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BRYANT LAKE BOWL THEATER
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!
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
The Punkie and Plucky Comedy Hour
As Punkie, the OPERA PUNKS discover their speaking voices. Joined on stage by their Creator, Kelly Shuda, Punkie weaves a tapestry of human folly and triumph, answering the question: what happens when the music stops? Featuring Alsa Bruno, Isabella Dunseith, Nora Neisen, Michael Rogers, Kelly Shuda, and Julia Weiss.
Featuring an opening performance from Chicago’s Plucky Rosenthal, a vintage-tinged singer-songwriter keeping the tradition of cheeky standards alive. Called "...daffy & sweetly outlandish..." by the Chicago Tribune and “...endlessly bubbly, charismatic & a darling throwback to vintage vaudeville..." by Gapers Block, she regularly plays at speakeasies and dives alike.
Instagram @operapunks @pluckyrosenthal
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 8pm. Online ticket sales end at 6:30pm.
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.
Clown Rodeo
Get ready for a wild ride at Clown Rodeo, the game show that's on a quest to find the true clown! Hosted by Minneapolis's own comedian Sarah McPeck and her trusty clown sidekick, Drew, this isn't your average rodeo. Cast includes Harrie Bradshaw, Bad Karma, Casey Martin, Erin Kennedy, Lefty Crumpet and Ethan Pederson.
Two teams, each a powerhouse trio of one drag queen, one improviser, and one stand-up comedian, will battle it out in a series of uproarious challenges. Expect gut-busting comedy challenges, side-splitting physical challenges, and dazzling displays of drag. Plus, test your wits with a hilarious trivia component!
This fast-paced, fun-filled show guarantees an evening of non-stop entertainment and unexpected laughs.
Audience, saddle up! We encourage you to unleash your inner clown or embrace your best western wear. Come dressed in your most fun western or clown attire and join the spectacle!
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
Adorable
True Stories. Pretend People. Real Awkward. Adorable is a Twin Cities-based improv duo, featuring veteran performers Butch Roy and Jen Scott. Formed in 2008, Adorable digs into focus on grounded relationships and the funny: slow burning, often ridiculous, sometimes sweet.
Facebook
Website
Jen Scott Instagram
Jen Scott Bluesky
Butch Roy Bluesky
Tickets are $10. 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.
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!
Featuring:
Sofia Bisbocci
Nels Lennes
Leslie Vincent
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
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!
Website
Facebook
Instagram
Patreon
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.
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!
Improv Zodiac! on Instagram
Steph Callaghan on Instagram
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.
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.
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.
David Lynch Tribute Drag and Burlesque Spectacular
"There are many stories. Some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are stories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about them a sense of mystery – the mystery of life."
Join Mink Hole, Klown Kar, and an unforgettable cast of drag outlaws to pay tribute to the one and only visionary director and storyteller, David Lynch for a night of gender trickery, live music, partial nudity, and more.
Bring your dollars to tip the divas, buy trinkets from local vendors, and patronize the Beautiful Bryant Lake Bowl. Dressing up is highly encouraged but not required.
DAVID LYNCH THEMED COSTUME CONTEST AT INTERMISSION!
Featuring:
Mink Hole
melancholy (sometimes)
Pistachio Creampie
Beelzebro
Wyrmwood the Bitter
Splash
Juankie
Auntie
Heda Thrasher
With a few extra special guest appearances......
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 Sliding Scale at the Door. Doors open at 9:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 8pm.
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.
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.
Devohn Bland on Instagram
@devohnbland on all platforms
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
Insurgent Transmissions: Ghost Hunting
Insurgent Transmissions: A Palestine Film Series presents monthly screenings at Bryant Lake Bowl. Join us on September 3, 2025 at 7pm for a screening of GHOST HUNTING by Raed Andoni.
