Joshua English Scrimshaw has co-founded a brand new theater company!

Comedy Suitcase is a Minneapolis based theatrical production company dedicated to creating live comedy for all ages. Founded in 2010 by Joshua English Scrimshaw and Levi Weinhagen, Comedy Suitcase strives to bridge the gap between imaginative children's theater and sophisticated comedy for adults, crafting shows that appeal to young and old alike. In the words of Groucho Marx: "A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five!"

For more information about the first season of Comedy Suitcase and our upcoming holiday show, The Harty Boys Save Christmas, visit comedysuitcase.com, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

And don't forget - The Scrimshaw Brothers will reunite December 31st at the Bryant-Lake Bowl for their annual New Year's Eve Comedy Extravaganza!

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The Scrimshaw Brothers are a Minneapolis comedy team specializing in sketch and theatrical comedy. The Brothers are staples of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, among City Pages'2002 Artists of the Year and the creators of two Twin Cities' late night cabarets, Look Ma No Pants and The Scrimshaw Show. The Pioneer Press calls the Scrimshaw Brothers “the Twin Cities' sharpest sketch comedy team” and in 2003, Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine named The Scrimshaw Brothers as one of the Twin Cities' top ten family owned businesses.


Joseph Scrimshaw is an actor, writer, and producer. Joseph has performed with Bedlam Theater, Mystery Cafe, the History Theatre, the MN Shakespeare Project, and is a resident performer of children's theater at the Old Gem in New Richmond, Wisconsin. As an independent writer and producer, Joseph has created multiple top ten best selling Fringe shows including Worst Show in the Fringe Die, Clowns, Die!, and Macbeth's Awesome Scottish Castle Party; and is an occasional arts commentator on MPR and The Current with Mary Lucia. Joseph is now an internationally produced playwright. His hit romantic comedy Adventures in Mating has appeared in New York, Seattle, the UK, Bulgaria, and every Monday night at the Bryant Lake Bowl right here in Minneapolis. Joseph has been described as "physically fearless" by Pioneer Press and "King of Comedy" by MN Monthly. For more info on Joseph and his projects visit josephscrimshaw.com.


Joshua English Scrimshaw, as chance would have it, is also an actor, writer and producer, not to mention a "clever and inventive voice in comedy theater"(Star Tribune) A Fringe Festival veteran, Joshua has co-created many critically acclaimed shows, including Shut Your Joke Hole, From Here to Maternity and The Harty Boys in the Case of the Limping Platypus. In 2010, Joshua and Levi Weinhagen founded Comedy Suitcase, an all ages theater company dedicated to bridging the gap between imaginative children's theater and sophisticated comedy for adults. In addition to producing his own shows, Joshua has worked with a wide variety of Twin Cities' theater companies including Bedlam Theater, John Munger's Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble, Theater in the Round, Actors Theater of Minnesota, Off Leash Area, Cheap Theater, Lili's Burlesque Revue and Hardcover Theater. Joshua makes his television writing debut this fall on the new syndicated sketch comedy show Mad About and his newest play, To Mars With Tesla, can be seen next June at the Southern Theater as part of the Steampunk Dreams series.


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