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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!

Grotesque Fest IV
Feb
21

Grotesque Fest IV

We’ve been reaching through the shadows, clawing at the edges of your vision, and now we’ve emerged from our slumber. Grotesque Fest has returned for a fourth installment of psychedelic, gore-ridden, comedic, and goosebump raising films that will reconnect you with the most primal version of yourself. Do not deny yourself - We’re haunting the theatre once again for TWO NIGHTS!

FEATURING AN ORIGINAL LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE FABULOUS MINK HOLE (Bring your dollar bills and a lust for what lurks in the shadows)!

Featuring the Artistic Talents of Twin Cities Photographer, Legion Ratfell!

Get here early!!! Doors open at 6PM and we’ll have a merch table available each night!

Featuring the work of:
Ben Manhanke, Joella Goyette and Alison Haun, Rebecca Daugherty & Anthony Cousins, Kevin Ackley, Michelle Brost, and Jolie Wicktor

Poster Art By Lou Thomas

Grotesque Fest
MINK HOLE
Lou Thomas
Legion Ratfell
Derek Bauer
Lily Berg

Tickets are $9 in Advance / $13 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.

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The Residency at BLB
Feb
21

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.

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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.

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NUDGE in Love
Feb
22

NUDGE in Love

In celebration of the most awkward of holidays, veteran improv group Nudge returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl to FEEEEL things. Nudge features Show X alums Katy Kessler, Rita Boersma, Tim Hellendrung, Taj Ruler, Butch Roy, and Jen Scott. Like your favorite sitcom gone terribly beautifully wrong. Romantic? Maybe. Funny? Absolutely.

Special guests TBA!

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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.

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God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines
Feb
22

God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines

Detroit is a city of struggle.

Historically, economically, and artistically, Detroit has had to fight for survival. And it’s had to fight even harder for recognition. The spirit of that fight is epitomized by GOD SAID GIVE ‘EM DRUM MACHINES, a documentary which traces the birth of techno music to its unlikely origins in the D.

Detroit’s African-American cultural roots cultivated musical movements like jazz, Motown, and disco. By the late ‘70s, DJs like Ken Collier were infusing underground clubs and public airwaves with radically danceable sounds, and in the early ‘80s groundbreaking technology like the infamous Roland TR-808 was falling into the hands of a new generation. The merging of these artistic and technological forces would bring about one of the most significant musical breakthroughs of the modern era.

GOD SAID GIVE ‘EM DRUM MACHINES tells the tale of the young visionaries who made that breakthrough happen. Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Eddie Fowlkes, and Santonio Echols were the vanguard of a new musical style they dubbed “techno,” which would soon become the most celebrated and profitable genre in the world. And yet their names are largely unknown to most fans of that very genre.

Despite the best efforts of musical historians and journalists, the story of how a handful of black kids from Detroit invented techno has never fully been told. It’s a story of damaged friendships, mismanaged success, and broken dreams. But it’s also a story of inspiration. While the originators of techno may not enjoy the fame and fortune of those who cruised to success in their wake, they have seen their music touch lives around the globe. And they find comfort in knowing their creation will live on for generations to come.

Like Detroit itself, the artists who created techno struggle for survival and recognition. GOD SAID GIVE ‘EM DRUM MACHINES documents their fight, and hopes to help them achieve both.

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This event is FREE. Doors open at 9pm.
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.

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Sundance Film Festival Indigenous Film Tour
Feb
23

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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Feb
24

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. 

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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!

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Catacomb Cinema Club
Feb
25

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.

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Improv Zodiac!
Feb
26

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.

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Movie Fight Club
Feb
27

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.

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Road to Nowhere!
Feb
28

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.

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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.

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The Residency at BLB
Feb
28

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.

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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.

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Road to Nowhere!
Mar
1

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.

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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.

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A Drinking Game MN Presents A League of Their Own
Mar
1

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.

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Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour
Mar
2

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.

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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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Mar
3

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. 

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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!

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Insurgent Transmissions: From Ground Zero
Mar
5

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.

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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.

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The Fourth Annual Monster Science Awards
Mar
6

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!

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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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Mar
10

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. 

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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!

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Mar
17

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. 

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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!

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Rain Or Shine: An Evening of Monologues on Days that began bad but got better
Mar
21

Rain Or Shine: An Evening of Monologues on Days that began bad but got better

Local Comedian and Writer Devohn Bland introduces a group of artists of different backgrounds and practices to perform 10 minutes Monologues with a single prompt: a day that began bad but got better. This show is set up to create a space for folks to talk about very specific scenarios, in hopes that the personal can connect shared universal experiences. More than comedy, more than poetry, but mostly ending in something better.

