie Daze was back in studio to record their sophomore year efforts, Nobody Here But Us, due for release ahead of the Bold North festival season, Spring 2025. Recorded and mixed with the great Tony Willamette at Minnehaha Recording Company. Nobody Here But Us showcases the band’s work from 2024 and new songs that will be highlighted in the coming year. Their performances have roots in country, folk, bluegrass, and old-time traditions, delivered with a little saunter and harmonies dipped in sass and sprinkled with spice. The Rosie Daze Band brings “soulful yearning” to the table and lets you feast! Evonne “Boom” Bilotta-Burke writes music that you want to revisit like the bedtime stories of your youth. Jeanne Marti lends a high lonesome voice nurtured over time in her family band that just about breaks your heart. Johnna Lawrence, Beth Young, and Adelle Hyrkas hand out goosebumps during each and every set with harmonies that add depth, and Julie Kittleson holds down the low end to add richness to every note. Adding to that, the energy and joy the band brings to their performances, well it leaves the audience with all the feels each and every time. Overheard from fans- “I grew up in the Smokey Mountains, and tonight you all made me homesick.”
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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.
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.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Running Errands
Running Errands is a short play series, new every other month.
Running Errands is a cheap ticket to see the most exciting, innovative local theater.
Running Errands is a workshop for writers/directors/actors to experiment with new ideas, new narratives, new characters.
Running Errands is easy, you just have to do it.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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.
The Magic Underground
An unforgettable night of magic with some of the cities' finest conjurors making their return to Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater! Local production company The Magic Underground offers a refreshing approach to magic - no top hats, no corny kid’s birthday party gags. These dedicated craftsmen have performed at Turf Club, First Avenue, The Alamo Drafthouse, The Fillmore, at the iconic Chicago Magic Lounge, and on several local + national TV programs including Penn & Teller: Fool Us and even Wheel Of Fortune, offering an unforgettable mix of sleight of hand, mind reading, and comedy that will leave every mind in the room blown.
Tickets are $25 for General Admission / $40 for VIP (includes access to VIP-only close-up magic show following the main show). 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.
Frail Talk + Canary Room at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater
Formed in the foothills of Northern Colorado in early 2020, Alex Woodchek and Cor Wright of Frail Talk are creating a blooming universe of squiggly indie music for squiggly people. Like the kind surprise of a backyard garden, their songs spring up from the dirt with folk roots, soft pop colors, and burgeoning lyricism ready to welcome every listener with daydream-love.
In August of 2024, Frail Talk released their sophomore album, Microspirit. Recorded in seven days of heat-sweat-friend-magic in Silsbee, TX alongside producers Hannah Read (Lomelda), Tommy Read and with the help of Tobias Bank (drums) and Nathaniel Riley (bass). With more attention to the emotion and substance of sound than ever but with the same honesty Frail Talk has always valued, Microspirit touches on the landscape of the queer divinity in all things, and world speaking through bugs, dogs, sunsets and friends.
The album itself has already had a life in the time it’s been out, being featured on NPR Tiny Desk’s Top Shelf, getting multiple features from their video “little al” and landing singles its first two weeks on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds” and “Fresh Finds Folk” playlists.
Through the art of mashing folk-pop sensibilities with strange-space-synthetic-sounds, Frail Talk offers a landscape where one’s self, surrounding, and experiences are as much a part of the songs as the music itself. The future is bright for Frail Talk. It’s all love now.
Canary Room is the project of Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Maddy Heide. Playing the guitar and writing songs is her favorite thing to do. Inspired by songwriters like Joni Mitchell, and Adrianne Lenker, she is interested in how stories can be told with voice and guitar. When she isn't playing the guitar and writing songs, she is teaching pre-k through eighth grade music in St. Paul.
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
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 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Holidating: Mother's Day
An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday!
My mama said you can't hurry love, but we only have 75 minutes! Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year round. Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love featuring that month's holiday, Mother's Day.
Grab your tissues and your laugh buckets, holiday lovers!
Produced By: Sarah Arnold-Simondet & Philip Simondet
Music Director: Daniel Goldschmidt
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.
