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November 12 - 13

The following format is followed for brevity:

title; Playwright
brief description
COMPANY NAME; (genre)

time; location CODE; box office number; price range; ASL(when applicable)

November 12 -
All Shook Up- by Joe DiPietro
ALL SHOOK UP is an irresistible musical comedy-love story about a small town girl who dreams of hitting the open road, and the mysterious guitar-playing stranger who brings romance and rock'n'roll into her life. Written in the same style as Broadway's Mamma Mia, created around the popular hit songs of ABBA, ALL SHOOK UP is a new romantic comedy tailored to the classic hits of Elvis Presley. See the song list.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $44-$77
 
Always in the Basement by Greta Grosch
It is 1959 and the day of the Sunday School Christmas Program. As the children rehearse up in the sanctuary, the ladies of the kitchen are finishing up the goodie bags and putting final touches on the Nativity pieces. Little do they know what surprises are in store for them as they are called upon to, once again, step in and save the day.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
 

Spilling Me Softly; or Once the Gulf Goes Black, It Never Goes Back
The truth is always funnier than fiction, so you might as well laugh while you get your update on local, national, and world news. BNW will bring you only the funniest news, overflowing with universally unobjective commentary from all sides of the issues.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
8:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $24-$32

BNW After Party
Audiences can spice up their Fridays with as each performance will offer a unique selection of never-before-seen hilarious video, sketch debuts, and improv all by the Brave New Workshop main stage actors. This is a great new opportunity to perform material that didn't meet the topic confines of our main stage show, as well as an immediate stage for newly developed material. Each performance will have new material, and give audiences a new look at Workshop actors and their current musings.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
10:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $8

 
Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco
The lives of the only two Asian Americans in the tiny town of Breakneck, Wyoming, are turned upside down when the beautiful Veronica Lee, a Korean American teacher from New York City, moves to town. Cowboy vs. Samurai is a romantic comedy that re-imagines the Cyrano de Bergerac story in which the nose is race. This production features actors Sun Mee Chomet (Macbeth), Kurt Kwan (who played the father in last year’s Yellow Face) and Sherwin Resurreccion (M. Butterfly).
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $18 - $30
 
The 39 Steps novel by John Buchan and adapted by Patrick Barlow
Combining spy thriller with farcical comedy and ingenious theatrical invention, The 39 Steps is an engaging, fast-paced whodunit that celebrates the magic of theater. Closely following the storyline of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, the play demands the sort of inventive, creative staging Joel Sass is known for. Most remarkably, the play’s more than 150 characters are brought to life by a cast of only four actors! With sly nods to the art and tricks of live theater, The 39 Steps is a hilarious theatrical experience.
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $24 - $60
 
LA CASA DE LOS ESPÍRITUS (HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS) by Isabel Allende
The often unjust politics of Latin America play out through three generations of the Trueba family in Caridad Svich’s adaptation of the epic, witty, and unforgettable novel by Isabel Allende. Marcela Lorca (Caroline, or Change, Guthrie Theater) directs a bilingual cast of ten in this song-filled theatrical feast, performed in Spanish and English (accessible to all via projected translations).
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (drama)
7:30 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $23
 
November 12 - 13
There is an Elephant in This Dance by Lionel Popkin
Vividly imagined and adroitly executed, There is an Elephant in This Dance abounds with choreographic eloquence, clever direction and thematic layering. By turns funny, uncanny and disquieting, the work plays off an overlarge elephant costume to suggest how an individual body can hold multiple histories and align itself with divergent cultural identities.
The Southern Theater, (dance)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $16 - $22
 
SPCO: Schubert's Tragic Symphony
This performance will feature the following program numbers: Fauré's: the Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, along with Ravel's Mother Goose Ballet Music
and Schubert's Symphony No. 4, the Tragic Symphony.
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (music)
8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $35 - $45
 
Fully Committee by Becky Mode
The spectacular Nathan Keepers returns to the Jungle in this devastatingly funny play about a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant. While juggling scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can Sam manage to make it home for the holidays?
The Jungle Theatre (comedy)
8:00 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $20 - $36
 
Always a Mystery
You could be solving a mystery while you eat your dinner. This is a series of ongoing dinner theatres in which the audience gets a chance to solve the mystery as the action takes place around your dining area. There are several titles to choose from. Just click here to see them.
The Mystery Cafe (comedy/drama)
7:30 pm; MYS; 763-566-2583; $20 - $38.34
 
The Crowd You're In With written by Rebecca Gilman
When Melinda and Jasper invited a few friends over for the Fourth of July, they didn't expect the debate to heat up so quickly. As their glowingly expectant friends clash with their adamantly childless landlords, Melinda and Jasper are torn over their future. Their single friend just wants to get high. In this funny and thought-provoking new play, Rebecca Gilman explores the mysteries of life-changing decisions, biological imperative, free will, and sangria.
Walking Shadow Theatre Company(drama)
8:00 pm; PCT; 612-375-0300; $15 - $18
 