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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Mar
24

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. 

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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!

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Improv Zodiac!
Mar
26

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.

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Tubthumping Thursdays
Mar
27

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.

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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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Mar
31

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. 

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Facebook

Email

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!

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Insurgent Transmissions: Life is Beautiful
Apr
2

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.

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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.

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Improv Zodiac!
Apr
30

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.

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Grotesque Fest IV
Feb
20

Grotesque Fest IV

We’ve been reaching through the shadows, clawing at the edges of your vision, and now we’ve emerged from our slumber. Grotesque Fest has returned for a fourth installment of psychedelic, gore-ridden, comedic, and goosebump raising films that will reconnect you with the most primal version of yourself. Do not deny yourself - We’re haunting the theatre once again for TWO NIGHTS!

FEATURING AN ORIGINAL LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE FABULOUS MINK HOLE (Bring your dollar bills and a lust for what lurks in the shadows)!

Featuring the Artistic Talents of Twin Cities Photographer, Legion Ratfell!

Get here early!!! Doors open at 6PM and we’ll have a merch table available each night!

Featuring the work of:
Ben Manhanke, Joella Goyette and Alison Haun, Rebecca Daugherty & Anthony Cousins, Kevin Ackley, Michelle Brost, and Jolie Wicktor

Poster Art By Lou Thomas

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MINK HOLE
Lou Thomas
Legion Ratfell
Derek Bauer
Lily Berg

Tickets are $9 in Advance / $13 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.

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Rituals for Nothing - Dance Film Watch Party
Feb
18

Rituals for Nothing - Dance Film Watch Party

Join us for the dance film version of Rituals for Nothing / prayers to no god. This 30-min dance film is based on a performance on the banks of the Mississippi last fall. Featuring one beautiful river, seven exceptional dancers, and lots of grief. It's now available online, but isn't it better to all cry together? Gather with us to watch the debut, then hang out with our feelings after.

Rituals for Nothing is for our griefs, for our beloveds, for the circularity of time and the gaps we live in. We are asking questions about ritual, loss, the gap between ourselves and the dead, ourselves and this land, the people, the history, the future, ways of seeing time, geologic and cosmic, pilgrimages and seeking, lies and divining, bringing down the stars, and the immense magnitude of care that is woven all around; we weave it backward and forwards too.

Featuring the incomparable Judith Howard, Krista Langberg, Sam Johnson, Jeffrey Wells, and Sylvan Madaus Derenne dancing alongside Monica Thomas and Theresa Madaus. With dramaturgy by Charles Campbell, lighting by Heidi Eckwall, and support by Matt Regan. Filmed and edited by the incredible Katinka Galanos with additional filming by Patricia Healy McMeans. Created by Theresa Madaus and Monica Thomas in collaboration with everyone/everything.

"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. 

Theresa Madaus is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts."

Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Feb
17

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. 

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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!

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The Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour
Feb
16

The Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour

Catch the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour at your local theater!

7 Short Films. 110 Epic Minutes. Running from June 2024 through March 2025.

Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Program seeks out filmmaking’s most original voices.

SHORT FILMS
"ALOK" directed by Alex Hedison
"Bug Diner" directed by Phoebe Jane Hart
"Dream Creep" directed by Carlos A.F. Lopez
"Essex Girls" directed by Yero Timi-Biu
"The Masterpiece" directed by Àlex Lora Cercos
"Pathological" directed by Alison Rich
"Pisko the Crab Child is in Love" directed by Makoto Nagahisa

CONNECT WITH US
Learn More: https://www.sundance.org/
Instagram:   / sundanceorg  
X:   / sundancefest  
Facebook:   / sundance  
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sundanceorg
TikTok:   / sundanceorg  

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.

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NUDGE in Love
Feb
15

NUDGE in Love

In celebration of the most awkward of holidays, veteran improv group Nudge returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl to FEEEEL things. Nudge features Show X alums Katy Kessler, Rita Boersma, Tim Hellendrung, Taj Ruler, Butch Roy, and Jen Scott. Like your favorite sitcom gone terribly beautifully wrong. Romantic? Maybe. Funny? Absolutely.

Special guests TBA!

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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.

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The Residency at BLB
Feb
14

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.

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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.