SEPTEMBER FILM: GHOST HUNTING by Raed Andoni (94m)
In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex-prisoners to recreate the Al-Moskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed at age 18. Day after day, these construction workers, a blacksmith, an architect, an assistant director give shape to their memories of how they survived with grit and a sense of humor. As the walls of the cells rise, the tongues and the emotions loosen.
ABOUT INSURGENT TRANSMISSIONS 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 monthly at Bryant Lake Bowl. Ticket fees go towards supporting the featured Palestinian filmmakers. Online tickets are $10, tickets at the door are sliding scale $5–15.
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.
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
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
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
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!
Improv Zodiac! on Instagram
Steph Callaghan on Instagram
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This 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, Show starts 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.
Manners & Misconduct: The 10th Anniversary!
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 10th anniversary, bringing you six new and completed improvised Jane Austen novels. Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast of women, femme, and non-binary improvisers constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
Monster Science First Thursdays: Little Shop of Corman
Roger Corman! He is widely known as one of the most important and prolific producers of cheap, schlock monster movies of the 20th century. And Reverend Matt and the Winding Sheet Outfit’s Derek Miller could talk about that for ages. And they will! But did you also know that Corman tried to go legit, or that he had a hand in the careers of Ron Howard, Joe Dante, Francis Ford Coppola, and many others? Come learn about one of the weirdest and most important threads of the history of monster movies! Plus jokes! And Powerpoint!
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.
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!
Improv Zodiac! on Instagram
Steph Callaghan on Instagram
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.
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!
Website
Facebook
Instagram
Patreon
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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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!
Frail Talk + Canary Room + Babytooth at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater
Formed in the foothills of Northern Colorado in early 2020, Alex Woodchek and Cor Wright of Frail Talk are creating a blooming universe of squiggly indie music for squiggly people. Like the kind surprise of a backyard garden, their songs spring up from the dirt with folk roots, soft pop colors, and burgeoning lyricism ready to welcome every listener with daydream-love.
In August of 2024, Frail Talk released their sophomore album, Microspirit. Recorded in seven days of heat-sweat-friend-magic in Silsbee, TX alongside producers Hannah Read (Lomelda), Tommy Read and with the help of Tobias Bank (drums) and Nathaniel Riley (bass). With more attention to the emotion and substance of sound than ever but with the same honesty Frail Talk has always valued, Microspirit touches on the landscape of the queer divinity in all things, and world speaking through bugs, dogs, sunsets and friends.
The album itself has already had a life in the time it’s been out, being featured on NPR Tiny Desk’s Top Shelf, getting multiple features from their video “little al” and landing singles its first two weeks on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds” and “Fresh Finds Folk” playlists.
Through the art of mashing folk-pop sensibilities with strange-space-synthetic-sounds, Frail Talk offers a landscape where one’s self, surrounding, and experiences are as much a part of the songs as the music itself. The future is bright for Frail Talk. It’s all love now.
Canary Room is the project of Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Maddy Heide. Playing the guitar and writing songs is her favorite thing to do. Inspired by songwriters like Joni Mitchell, and Adrianne Lenker, she is interested in how stories can be told with voice and guitar. When she isn't playing the guitar and writing songs, she is teaching pre-k through eighth grade music in St. Paul.
Babytooth is Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter Isabel Zacharias, with a rotating cast of friends bringing the songs to life; the most recent (Portland, OR-based) iteration of the band has included Annie Fifer's earworm guitar leads as a constant, with Hugh Jepson on drums and Benson Chong playing bass.
Elaborating on Pacific Northwest indie of the '90s, the songs skate between noisy melodic rock & twinkly folk experiments.
With a debut full-length out now via Portland-based tape labels Bud Tapes and Antiquated Future, Zacharias continues to write intimate song portraits of distraction and awareness, aging and loss, and the dual joy and terror of being fully understood by others.
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.
Manners & Misconduct: The 10th Anniversary!
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 10th anniversary, bringing you six new and completed improvised Jane Austen novels. Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast of women, femme, and non-binary improvisers constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Denim on Denim & Unshavable
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!"