Jeeves in Bloom by Margaret Raether
Jeeves In Bloom follows the uproarious mishaps and misadventures of the loveable, loopy Bertie Wooster, who manages time and again to put himself in socially precarious situations, only to be rescued by his brainy butler, Jeeves. Now Bertie finds himself dodging romantic entanglements with a starry-eyed young woman, eluding an enraged chef wielding a meat cleaver, and begrudgingly helping his Aunt Dahlia to commit a burglary. Thank heaven Jeeves is there to save the day.
Old Log Theater (comedy)
8:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $20 - $32
 
Patrick's Cabaret
Prose, poetry, dance, theatre, and a variety of other surprises as Sarah hosts one of the most eclectic mixture of performances and performance art in the Twin Cities. Always good shows with the best price in town.
Patrick's Cabaret (experimental)
8:00 pm; PAT; 612-721-3595; $8
 
10 Virgins by Laura Jacqmin
After their mother's disappearance, Marchen and her nine sisters grow up in a swamp with only a trunk full of old stories to teach them about the world. But under the influence of a cryptic witch, Jenny Greenteeth, Marchen begins to wonder if her destiny lies beyond her books and her isolated life with her siblings. Is she willing to leave her life behind -- even betray her sisters -- to find her own freedom? When the littlest sister disappears, it's up to Marchen to uncover the truth. Inspired by classic fairy tales and folklore, 10 Virgins deftly explores what it means to find our way in the world and what consequences come from the paths we choose.
Theatre Unbound (drama)
8:00 pm; LLT; 612-207-3659; $10 - $15
 
November 13 -
All Shook Up- by Joe DiPietro
ALL SHOOK UP is an irresistible musical comedy-love story about a small town girl who dreams of hitting the open road, and the mysterious guitar-playing stranger who brings romance and rock'n'roll into her life. Written in the same style as Broadway's Mamma Mia, created around the popular hit songs of ABBA, ALL SHOOK UP is a new romantic comedy tailored to the classic hits of Elvis Presley. See the song list.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $44-$77
 
Always in the Basement by Greta Grosch
It is 1959 and the day of the Sunday School Christmas Program. As the children rehearse up in the sanctuary, the ladies of the kitchen are finishing up the goodie bags and putting final touches on the Nativity pieces. Little do they know what surprises are in store for them as they are called upon to, once again, step in and save the day.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
4:00 and 8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
 

Spilling Me Softly; or Once the Gulf Goes Black, It Never Goes Back
The truth is always funnier than fiction, so you might as well laugh while you get your update on local, national, and world news. BNW will bring you only the funniest news, overflowing with universally unobjective commentary from all sides of the issues.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
7:00 and 10:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $24-$32

Late Night Improv
The mainstage cast of the Brave New Workshop (along with alumni and special guests) creating totally spontaneous, hilarious improvisation! It's what made the BNW famous!
Brave New Workshop (satire)
12:00 am; BNW; 612-332-6620; $1

 
Puss In Boots by Charles Perrault
A French literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master. A new musical adaptation of the classic Charles Perrault fairy tale.
Old Log Theater (musical)
1:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $8
 
Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco
The lives of the only two Asian Americans in the tiny town of Breakneck, Wyoming, are turned upside down when the beautiful Veronica Lee, a Korean American teacher from New York City, moves to town. Cowboy vs. Samurai is a romantic comedy that re-imagines the Cyrano de Bergerac story in which the nose is race. This production features actors Sun Mee Chomet (Macbeth), Kurt Kwan (who played the father in last year’s Yellow Face) and Sherwin Resurreccion (M. Butterfly).
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $18 - $30
 
The 39 Steps novel by John Buchan and adapted by Patrick Barlow
Combining spy thriller with farcical comedy and ingenious theatrical invention, The 39 Steps is an engaging, fast-paced whodunit that celebrates the magic of theater. Closely following the storyline of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, the play demands the sort of inventive, creative staging Joel Sass is known for. Most remarkably, the play’s more than 150 characters are brought to life by a cast of only four actors! With sly nods to the art and tricks of live theater, The 39 Steps is a hilarious theatrical experience.
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $24 - $60
 
LA CASA DE LOS ESPÍRITUS (HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS) by Isabel Allende
The often unjust politics of Latin America play out through three generations of the Trueba family in Caridad Svich’s adaptation of the epic, witty, and unforgettable novel by Isabel Allende. Marcela Lorca (Caroline, or Change, Guthrie Theater) directs a bilingual cast of ten in this song-filled theatrical feast, performed in Spanish and English (accessible to all via projected translations).
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $23

 

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