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Lady is a Tramp: Mistress Ginger Sings Rodgers & Hart
Feb
14

Lady is a Tramp: Mistress Ginger Sings Rodgers & Hart

This Valentine’s season, cabaret queen Mistress Ginger lights up the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater for her 12th annual Valentine’s show, bringing the Rodgers & Hart songbook to life. “My Funny Valentine,” “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered,” and “The Lady Is a Tramp” get reimagined through the lens of this 21st-century gal on the prowl. Joined by pianist Steven Zubich, Ginger dazzles with her signature wit, vintage glamour, and cheeky charm. Get ready to laugh, swoon, and lean in for the unexpected as romance unfolds in all its dreamy, messy, magical, musical glory.

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Tickets are $18 in Advance / $22 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we’ll take care of the rest.

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Lady is a Tramp: Mistress Ginger Sings Rodgers & Hart
Feb
13

Lady is a Tramp: Mistress Ginger Sings Rodgers & Hart

This Valentine’s season, cabaret queen Mistress Ginger lights up the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater for her 12th annual Valentine’s show, bringing the Rodgers & Hart songbook to life. “My Funny Valentine,” “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered,” and “The Lady Is a Tramp” get reimagined through the lens of this 21st-century gal on the prowl. Joined by pianist Steven Zubich, Ginger dazzles with her signature wit, vintage glamour, and cheeky charm. Get ready to laugh, swoon, and lean in for the unexpected as romance unfolds in all its dreamy, messy, magical, musical glory.

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Tickets are $18 in Advance / $22 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we’ll take care of the rest.

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The Dykey Dating Game!
Feb
12

The Dykey Dating Game!

One hour of dykey dating goodness! Host Dick Von Dyke will help one lucky Minneapolis lover find a date for Valentine's Day, from a cast of 3 mystery daters. Each show has a different lead, 3 new mystery daters, and will run for an hour!

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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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Feb
10

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. 

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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!

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NUDGE in Love
Feb
8

NUDGE in Love

In celebration of the most awkward of holidays, veteran improv group Nudge returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl to FEEEEL things. Nudge features Show X alums Katy Kessler, Rita Boersma, Tim Hellendrung, Taj Ruler, Butch Roy, and Jen Scott. Like your favorite sitcom gone terribly beautifully wrong. Romantic? Maybe. Funny? Absolutely.

Special guests TBA!

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Facebook

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.

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Bring Your Kids!
Feb
8

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

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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.

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The Residency at BLB
Feb
7

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.

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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.

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The Dykey Dating Game!
Feb
7

The Dykey Dating Game!

One hour of dykey dating goodness! Host Dick Von Dyke will help one lucky Minneapolis lover find a date for Valentine's Day, from a cast of 3 mystery daters. Each show has a different lead, 3 new mystery daters, and will run for an hour!

Website
Instagram

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.

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Monster Science First Thursdays: The Monster at the End of This Show
Feb
6

Monster Science First Thursdays: The Monster at the End of This Show

Reverend Matt is joined by the legendary Duck Washington for a show about the monsters that are nice! From adorable pets to powerful heroes to monster with whom we have grownup intimate relations with, learn the history of malformed outsider creatures that are on our side, and one man’s personal stories about them! The one man is Duck! Plus jokes! And PowerPoint!

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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.

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Insurgent Transmissions: Chronicle of a Disappearance
Feb
5

Insurgent Transmissions: Chronicle of a Disappearance

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 at Bryant Lake Bowl April–July 2024. 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.

FEBRUARY FILM: CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE BY ELIA SULEIMAN

After living in New York for many years, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman returns home. Using his position as half-insider, half-outsider, he analyzes the extent to which the Palestinian population living under Israeli occupation is losing its national identity. In a witty, ironic mix of narrative, documentary, and autobiography, we meet the urban Palestinian middle class: a retired man who plays computer games while smoking a shisha, two bored men filling bottles of “holy water” from the tap, and a young woman looking for an apartment. All the while, Israeli police cars absurdly zoom around looking for terrorists. Elia Suleiman is at the same time director and protagonist, character and viewer, mediator and narrator— like the film itself, he moves between documentary, fiction, past memories and the present.

Screening with MA’LOUL CELEBRATES ITS DESTRUCTION by Michel Khleifi

This short documentary depicts the residents of Ma’loul, a Palestinian village in Galilee, which was destroyed by the Israeli armed forces in 1948. All that remains of the village are two churches and a mosque, the last visible traces for travellers between Haifa and Nazareth. Each year, the Palestinians gather to commemorate their lost city.

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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.

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Holidating: Valentine's Day
Feb
4

Holidating: Valentine's Day

An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday.

Come see our improvisers resolve to find romance during the most romantic time of the year!

Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year-round. Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love, breakups, and meet-cutes themed around this month’s holiday, Valentines Day. Grab your tissues and your laugh buckets, holiday lovers!