April's shows feature Denim on Denim & Unshavable.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!* *until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
Manners & Misconduct: The 10th Anniversary!
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 10th anniversary, bringing you six new and completed improvised Jane Austen novels. Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast of women, femme, and non-binary improvisers constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
The Magic Underground
An unforgettable night of magic with some of the cities' finest conjurors making their return to Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater! Local production company The Magic Underground offers a refreshing approach to magic - no top hats, no corny kid's birthday party gags. These dedicated craftsmen have performed at Turf Club, First Avenue, The Alamo Drafthouse, The Fillmore, at the iconic Magic Castle in Hollywood, and on several local + national TV programs including America's Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and even Wheel Of Fortune, offering an unforgettable mix of sleight of hand, mind reading, and comedy that will leave every mind in the room blown.
Tickets are $25 for General Admission / $40 for VIP (includes access to VIP-only close-up magic show following the main show). 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.
Running Errands
Running Errands is a short play series, new every other month.
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.
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.
Tickets are $10. 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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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!
Manners & Misconduct: The 10th Anniversary!
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 10th anniversary, bringing you six new and completed improvised Jane Austen novels. Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast of women, femme, and non-binary improvisers constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Denim on Denim & Unshavable
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!"
April's shows feature Denim on Denim & Unshavable.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!* *until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
Manners & Misconduct: The 10th Anniversary!
Romance! Scandal! Tea! Manners & Misconduct returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their 10th anniversary, bringing you six new and completed improvised Jane Austen novels. Whether you’re a die-hard Austenite or you don’t know jack about Jane, you don’t want to miss this show! Based on suggestions from the audience, our cast of women, femme, and non-binary improvisers constructs an entire story in Jane Austen’s classic romantic style. We’d love for you to come laugh, gasp, and swoon with us!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
Rosie Daze Band "Nobody Here But Us" Album Release Show
Riding the wave of their first season and first recording Due North 2024, the Minneapolis-based Bluegrass/ Old Time/ Folk/ all-women band, Rosie Daze was back in studio to record their sophomore year efforts, Nobody Here But Us, due for release ahead of the Bold North festival season, Spring 2025. Recorded and mixed with the great Tony Willamette at Minnehaha Recording Company. Nobody Here But Us showcases the band’s work from 2024 and new songs that will be highlighted in the coming year. Their performances have roots in country, folk, bluegrass, and old-time traditions, delivered with a little saunter and harmonies dipped in sass and sprinkled with spice. The Rosie Daze Band brings “soulful yearning” to the table and lets you feast! Evonne “Boom” Bilotta-Burke writes music that you want to revisit like the bedtime stories of your youth. Jeanne Marti lends a high lonesome voice nurtured over time in her family band that just about breaks your heart. Johnna Lawrence, Beth Young, and Adelle Hyrkas hand out goosebumps during each and every set with harmonies that add depth, and Julie Kittleson holds down the low end to add richness to every note. Adding to that, the energy and joy the band brings to their performances, well it leaves the audience with all the feels each and every time. Overheard from fans- “I grew up in the Smokey Mountains, and tonight you all made me homesick.”
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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.
Adorable
True Stories. Pretend People. Real Awkward. Adorable is a Twin Cities-based improv duo, featuring veteran performers Butch Roy and Jen Scott. Formed in 2008, Adorable digs into focus on grounded relationships and the funny: slow burning, often ridiculous, sometimes sweet.
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Tickets are $10. 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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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!
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
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
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.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Denim on Denim & Unshavable
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!"
April's shows feature Denim on Denim & Unshavable.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!* *until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Agent Elora Electric Battle Masterpiece
The award-winning Agent Elora series returns, in a four-night Monster Science theater event! Agent Elora and Reverend Matt face off against their first full-blown villain! There’s a giant, city-wrecking monster fight! And a vampire hunter grimly monologuing into the middle distance! Plus the monster facts and comedy jokes you have come to expect from Monster Science!
