By Sarah Schultz The creators of Geminae and The Last Bombardment are bringing spooky stories to the 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival in an innovative format. Veering away from the popular standard of improv comedy, this talented collective is terrifying and delighting audiences with “improvised terror.” Through skillful narration, sound design, and long form improv, the…
Inviting Writers & Actors for Spontaneous Productions Event on April 20th Spontaneous Productions is a new performance collective staging an interactive event at Off-Leash Art Box. Committed to creating experiences of immediacy, the collective has structured the event to be part writing and part acting. Writers are invited to generate short solo performances pieces from…
As the lights dimmed in the Bryant Lake Bowl theatre, and Seth Lepore started his performance, I was confused. Lepore sat on stage, nervously glancing around the audience, making disjointed comments about being in Antarctica. The audience was laughing — because this was an inside joke I didn’t get? Because they were uncomfortable? Because they…
by SOPHIE KERMAN As the lights dim for Lorna Landvik‘s grand entrance at the Bryant Lake Bowl, it is clear that the woman has created a following. Whether through her eight novels or the four previous sold-out iterations of her one-woman improv show Party in the Rec Room, Lorna’s audience knows what to expect. For a comedy show, it’s…
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