March 2025... All things considered

All things considered. Things are overwhelming and a lot. There are amazing people being incredible and brave. There is panic. There are moments of absolute hope. There are moments of everything else. 

I love you and I hope you're finding ways. We're human. Even if there are those who aren't acting like it. 

February. 

Nudge at the BLB was an immense amount of fun. The first two There's a Crack in Everythings were absolutely joyful. Bring Your Kids! is fantastic, and made fantastic by YOU, the awesome audience. Our Love Will Haunt This House at Strike came together in a sweet and lovely way and now Angelique, Rachel, and I are SILLY ASSHOLE TOWN POPULATION 3. (And if I have the name wrong, they will save my sorry hide and I am grateful.) 

Sam and I also go to do Morningside After Dark for the first time. The talent in this town is wild. 

March! 

* I'll be doing my solo musical piece, 5 Music Videos, at Soda Pop Improv on Saturday March 8th, 2 p.m. at much beloved Cadenza Music!

* I'll be playing music at the Malcolm Yards Pay Gap Comedy Hour, Wednesday March 12th, 7 p.m. show! 

* Scott, Simondet, and Roberts Play the Eagles. I'm so excited for this.  Original music, us doin' stuff. Please watch as the instruments shrink throughout the night. Thursday March 13th, 7 p.m.

 

* The last There's a Crack in Everything on the books is Saturday March 15th and is f-ing stacked. Featuring stories by Jim Robinson (TableSalt Productions), MJ Matheson (Bearded Company), and Taj Ruler (Everything!), with music by Bianca Bee Davis (Melancholics Anonymous) and Sylvia Dieken!

* Butch and I will be Adorable-ing at the Bryant Lake Bowl, a monthly situation. Our first is Wednesday March 19th, 6 p.m. doors/7 p.m. show and we're excited. Special guest TBA! Tickets here!

*Bring Your Kids! at the Bryant Lake Bowl on March 8th (2 p.m. Doors/3 p.m. show!) and at Cadenza on March 22nd!

Good stuff! 

I hope you're finding space to breath and connect. Be in community. Stave away the panic. Stand up and say no. You are great. It's a lot. And we're here. 

Love. 

FEBRUARY 2025.. AhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHH

It's awful hard to breathe when any glimpse outward results in an encroachment of panic. 

You are wonderful and I love you. 

STUFF!

January: SHOWS AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED!

There's a Crack in Everything had it's Resource debut! And it was a SALON. So lovely. So many thanks to Butch Roy, Mary Jo Pehl, and One800LiveMusic for absolute beauty. 

BRING YOUR KIDS! returned to the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater and Cadenza Music - don't sleep on St. Paul!

I got to sing some songs at Leslie Vincent's Cabaret Open Gym... So many thanks to Leslie and the amazing performers she's collected!

Still facilitating memoir classes through COMPAS, and also running my own.. It's been lovely.  COMPAS also has me administering their annual Emerging Young Artists show (i.e. DATA ENTRY!) and it's been delightful seeing the art come through. 

Anna Solfest and I are curating and facilitating Wellness and Creativity workshops up in St. Croix Falls - free and for all ages!

February: YOU GOT BUSY! In between the panic about EVERYTHING AND BEING IN A COUP, if you'd like to come see a show, we'll keep making shows until we need to stop. 

BRING YOUR KIDS! - TWICE!

A comedy-variety show for kids and their grown ups. 

Saturday February 8th, 3 p.m. 

Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, 810 W Lake St, Mpls: 

Saturday February 15th, 2 p.m. 

Cadenza Music, 149 N Snelling Ave, St Paul: Tickets!

A weekly NUDGE!

NUDGE in Love!

In celebration of the most awkward of holidays, veteran improv group Nudge has FEEEELINGS.

Saturdays at 7 p.m. 

Bryant Lake Bowl Theater, 810 W Lake St: Tickets!

A bit of improv and storytelling and song... 

Our Love Will Haunt This Home

A performance celebrating the joys and pains and all the elements of love. 

Friday Feb. 14th, 7:30 p.m.

Strike Theater, 824 18th Ave NE, Minneapolis. Tickets!

A bit of storytelling and song and CINEMA... 

There's a Crack in Everything

An evening of local storytelling and music. 

Saturday February 15th, 7 p.m.

Saturday March 15th, 7 p.m. 

Resource, 512 E 24th St, Mpls: Tickets!

A BIT OF EVERYTHING!

Morningside After Dark "THE CALL"

Local live music and storytelling. 

Monday Feb. 24th, 7:30 p.m.

Morningside Hills UCC,4201 Morningside Road, Edina.

I'm still writing about improv and crap here. https://octoberdandy.substack.com/ Again, until we need to stop. 

Also we're moving out of our sweet house. It's a lot. We are very lucky and oh man.. it's been very very good to us. Ah. 

Authoritarians hate joy. Don't forget to play and breath and here we go. LOVE.