The return of the magical, star-studded gala evening of the very best in horrifying monstrosities of 2022! Join Reverend Matt and Elora Riley as they recognize all of the greatest achievements in monster creation and discovery of the year. Best Paleontology! Best Cryptozoology! Movies and books! Best Story With a Whole Bunch of Dimensions! Best Thing That Guillermo del Toro did! And many more!

Plus, in the absence of the monsters themselves, awards will be accepted by a murderer’s row of exceptional local theater talent! The photo is from last year's Awards; this year's lineup includes:

Alison Anderson

Shanan Custer

Kelvin Hatle

Sam Landman

Heather Meyer

Nissa Nordland Morgan

Ariel Pinkerton

Jen Scott

Boo Segersin

Tim Uren

Leslie Vincent

Eric Webster

Joe Wiener

Jena Young

Formal wear encouraged but certainly not required! But this is one of those events where people come to be SEEN. 

“The Second Annual Monster Science Awards” is part of Monster Science First Thursdays - Reverend Matt’s Monster Sciences ongoing monthly show at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater. Reverend Matt – once called a combination of David Attenborough and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark in MPR – played by local comedian Matthew Kessen, is the star of “Reverend Matt’s Monster Science” (‘part science, part comedy, all monsters’), a multimedia series of deep studies of the lore of monsters, infused with comedy jokes. It has won Best Solo Show at the Tucson Fringe Festival twice, and Best of Minnesota at the 2020 MN Webfest. And it’s been called “a guaranteed crowd-pleaser” and “a blazing comet of edutainment” by the Racket, and Single White Fringe Geek said of it, “I could not stop grinning the whole time Rev. Matt was talking.”

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Tickets are $10 in advance/ $12 at the door

Doors are at 6:30, come eat and drink in the theater before and during the show!