Upcoming stuff - - with pictures!

Come see come see! :)

Fridays at 8 p.m., HUGE Theater - - HUGE JUSTICE!

Tim Hellendrung and I pretend to be lawyers. There's a stenography machine. Yes.

Saturdays at 8 p.m., HUGE Theater - - Star Trek: The Next Improvisation

Good god. This show is more fun than ice cream and picnics.

Thursday July 14th at 10 p.m., Bryant-Lake Bowl ....

CAMILLA PARKER BOWLS (AT THE BLB) - - Theme for July: NERDS!

There's a lot of nerd-ery about to happen on the BLB stage. YEA!!

Self-promotion ahoy!

Hoping your summer is awesome. :)

The last post was in February????

Jeez. I have failed at self-promotion. What has happened since February?

What happened?

- Overheard in Minneapolis at HUGE

This was such a great run. By the end of the run, it felt like we were breathing this form. So good. :)

- Ka-Baam!!! at HUGE

It will be back.

- I went away for a long time.

- I came back!

- The Score at HUGE

Again, it always ends too soon! Hot damn, this was fun.

- Camilla Parker Bowls (at the BLB) talked about love.

Please check out Camilla's blog for a full report.

- There was a big day.

- There was an IMPROV FESTIVAL.

And it was awesome. I have decided that TCIF comes on like church - - just when one needs to get reacquainted and reaffirmed with the stuff that one truly loves, TCIF springs up. We laughed so hard. We stayed up late. Do it again!

- I'm sleepy.

What's next?

- HUGE Justice at HUGE. Fridays in July, 8 p.m., $5.

- Star Trek: The Next Improvisation at HUGE. Saturdays in July, 8 p.m., $5.

- Camilla Parker Bowls (at the BLB) is gonna talk with some NERDS. July 14th, 10 p.m., BLB.

- I'm gonna go away.

- I'm gonna miss Fringe. :(

- I'm gonna come back.

- I got cast in "Romeo & Juliet" at the Pioneer Place on 5th in St. Cloud. I get to play a mom. :)

The lameness of this blog post will be offset by the delightfulness of the shows! Please join us! :)

Busy chickens, we all have been..

Hi friends! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm a caffeinated fiend - - and all my brain can spit out is in press release form.. Apologies!

Camilla Parker's first show went lovely! Many many thanks to Joseph Scrimshaw, Brian Beatty and Huge Theater! Along with BOYTRON, who kicked ass and became ghosts and curtains. Happy!

What's next!

Penner Vs. The Hydra - this is a terribly terribly fun show, featuring beautiful funny people saying funny smart things. Good god. And dancing. And Greek mythology. And love. We open Friday Feb. 4th and run for two weekends only! Please come see!

Camilla Parker Bowls (at the BLB) - Theme for February: ROCK STARS! Holy crap. And we've got Rockstar Storyteller Courtney McClean, Barb Abney of 89.3 The Current and US Air Guitar Championship National Finalist Meg "Aireola" Linafelter. All this, and improv by BoyTron too!

HUGE THEATER is open and amazing. Please come check out "Overheard in Minneapolis" and "Ka-Baam!!", Fridays and Saturday at 8 p.m..

Whew. Whew? Whew!!! Fun, friends. Let's make more fun. :)

HUGE!!!! And other things...

That's right, friends! It's OPEN!!! Amazing congratulations to Butch and Nels and Jill and everyone invovled!

(Please picture it currently covered in snow. Thank you.)

And holy crap, LOOK AT THE SHOWS!!

I'm thrilled to be taking part in the following ones - - yea!

"Overheard in Minneapolis", Fridays at 8 p.m., $10

"Ka-Baam!!", Saturday at 8 p.m., $10

"BlueProv", Saturday Dec. 18th 12mid, $10, plus a clean package of adult underwear as a donation for the clients of the Simpson Housing Services!

And in Improv A Go Go, Sunday Dec. 19th, 8 p.m. $1 with EXPLORER'S CLUB!!!! James Moore! Troy Zimmerman! I break onstage by tearing up and frightening the audience! Creepy!