Mother Coyote - When the War Comes EP Release Show with special guest Dan Lawonn
Singer-songwriter Andriana Lehr is rebirthing herself with a new moniker - Mother Coyote - and a new set of songs written and informed by the immense changes, both personal and collective, experienced in recent years. Created with jack-of-all-trades producer Andy Thompson (Dessa, Semisonic, Belle and Sebastian) over the course of the last several years, When The War Comes, the first EP bearing the Mother Coyote name, combines Lehr’s detailed eye for universal storytelling with monumental, brooding soundscapes built specifically for these trying times. Featuring an epic band of musicians to fill out the songs and take these arrangements to new heights, and the addition of strings, horns, and percussion creates the perfect playground for Lehr’s deeply personal lyrics. Inspired by the transition into motherhood and a deep journey into healing, her songs balance themes of birth, death, and the seemingly endless spiral of soul searching that fills the spaces in between. With When The War Comes, Mother Coyote has brought forward a raw truth that shines a light in the darkness for us all to look toward.
This show will feature an expanded repertoire of unreleased Mother Coyote songs, as well as the tracks featured on 'When the War Comes' as they were written, with solo voice and piano, with extra textures added by guitar and cello player, Dan Lawonn, who was also featured on the EP and will open the show.
“an ethereal Enya on steroids.” - John Apice, Americana Highways
“The music is arranged smartly with enough diversity to be of interest. “The Great Unknown” is the most sensitive — with horns blaring & leading to tender piano notes to the end. Quite impressive.” - John Apice, Americana Highways
“the music of Mother Coyote embodies a certain humanity and universal connection shared between all who care to seek it out within themselves.” - Digital Wax
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
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 first shows of 2024 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Future Reference
Two generations, two plays, one evening to remember… for future reference.
English Scrimshaw Theatrical Novelties presents Future Reference, a darkly funny double feature from father and son playwrights Joshua and Aaron English Scrimshaw.
Act I: The evening begins with the premiere of Aaron English Scrimshaw's “End of the Line”, the story of Jim and what happens when he is hit by a sudden revelation at the bus stop.
Act II: Next is Joshua English Scrimshaw's “Watchbird", based on a prophetic 1953 short story by Robert Sheckley. Charlie manufactures armed drones designed to detect and detain murderers before they strike. Will this new technology usher in an age of peace and harmony… or end life on Earth as we know it?
This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Members’ Project Code.
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR ENGLISH SCRIMSHAW THEATRICAL NOVELTIES
“A smart and tasty departure from the expected.” - Pioneer Press
“Inventive, risky, and hilarious” - Star Tribune
“What's not to love?” - Cherry and Spoon
ABOUT THE CAST AND CREATORS
Joshua English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) is the co-founder of the Twin Cities-based all-ages theater company Comedy Suitcase and co-host of the weekly old-time radio podcast and performance group, The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society. Joshua has been called "a clever and inventive voice in Twin Cities comedy theater" by The Star Tribune, and "a modern day Buster Keaton" by mnartists.org. When he’s not performing, podcasting, or digging up fifteen-year-old pull quotes to use in his bio, Joshua runs multiple book clubs and tends to the endless and adorable needs of his dogs, cats, rabbit, guinea pig, and ball python. He is deeply grateful to the cast - family and friends all - for being a part of this production.
Aaron English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre in 2024. He wrote and performed “End of the Line” as a staged reading for his senior project. He is delighted for the opportunity to perform it again, fully staged at the BLB! First he'd like to thank Bianca for throwing herself into this show (again!) and for all her support during college. He'd like to thank his parents for cultivating and supporting his love of the arts. And finally a huge thank you to his partner Shepard for his love, encouragement, and reminders that you're still an artist even on days when you don't make anything at all.
Adrienne English Scrimshaw (director, actor) began her dance training in Los Angeles with members of the Sadlers Wells/Royal Ballet. It was very British. She studied Horton-based modern dance and choreography at CalArts. It was very Postmodern. While at CalArts she made her first forays into collaboration, working with installation artists, filmmakers and animators. Since moving to Minneapolis in 1990, Adrienne has performed for many local choreographers and spent fifteen years as a member of John Munger's Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble. As a choreographer Adrienne has a particular love of comedy and satire. She has created work for the Scrimshaw Brothers late night comedy shows, Look Ma No Pants and The Scrimshaw Show. She has choreographed for numerous Minnesota Fringe Festival shows including Shut Your Joke Hole, To Mars with Tesla, Amateur Hour, and Smart Girls on Ice, which the Star Tribune praised as “An eye opener for people who think they don’t like dance…” But she considers performing “Smells Like Nirvana” with Weird Al Yankovic at the Minnesota State Fair as the highlight of her career.