Produced By: Sarah Arnold-Simondet & Philip Simondet
Music Director: Daniel Goldschmidt
Cast: Alex Stoks, Liz Council Choate, Meghan Wolff, Hannah Wydeven, Will Schroeder, Laura Berger, Justin Betancourt, & Erin Clarkin

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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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Feb
3

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. 

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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!

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A Night With No Stars
Feb
2

A Night With No Stars

Join us Sunday February 2nd for A Night With No Stars, hosted by local playwright, actor, and drag artist, Silvestrey P’orantes.

Featuring:

Paulina Aparicio

Thomas Draskovik

Charli Fool Bear

Samuel Osborne-Huerta

Oogie Push

This event is FREE. 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.

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Back to the Future - A Drinking Game
Feb
1

Back to the Future - A Drinking Game

Come along for the ride as we not only celebrate our 13th year anniversary, we will also travel back 30 years into the past with Marty McFly!

A Drinking Game Mn returns with Back to the Future where we do a live stage reading of the movie with props, costumes and music included. Our cast will have drinking cues throughout the show and you, our audience will have your own drinking cues! Hear a bell ring, take a drink of whatever you enjoy be it alcohol, pop, NA options, water, tears, blood… except blood gets sticky and tears get salty, so maybe stick to another option! See you all on February 1st!

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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.

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NUDGE in Love
Feb
1

NUDGE in Love

In celebration of the most awkward of holidays, veteran improv group Nudge returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl to FEEEEL things. Nudge features Show X alums Katy Kessler, Rita Boersma, Tim Hellendrung, Taj Ruler, Butch Roy, and Jen Scott. Like your favorite sitcom gone terribly beautifully wrong. Romantic? Maybe. Funny? Absolutely.

Special guests TBA!

Website

Facebook

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.

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The Residency at BLB
Jan
31

The Residency at BLB

Welcome to the Residency!
A new weekly improv show at Bryant Lake Bowl at 9:30pm.

Each month we have a new set of groups ready to perform for you!
In January, we are featuring THE PAiNTERS and Flores/Amarmi.
Each group will be performing every Friday at 9:30 in the month of January.
We are so excited to present these groups and start this new weekly show!

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Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 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.

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ON LAUGH SUPPORT... with Lorna Landvik
Jan
31

ON LAUGH SUPPORT... with Lorna Landvik

People, these are trying times calling for emergency measures.

Make sure your health directive allows Lorna Landvik to put you ON LAUGH SUPPORT!

Join this local author/entertainer/former nudist for an evening of comedy, music, improvisation, and story-telling!

Start your new year out right -- ON LAUGH SUPPORT!

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Tickets are $20 in Advance / $25 at the Door. 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.

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Tubthumping Thursdays
Jan
30

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.

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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.

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Improv Zodiac!
Jan
29

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.

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Running Errands
Jan
28

Running Errands

Running Errands is a short play series.
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.
Run to your friendly, local Instagram: @runningerrandsmn to see the playwrights, directors, and actors for each show.

Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7PM. Online ticket sales end 2 hours prior to doors opening.
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.

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Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Jan
27

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. 

Instagram

Facebook

Email

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!

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ON LAUGH SUPPORT... with Lorna Landvik
Jan
25

ON LAUGH SUPPORT... with Lorna Landvik

People, these are trying times calling for emergency measures.

Make sure your health directive allows Lorna Landvik to put you ON LAUGH SUPPORT!

Join this local author/entertainer/former nudist for an evening of comedy, music, improvisation, and story-telling!

Start your new year out right -- ON LAUGH SUPPORT!

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Tickets are $20 in Advance / $25 at the Door. 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.

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The Residency at BLB
Jan
24

The Residency at BLB

Welcome to the Residency!
A new weekly improv show at Bryant Lake Bowl at 9:30pm.

Each month we have a new set of groups ready to perform for you!
In January, we are featuring THE PAiNTERS and Flores/Amarmi.
Each group will be performing every Friday at 9:30 in the month of January.
We are so excited to present these groups and start this new weekly show!

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SAPS Improv Facebook

Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 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.

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ON LAUGH SUPPORT... with Lorna Landvik
Jan
24

ON LAUGH SUPPORT... with Lorna Landvik

People, these are trying times calling for emergency measures.

Make sure your health directive allows Lorna Landvik to put you ON LAUGH SUPPORT!

Join this local author/entertainer/former nudist for an evening of comedy, music, improvisation, and story-telling!

Start your new year out right -- ON LAUGH SUPPORT!

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Tickets are $20 in Advance / $25 at the Door. 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.

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