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Outside of HUGE, you can catch me Thursday Dec. 16th at 10 p.m. in "Stop Talking - A Game of Talking" after Joking Envelope's "SUPER-POWERED REVENGE CHRISTMAS #1" - - produced by Snikt! Bamf! Thwip! and Joking Envelope. Tickets are free if you attend the performance of Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1 on Thursday, Dec 16th, otherwise tix are $5 and can be purchased here!

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Finally, you can catch me not talking at Macy's Santa Brunch where I am playing unknown Christmas carols in the background. People come take pictures of their children in my general vicinity (i.e. by the huge white grand piano and the huge white Christmas tree), while I chord my way through "Neighbor, What Has You So Excited?" (super unknown, but quite catchy).

Fun stuff coming up in January and February. Like this. W00t!

Guys! It's happening!

Hi friends... A new show! Exciting! Look, a rubber chicken! Come see!

The theme for January show is FUNNY PEOPLE - - and we've got local comedian/playwright/monekywrangler Joseph Scrimshaw, local comedian/playwright/stand up bear Brian Beatty and the founders of HUGE Theater Jill Bernard, Butch Roy and Nels Lennes.

All of that, and improv by BOY TRON! HOLY CRAP!

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This coming January 2011 - - local improviser and sometimes funny person Jen Scott presents:

CAMILLA PARKER BOWLS (AT THE BLB)
A brand new improv and interview show at the Bryant Lake Bowl.

Camilla Parker Bowls (at the BLB) invites local celebrities, storytellers, rock stars, funny people, writers, troublemakers and all sorts of interesting folk to the Bryant Lake Bowl stage. We chat, we interview, we discuss - - and then the reins are handed over to some of the best improv talent in the Twin Cities. They'll take the themes and ideas presented, and create, on the spot, an all original improv performance. Every night is different, every night is funny.

Like Phil Donahue followed by Johnathan Winters. Like Dr. Phil followed by Jerry Springer. Like Ellen followed by.. Ellen.

For additional information, please see www.bryantlakebowl.com, octoberdandy.com or camillaparker.blogspot.com.

WHO:
Hosted by Jen Scott (Fringe Festival regular, Huge Theater's "Overheard in Minneapolis", Actors Theater of Minnesota's "Tony n' Tina's Wedding" and "We Gotta Bingo")

WHERE:
The Bryant-Lake Bowl
810 W Lake Street in South Minneapolis

WHEN:
Thursday January 20th, Doors at 9:30 p.m., Curtain at 10 p.m..

HOW MUCH:
Tickets $6 advance, $8 day of show.
For more and info and reservations call 612-825-8949.

CHICAGO AVENUE PROJECT!!

This Monday and Tuesday! Pillsbury House Theater! CHICAGO AVENUE PROJECT!!!

a) What is the Chicago Avenue Project?
A fabulous program that takes at-risk kids and pairs them with professional dramaturgs, directors and actors to produce original works - as written by the kids.

b) Why is it more fun than fun?
Not only are you watching plays about talking waterfalls and steak-loving guinea pigs, you're watching some amazing talent perform plays about waterfalls and steak-loving guinea pigs. (Gratuitous name drop: this year's performance features Taj Ruler, Christina Baldwin, Zoe Pappas, Simone Perin, George Keller, Patrick Boyle and more... The talent!)

The feel of each performance is one of a pep rally - - encouraging, supporting, thrilled, silly. It's great. And honestly, some of the most surprising and heartfelt stuff around.

I'm doing the music for Chicago Avenue Project again - - Come listen to some amazing singers do incredible stuff with my very very simple songs. (I never met a downbeat I didn't like.)

Monday, 7 p.m. performance, FREE
Tuesday, 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. performance, FREE

Pillsbury House Theater, 3501 Chicago Ave S, Minneapolis.

MONSTOBERFEST!!!

Fridays in October! 10:30 p.m.! At the Brave New Workshop! $10 - - Featuring Creature Feature (Improvised Horrrrrror!) and Survivors of the Undead Plague.

I got to perform in Creature Feature, and 'am playing piano for Survivors. Wins!

Happy Halloween!!