Bianca Rose (actor, director) Bianca Rose is so excited to be working on “End of the Line”. With a bachelors in Theatre, Bianca has worked many shows performing, directing, and many things in between. She has acted in shows including Midge from The Hollow, the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz, Judy from Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and many more. She has directed shows such as Wrinkle in Time, Queens, and More to Her Story. She would first like to thank Aaron for letting her partner with him on this meaningful show. She would like to thank her friends and family who have supported her, and for MayMay JB.
Natalie Rae Wass* (actor, co-producer) has known these playwrights for many moons, one of them since he was a baby, and is thrilled to collaborate with them! You may have seen her tapping into her pirate nature with Joshua and Kyra in last summer's Yo Ho Hum: A Pirate's Mid-life Crisis at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. You may have met her in a mascot costume and not even known it.
Sydney Knight (actor) graduated from North Central University in 2024 where she studied Global Studies and Theatre. Some of her favorite shows there and elsewhere have been Godspell, Pride & Prejudice, Silent Sky, and Anastasia. She lives in Champlin with her dear husband Ryan and their two insane cats. 1 Corinthians 2:2
Kyra Scanlan Duzynski (actor) is a lifelong dancer and musician. She has been a performing member of The Phipps Dance Theater since 2011 and enjoys choreographing contemporary dance pieces for local ensembles. In recent years, Kyra dipped her dance toes in the acting world via the Minnesota Fringe Festival. As the youngest child in her family, Kyra has always had a proclivity for performing. While she still enjoys doing character bits at the supper table and prancing around the living room for attention, she is grateful to the Twin Cities theater community for providing her with a broader audience.
Shepard Bruin (graphic designer) opted out of an arts major to seek an associate degree in Automated Systems, graduating in 2023. He now primarily utilizes this extended knowledge of machinery to draw cool robots. His contributions to this show include the title for “End of the Line”, playing the part of the Overseer in the initial performance of the aforementioned show, and creating the art for the pamphlet you're holding right now. He'd like to thank Mirage for her continued support.
*Member of the Actor’s Equity Association
Tickets are $16 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.
Future Reference
Two generations, two plays, one evening to remember… for future reference.
English Scrimshaw Theatrical Novelties presents Future Reference, a darkly funny double feature from father and son playwrights Joshua and Aaron English Scrimshaw.
Act I: The evening begins with the premiere of Aaron English Scrimshaw's “End of the Line”, the story of Jim and what happens when he is hit by a sudden revelation at the bus stop.
Act II: Next is Joshua English Scrimshaw's “Watchbird", based on a prophetic 1953 short story by Robert Sheckley. Charlie manufactures armed drones designed to detect and detain murderers before they strike. Will this new technology usher in an age of peace and harmony… or end life on Earth as we know it?
This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Members’ Project Code.
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR ENGLISH SCRIMSHAW THEATRICAL NOVELTIES
“A smart and tasty departure from the expected.” - Pioneer Press
“Inventive, risky, and hilarious” - Star Tribune
“What's not to love?” - Cherry and Spoon
ABOUT THE CAST AND CREATORS
Joshua English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) is the co-founder of the Twin Cities-based all-ages theater company Comedy Suitcase and co-host of the weekly old-time radio podcast and performance group, The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society. Joshua has been called "a clever and inventive voice in Twin Cities comedy theater" by The Star Tribune, and "a modern day Buster Keaton" by mnartists.org. When he's not performing, podcasting, or digging up fifteen-year-old pull quotes to use in his bio, Joshua runs multiple book clubs and tends to the endless and adorable needs of his dogs, cats, rabbit, guinea pig, and ball python. He is deeply grateful to the cast - family and friends all - for being a part of this production.
Aaron English Scrimshaw (writer, director, actor) graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre in 2024. He wrote and performed "End of the Line" as a staged reading for his senior project. He is delighted for the opportunity to perform it again, fully staged at the BLB! First he'd like to thank Bianca for throwing herself into this show (again!) and for all her support during college. He'd like to thank his parents for cultivating and supporting his love of the arts. And finally a huge thank you to his partner Shepard for his love, encouragement, and reminders that you're still an artist even on days when you don't make anything at all.