Starring Elora Riley, Matthew Kessen, Jay Kistler, Emily Knotek, Heather Meyer, and Eric Webster!
People have said these things about previous parts of the series:
“This new two-headed monster version is a charming and savvy evolution, lending an old Hollywood-style comedic banter,” “Matt and Elora have great chemistry and timing,” “We laughed! We were charmed! We’ll go again!” and “Better than the first!” And Cherry and Spoon wrote: “Monster Science is always a sure thing great show, and this version amps it up.” Continue with Agent Elora’s journey, or jump in for the first time, it will all make sense, this isn’t, you know, “Severance”!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 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.
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 weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
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!
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).
April 6, 2025 featuring:
Naomi Kritzer (she/her) is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, she is probably best known for her political blog, which provides deep-dive information on candidates in local political races. Her fiction has won the Hugo Award, the Edgar Award, the Nebula Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. She has a spouse, two grown kids and three cats (the number of cats is subject to change without notice). You can find Naomi online at naomikritzer.com or on Bluesky as @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Her latest book, Liberty’s Daughter, came out in November 2023.
Dissociate (he/him), the science fiction-inspired dark electronic project from musician and sound designer Jonathan Ford is spontaneity personified. For over 20 years, Ford has been manufacturing aural chaos from hardware sound sources, live synthesizers, triggered samples and abused filter banks in real-time. Each Dissociate performance offers a unique exploration, bringing forth instant musical discoveries within this confined aural space. As a musician, Ford has performed with Nitzer Ebb, Covenant, Haujobb, and more. Ford co-founded and hosted The Descent on the University of Minnesota's Radio K, and has performed with Dies Irae !US, Tiree & Hutch, Stellar Vector and Rear Window. As a sound designer, Ford has contributed music, audio collages, and sound effects to theatrical and performance art pieces including independent film, the XIV World Congress International Federation for Theatre Research in Amsterdam, and the Walker Museum in Minneapolis, MN. Ford is also guitarist for synth pop group Little Tin Box.
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.
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.
A Drinking Game MN Presents: Clueless
As If!!!
A Drinking Game MN returns in April with Clueless!
Join our cast as we do a live stage reading of this 90’s hit. Clueless will come to life on stage and oh yes, we’ll be bringing the fashion! Not only will our cast have drinking cues, but you, our audience will also have them! Hear a bell, take a drink of what ever you like be it alcohol, NA, water, tears… Except tears get salty so maybe choose one of the other options. Join us and get ready with your favorite quotes!
“It does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty”
See you all soon!
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.
She is Rizzin'
The world's probably ending, so we might as well laugh about it! Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is back with a sketch show* that covers everything from heartbreak to religion to Zac Efron. Put down your tissues and get your giggle on with your favorite Minneapolis sketch collective!
*This is not improv. We cannot stress that enough.
Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is a group of women, trans, and non-binary creatives who write and create all their own work. Established in 2017, the group has received accolades from the Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN Daily, and more!
Cast:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Susie Campbell
Contributing Writers:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Katie Wilson
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales 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.
The Residency at Bryant Lake Bowl feat. Denim on Denim & Unshavable
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!"
April's shows feature Denim on Denim & Unshavable.
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks!* *until 11 pm and 12 am, respectively
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.
She is Rizzin'
The world's probably ending, so we might as well laugh about it! Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is back with a sketch show* that covers everything from heartbreak to religion to Zac Efron. Put down your tissues and get your giggle on with your favorite Minneapolis sketch collective!
*This is not improv. We cannot stress that enough.
Ladybrain Sketch Comedy is a group of women, trans, and non-binary creatives who write and create all their own work. Established in 2017, the group has received accolades from the Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN Daily, and more!
Cast:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Susie Campbell
Contributing Writers:
Meredith Jacobs
Gabby Vanden Avond
Lauren Chesnut
Kerri O'Halloran
Mickey Trost
Katie Wilson
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales 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.