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Hope Cervantes and Virginia S. Burke rehearse "Good People", on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. The play is written by David Lindsay-Abaire and premieres at Park Square Theatre on September 13th.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” to make regional premiere

by Joe Kellen
Published September 12, 2013
Joel Sass returns to the Park Square Theater to direct David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy of class, “Good People.”

Rocky’s road

by Spencer Doar
Published September 12, 2013
After a tumultuous youth and 25 years on the comedy trail, Rocky LaPorte has seen it all, surviving dingy motels, a gunshot wound and odd times in Appalachia.
Kevin Kling, writer of "Humanimal," during rehearsal at Open Eye Figure Theater on Monday evening.

“Humanimal”: Beyond Kevin Kling’s wildest dreams

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published August 7, 2013
Acclaimed local storyteller Kevin Kling returns to the Open Eye Theatre for a play about people, pets and untamed wilderness.
Actors Phillip Schramm, Brandon R. Caviness and Joel Thingvall in the play "Stuck in an Elevator with Patrick Stewart" featured in the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Forever on the Fringe: comedies at the fest

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published July 31, 2013
Three shows from this year’s Fringe Festival prove that outlandish comedy’s alive and well among local thespians.

Andy Kaufman’s debut album

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published July 24, 2013

Drag City recently released the first and only album by Andy Kaufman this month. Entitled Andy and his Grandmother, the infamous “song-and-dance-man” recorded the album’s material on...

Rebecca Wilson and Joseph Pyfferoen rehearse a scene from Sweet Revenge!, a melodramatic play filled with silly dance numbers and quirky musical olios, on Friday, June 7, 2013, on the University of Minnesota's Centennial Showboat in St. Paul.

Don’t miss the boat

by Spencer Doar
Published June 12, 2013
The Minnesota Centennial Showboat’s 55th anniversary production is a tale of misguided love and betrayal at the dawn of the 20th Century.
Frances Dilorinzo caught the comedy bug in college, releasing her inner goofball through a required speech class.

Frances Dilorinzo: A real housewife of Orange County

by Spencer Doar
Published June 4, 2013
The comedian gives moms a good name.
From comedian Andy Haynes's set on "Conan": "I'm pretty broke which is hard to believe because I look like a senator's nephew."

Growing Haynes

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 3, 2013
Growing older for Andy Haynes means no more drunken trips to Central America, but the stand-up comic still relies on his proclivity for depravity.

You’ve Got Mail

by Sarah Harper
Published May 9, 2013
An actor gives life to the letters of Tennessee Williams.

Not a one-liner guy

by Spencer Doar
Published May 9, 2013
Comedian and writer Joe Mande returns home after writing and standup success.
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