Adrienne English Scrimshaw (director, actor) began her dance training in Los Angeles with members of the Sadlers Wells/Royal Ballet. It was very British. She studied Horton-based modern dance and choreography at CalArts. It was very Postmodern. While at CalArts she made her first forays into collaboration, working with installation artists, filmmakers and animators. Since moving to Minneapolis in 1990, Adrienne has performed for many local choreographers and spent fifteen years as a member of John Munger's Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble. As a choreographer Adrienne has a particular love of comedy and satire. She has created work for the Scrimshaw Brothers late night comedy shows, Look Ma No Pants and The Scrimshaw Show. She has choreographed for numerous Minnesota Fringe Festival shows including Shut Your Joke Hole, To Mars with Tesla, Amateur Hour, and Smart Girls on Ice, which the Star Tribune praised as "An eye opener for people who think they don't like dance..." But she considers performing "Smells Like Nirvana" with Weird Al Yankovic at the Minnesota State Fair as the highlight of her career.
Bianca Rose (actor, director) Bianca Rose is so excited to be working on "End of the Line". With a bachelors in Theatre, Bianca has worked many shows performing, directing, and many things in between. She has acted in shows including Midge from The Hollow, the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz, Judy from Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and many more. She has directed shows such as Wrinkle in Time, Queens, and More to Her Story. She would first like to thank Aaron for letting her partner with him on this meaningful show. She would like to thank her friends and family who have supported her, and for MayMay JB.
Natalie Rae Wass* (actor, co-producer) has known these playwrights for many moons, one of them since he was a baby, and is thrilled to collaborate with them! You may have seen her tapping into her pirate nature with Joshua and Kyra in last summer's Yo Ho Hum: A Pirate's Mid-life Crisis at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, or maybe you have hugged her while she was wearing a mascot costume and not even know it...
Ryan Knight (composer) is a music professional in the Minneapolis area where he teaches, tunes pianos, and records music. He has experience with performing on the stage, stage managing, and music directing, but this is his first time writing music for a show. He would like to thank Mouse and Wampus (his cats) and Sydney (his wife) for encouraging him always. You can best support him by streaming his music, available on all streaming platforms.
Sydney Knight (actor) graduated from North Central University in 2024 where she studied Global Studies and Theatre. Some of her favorite shows there and elsewhere have been Godspell, Pride & Prejudice, Silent Sky, and Anastasia. She lives in Champlin with her dear husband Ryan and their two insane cats. 1 Corinthians 2:2
Kyra Scanlan Duzynski (actor) is a lifelong dancer and musician. She has been a performing member of The Phipps Dance Theater since 2011 and enjoys choreographing contemporary dance pieces for local ensembles. In recent years, Kyra dipped her dance toes in the acting world via the Minnesota Fringe Festival. As the youngest child in her family, Kyra has always had a proclivity for performing. While she still enjoys doing character bits at the supper table and prancing around the living room for attention, she is grateful to the Twin Cities theater community for providing her with a broader audience.
Shepard Bruin (graphic designer) opted out of an arts major to seek an associate degree in Automated Systems, graduating in 2023. He now primarily utilizes this extended knowledge of machinery to draw cool robots. His contributions to this show include the title for "End of the Line", playing the part of the Overseer in the initial performance of the aforementioned show, and creating the art for the pamphlet you're holding right now. He'd like to thank Mirage for her continued support.
*Member of the Actor's Equity Association
Tickets are $16 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.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Vortex and Again & Again
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!"
March's shows feature Again & Again and Vortex.
Again & Again features Eric Heiberg, Sam Baker Harris, and John Eisenrich Vortex features Meghan Wolff, Ike Okafor, Meredith Howell, Karyn Wilson, KQ Quinn, Michael Rogers, Adam Mellerup, Neco Pacheaco, Ruben Gomez, MJ Matheson, and Rita Boersma.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building.
It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!*
*until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
Rain Or Shine: An Evening of Monologues on Days that began bad but got better
Local Comedian and Writer Devohn Bland introduces a group of artists of different backgrounds and practices to perform 10 minutes Monologues with a single prompt: a day that began bad but got better. This show is set up to create a space for folks to talk about very specific scenarios, in hopes that the personal can connect shared universal experiences. More than comedy, more than poetry, but mostly ending in something better.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 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.
Adorable
True Stories. Pretend People. Real Awkward. Adorable is a Twin Cities-based improv duo, featuring veteran performers Butch Roy and Jen Scott. Formed in 2008, Adorable digs into focus on grounded relationships and the funny: slow burning, often ridiculous, sometimes sweet.
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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.
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 first shows of 2024 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society LIVE
A live podcast recording from the “talented and hilarious” (TC Stages) Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society with special guest-hosts Shanan Custer and Ryan McNaughton! Old Time Radio Aficionado and MORLS Superfan Ryan McNaughton joins regular hosts Eric, Tim, Joshua and Shanan for “A Shipment of Mute Fate” from the CBS radio series Escape, starring Jack Webb of Dragnet fame!
Following the radio play, your Mysterious Old Hosts debate the dramas’ merits and determine whether it stands the test of time or belongs on the ash heap of history. The evening concludes with a freewheeling Q and A with your hosts as they share their views on all things mysterious and old-timey.
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR THE MYSTERIOUS OLD RADIO LISTENING SOCIETY:
“Shanan Custer, Joshua English Scrimshaw, Tim Uren, and Eric Webster have this down cold — not just the technical aspect, but the tone… Chilling as it might be to experience these tales (complete with old-school ads) alone in the dark, it’s much more fun to experience them with a crowd.” -City Pages
“An artisanal, old-school way of making entertainment... The fun is in watching these fine actors work almost exclusively with their voices … and to see them create a sepia-toned world with handmade sound effects.” - Pioneer Press
“This show is an entertaining and creepy homage to an era gone by, that of the radio drama. The creators of this show have a podcast of the same name… and their love for and knowledge of the genre is evident… There's a reason these radio horror shows were so popular, and happily they continue to exist in some form today thanks to Ghoulish Delights.” -Cherry and Spoon
ABOUT THE MORLS:
The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society performed their first staged old-time radio recreation in 2016 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis. Since then, they have appeared at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, Daleko Arts in New Prague, and the Wabasha Street Caves in Saint Paul. Their recreations were also featured monthly from 2017 to 2019 at the James J. Hill Center and from 2020 to 2022 at Park Square Theater in Saint Paul. Currently, the MORLS can be seen regularly at Crooners Supper Club and the Bryant-Lake Bowl theater.
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
The Society’s live performances are inspired by the podcast of the same name. The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society Podcast revisits the great crime, horror and suspense shows from the golden age of radio, including tales from Suspense, Lights Out, Quiet Please, The Shadow, and more. Each episode features a classic, or maybe-not-so classic story from the mysterious old-time radio vault, complete with historical notes and nerdy trivia. At the end of each podcast, your hosts, Tim, Joshua and Eric discuss the merits of the story and decide whether or not it stands the test of time.
Tickets are $18. 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.
Songversations: we have been told to stay out of the woods
It’s true that our fairy tales are, you know, grim (see Cinderella and that whole cutting the foot off section), but after last November, those first 100 days, the gutting of our civil and human rights not to mention the continuing attack on reproductive health . . . wait, what were we talking about? Oh right. The monsters are not just in the woods and “happily ever after” looks different now. With their signature style of story, song and spells, Songversations presents “We have been told to stay out of the woods” a ceremonial cabaret of resistance and yes, even joy. Join us in the woods this March because that’s where we have belonged the whole time.
Songversations Facebook Page
Rhiannon’s music Insta
Shanan’s Insta
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.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Vortex and Again & Again
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!"
March's shows feature Again & Again and Vortex.
Again & Again features Eric Heiberg, Sam Baker Harris, and John Eisenrich Vortex features Meghan Wolff, Ike Okafor, Meredith Howell, Karyn Wilson, KQ Quinn, Michael Rogers, Adam Mellerup, Neco Pacheaco, Ruben Gomez, MJ Matheson, and Rita Boersma.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building.
It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!*
*until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
Songversations: we have been told to stay out of the woods
It’s true that our fairy tales are, you know, grim (see Cinderella and that whole cutting the foot off section), but after last November, those first 100 days, the gutting of our civil and human rights not to mention the continuing attack on reproductive health . . . wait, what were we talking about? Oh right. The monsters are not just in the woods and “happily ever after” looks different now. With their signature style of story, song and spells, Songversations presents “We have been told to stay out of the woods” a ceremonial cabaret of resistance and yes, even joy. Join us in the woods this March because that’s where we have belonged the whole time.
Songversations Facebook Page
Rhiannon’s music Insta
Shanan’s Insta
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Buffalo Show
An exciting line up of innovative Indian artists:
Marcie Rendon, a celebrated mystery author from Minnesota, White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Joe Pulliam, a unique humorous and deeply traditional Lakota artist from Pine Ridge who paints with flair and passion
Al Gross, Leechlaker storyteller with a gentle intellect
Buffalo Weavers with Strong Buffalo, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Ben Weaver, Metis, and Joe Savage, Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe
with poetry, song, music and video ~ and a few surprises!
Oyate Hotanin (“Voice of the People”) launches a new adventure variety show hosted by Dakota elder poet and storyteller Strong Buffalo featuring live music, poetry, and comedy performances, plus video clips, live interviews, and special guests - a unique showcase for Native and Indigenous Artists and our friends of all disciplines!
Oyate Hotanin Website
Buffalo Weavers Website
Oyate Hotanin Facebook
Oyate Hotanin Instagram
Tickets are $8 in Advance / $10 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its first shows of 2024 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Minne-Melange presents SPRING IS HERE (!) VARIETY SHOW!
We're Minne-Melange, a brand new variety show in the Twin Cities.
For the SPRING IS HERE (!) VARIETY SHOW!, we'll be joined by:
Not a Word - Improv Comedy
Special Musical Duo Feat. Jennifer Eckes & Andrew Wilkowske
Your Co-Worker's Improv Show - Improv Comedy
David Freeburg - Stand-up Comedy
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.
Bring Your Kids!
Bring Your Kids!
A comedy variety show for kids and their grown ups.
Perfect for ages 5 and up.
Featuring comedians, musicians and generalized silliness.
Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes.
More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets are $7 for Kids / $12 for Adults. Doors open at 2PM. Online ticket sales end at 1PM.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Vortex and Again & Again
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!"
March's shows feature Again & Again and Vortex.
Again & Again features Eric Heiberg, Sam Baker Harris, and John Eisenrich Vortex features Meghan Wolff, Ike Okafor, Meredith Howell, Karyn Wilson, KQ Quinn, Michael Rogers, Adam Mellerup, Neco Pacheaco, Ruben Gomez, MJ Matheson, and Rita Boersma.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building.
It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!*
*until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
The Fourth Annual Monster Science Awards
The gala event of the season returns! More glamorous than the Oscars! More important than the Grammys! Cheaper ticket prices than the Primetime Emmys! Join us for a celebration of the very finest in monsterdom of 2024, from cinema, literature, gaming, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / He-Man crossover action figures, and many more besides! With awards accepted by a murderer’s row of incredible local creators! Why, creators like:
Rita Boersma
Josh Carson
Kristina Fjellman
Sam Landman
Xan Mattek
Heather Meyer
Derek Lee Miller
Jeffrey Nolan
Danna Sheridan
Tim Uren
Allison Vincent
Leslie Vincent
Eric Webster
And hosted by Reverend Matt and Elora Riley!
Black tie encouraged but not required!
Will your favorite monster win? Be there and find out!
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $14 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Insurgent Transmissions: From Ground Zero
Insurgent Transmissions is a film series highlighting the varied Palestinian experience. Made by contemporary Palestinian makers, the films depict the many ways that Palestinians resist occupation in their daily lives and filmmaking practices. Beginning with Annemarie Jacir’s touching family drama, Wajib, the programming will unfold as a series of transmissions: Jacir chooses the second film, and each subsequent filmmaker will select the next film in the series. The films in Insurgent Transmissions highlight the works of contemporary Palestinian filmmakers, amplifying their voices through their films and the films they see as most urgent in this moment of cultural erasure and genocide.
This monthly series is presented by Mizna. Ticket fees go towards supporting the featured Palestinian filmmakers. Online tickets are $10, tickets at the door are sliding scale $5–15. Additional opportunities to support urgent grassroots fundraisers in Gaza will be available at the screening.
ACCESSIBILITY: To make these events accessible, masks are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Unfortunately we cannot require masks because Bryant Lake Bowl serves food and drinks inside the screening space. Films will be in Arabic with English subtitles.
MARCH FILM: FROM GROUND ZERO
From Executive Producer Michael Moore and Palestine's Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, is a collection of revealing stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war, who capture their lives in Gaza amidst war. Using a blend of animation, documentary, and fiction, they create a powerful testament to the steadfastness of the human spirit. This film serves as a remarkable reflection of how art can thrive even in the darkest times, showcasing the enduring spirit and creativity that emerge amid ongoing devastation.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 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.
Holidating: St Pattys Day
An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday! Do you feel lucky in love? Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year round. Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love, St. Patty's Day. Grab your tissues and your laugh buckets, holiday lovers!
Produced By: Sarah Arnold-Simondet & Philip Simondet
Music Director: Daniel Goldschmidt
Cast:
Liz Council Choate
Ellie Walton
Will Schroeder
Phillip Schramm
Hannah Wydeven
Sarah Arnold-Simondet
Christian Unser
Mame Pelletier
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its first shows of 2024 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour
A live reading series featuring new 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 because we need to be thinking of the future as a society, for a multitude of reasons: we need to be seeing and talking about ourselves and each other in new ways- seeing people of color, women, queer folks, and immigrants in the future- showing folks in positions of power, showing different ways of leading, etc. Society also needs to think about the effects of continuing to mistreat the planet, humans, plants, and animals; but also to envision new ways of doing things (or imagining old ways of doing things in the future).
March 2, 2025 featuring:
Kai Stewart (they/them or e/em) Ok, so, you start, you just start, somewhere, every day probably. Probably every day but at least once, and then later, and later than that, and eventually there's snow and trees or rocks or record shops and that happens for like 40 or 70 years, and you try to write it down as clearly as you can, but it's never exact. It's a map/territory thing. A figure/ground confusion. Pages and pages and pages, wandering halls, drifting horizons; i am alive and I have been for a while, and sometimes things happen. I am not clear on which ones are noteworthy.
Dameun Strange (he/him) is a sound explorer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sound designer whose conceptual electronic and improvised electro-acoustic works focus on stories and themes of the African diaspora, often using surrealist and afro-futurist aesthetics. He is currently a graduate student in Composition at the University of Minnesota School of Music and lives in the Frogtown Community of Saint Paul, MN with his wife, Corina, and their inquisitive daughter, Ezra.
Cole Sarar (she/they) is a writer, photographer, and tech-artist. She creates public, interactive literary pieces in collaboration with local writers, using phone technology and simple physical design. She’s the creator of Cole Sarar’s Sci-Fi Reading Hour, a live reading series featuring new science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Cole’s creative work envisions possible futures and alternate presents, employing under-represented characters and situations to imagine ourselves existing in the future, having roles, and doing things other than what has been written for us in the past. Their work falls along the intersection of technology and literature. They might use code and tech behind the scenes, or simple physical items like paper, flags, and our cell phones to create surprising, interactive fiction in physical space. Cole served on the board of Art Shanty Projects, and moonlights for various arts organizations. They are first generation Turkish-American.
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 A League of Their Own
There’s no crying in baseball but there may be some [happy] tears in A Drinking Game Mn: A League of Their Own as we bring this show to life!
Join us as our cast does a life stage reading of the movie. Not only will the cast have drinking cues but you, our audience will also have drinking cues through out the show! Hear a bell, take a drinking of whatever you enjoy! We’ll have the props, the dancing, the singing and we’ll definitely have the baseball! Let’s play ball!
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.
Road to Nowhere!
A mysterious outlaw makes his way into town. Three sisters risk everything on a perilous journey West. A son must break with his parasitic family. Detective Gumshoe and Public Eye are back for another case in this edition of Spiral Theater Mystery Radio Hour.
"There was so much wordplay and over-the-top silliness being presented to an audience who was loving it... They were manic, funny, silly, full of tomfoolery, sight gags, physical comedy, and all the other good things that comedy needs." -- Life in Revue
Spiral Theater produces seriously silly shows that celebrate our most absurd selves, the wild possibilities of language, and the creative spirit of audiences and artists. Through creating work that is elliptically clever and so dumb, Spiral is committed to promoting access to theater through radical accessibility.
This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 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.
The Residency at BLB
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!"
February's shows feature THE IMPROV MOVEMENT PROJECT and Two chair and a Baby.
THE IMPROV MOVEMENT PROJECT aims to expand and transform the Twin Cities improv landscape through body-centric performance, education, and collaboration.
Two Chairs and a Baby (Danica McDonald, Josh Mindermann, Nolan Albert, Beth Thelen) is chaotic, high-energy improv with spontaneous fourth-wall-breaking "Sidebar" moments.
The Residency at BLB is excited to present these groups and continue the conversation with this new weekly show.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Road to Nowhere!
A mysterious outlaw makes his way into town. Three sisters risk everything on a perilous journey West. A son must break with his parasitic family. Detective Gumshoe and Public Eye are back for another case in this edition of Spiral Theater Mystery Radio Hour.
"There was so much wordplay and over-the-top silliness being presented to an audience who was loving it... They were manic, funny, silly, full of tomfoolery, sight gags, physical comedy, and all the other good things that comedy needs." -- Life in Revue
Spiral Theater produces seriously silly shows that celebrate our most absurd selves, the wild possibilities of language, and the creative spirit of audiences and artists. Through creating work that is elliptically clever and so dumb, Spiral is committed to promoting access to theater through radical accessibility.
This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 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.
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!
Hosted by Josh Carson and Aisha Ragheb and featuring our February fighters: Maggie Faris, Shanan Custer and Mike Fotis!
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.
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 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.
Catacomb Cinema Club
Join the goblins and ghouls who create your favorite annual spooky attraction, The Haunted Basement, as they open the crypt door and invite you in for an evening of fun and frights. Gather your squad and see if you can be the Final Girl for our horror film trivia (each month we have a terrifyingly fun new theme). Top teams win prizes! Then settle back and watch a horror film, curated each month by the weird little monsters of Catacomb Collective. Come dressed on theme and compete for the best costume prize. Be sure to check out hauntedbasement.org for this months theme and film!
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
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 first shows of 2024 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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. Full menu available from your seat! Come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!
Sundance Film Festival Indigenous Film Tour
The 2024 Sundance Institute Indigenous Film Tour is a 83-minute theatrical program featuring eight short films from Indigenous filmmakers: four from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival program, three from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and one short film from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Started in 2021 as a virtual presentation in conjunction with our friends at museums, Native cultural centers, and arthouse cinemas, the 2024 tour continues as an in-person exhibition with partnered screenings in June and the program available to rent from July 2024 to March 2025.
The curated selection reflects a variety of Native stories and showcases inventive, original storytelling from indigenous artists previously supported by the Festival. Sundance Institute has a long history of supporting and launching talented Indigenous directors including Erica Tremblay, Taika Waititi, Blackhorse Lowe, Sterlin Harjo, Sky Hopinka, Caroline Monnet, Fox Maxy, and Shaandiin Tome. Support for screenings is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
PROGRAM
Bay of Herons / U.S.A.
Director: Jared James Lank
Calling on the strength of his ancestors, a young Mi’kmaq man reflects on the pain of bearing witness to the destruction of his homelands. Fiction.
Winding Path / U.S.A.
Directors: Alexandra Lazarowich, Ross Kauffman, Producer: Robin Honan
Eastern Shoshone MD-PhD student Jenna Murray spent summers on the Wind River Indian Reservation helping her grandfather anyway she could. When he suddenly dies, she must find a way to heal before realizing her dream of a life in medicine. Nonfiction.
Headdress / U.S.A.
Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, Producer: David Spadora
When an act of casual racism confronts a Queer Native man, he retreats into his mind to find the perfect clap back from various versions of his own identity.
Ekbeh / U.S.A.
Director: Mariah Eli Hernandez-Fitch
While learning to make gumbo, the creator shares personal stories about their grandparents as a way to honor and preserve their Indigenous history and life. Nonfiction.
Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal / Canada, Germany
Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Alisi Telengut
The formation of Lake Baikal in Siberia is reimagined, featuring the voice of a Buryat woman who can still recall some words in her endangered Buryat language (a Mongolian dialect). Animation.
Hawaiki / New Zealand
Director and Screenwriter: Nova Paul, Producer: Tara Riddell
At the edge of the playground close to the forest, the children of Okiwi School made a refuge they call Hawaiki. Hawaiki has spiritual and metaphysical connections for Māori as the children create a space for their self-determination. Fiction.
Sunflower Siege Engine / U.S.A.
Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sky Hopinka
Movements of resistance are collapsed and woven together, from reflections of one’s own body in the world today, to documentation of Alcatraz, the reclamation of Cahokia, and the repatriation of the ancestors. Fiction.
Goodnight Irene / U.S.A.
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Three Seminole patients share some laughs and poignant truths as they wait for treatment at the local Indian hospital. Fiction.
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Tickets are $6 for FilmNorth Members / $8 General Admission. 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.