"ONE OF THE TOP TEN SHOWS OF THE YEAR!"
- Twin Cities' Daily Planet
"smart, well crafted...consistently funny...finely pitched comedy!"
-City Pages
JOSEPH'S HIT HOLIDAY SHOW RETURNS FOR ITS 2nd YEAR!
BUY TICKETS HERE!
WHAT:
A depressed Santa Claus breaks into the home of a happily married couple on Christmas Eve. Can the couple save Santa from himself? Or will Santa destroy the marriage by telling the couple where they fit on his naughty and nice list?
Fat Man Crying is a two act comic play that questions what we value more--knowledge or belief? Are there some things about our loved ones we just plain don't want to know? Is it really the thought that counts?
What would you do if Santa really visited you?
WHO:
Written and directed by Joseph Scrimshaw!
Starring Brave New Workshop alum, Tim Uren as Santa!
Featuring Ivey Award Winner Matt Rein and
Four Humors alum Katie Hartman!
And Joseph Scrimshaw as Santa's mysterious arch-enemy, Dave!
WHERE:
The Minneapolis Theater Garage
711 W Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55405
On the corner of Franklin and Lyndale in South Minneapolis
Parking available in the small lot in front of the theater or
in the several residential blocks surrounding the theater
WHEN:
Fri, Dec 5th & Sat, Dec, 6th @ 8 PM; Sun, Dec 7th @ 2 PM
Fri, Dec 12th & Sat, Dec, 13th @ 8 PM; Sun, Dec 14th @ 2 PM
Fri, Dec 19th & Sat, Dec, 20th @ 8 PM; Sun, Dec 21st @ 2 PM
Fri, Dec 26th &Sat, Dec, 27th @ 8 PM; Sun, Dec 28th @ 2 PM
Doors open half hour before the show!
HOW MUCH:
Regular admission: $20
Fringe button holder/Student/Senior: $15
For reservations call 612-280-9210 or
buy tickets online by clicking here.
OTHER STUFF:
Pose with Santa! You can purchase high quality digital photos posing with
Fat Man Crying's Sad Santa for $5! Only available after the Sunday matinee!
Cookies, coffee, cider and more will be available for purchase at the theater!
Fat Man Crying is running in rep with Hang Kitty Productions'
hit Jane Austen parody
Pride and Plot of Pointlessness!
NEW ADVENTURES IN MATING!
Joseph's internationally produced comedy is enjoying it's second year of an ongoing, open-ended run Monday nights at the Bryant Lake Bowl!
Returning from its summer hiatus on Monday, September 8th
with a brand new Miranda--Megan Kelly!
8 PM EVERY MONDAY NIGHT until someone makes us stop!
For more info and tix visit adventuresinmating.com!
You can also become friends with Adventures in Mating
by visiting our
myspace page!
Download the new MATING photo here!
Download the new MATING press release here!
SCRIMSHAW BROTHERS NEWS!
THE SCRIMSHAW BROTHERS' NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECTACULAR!
The Brothers' one and only appearance onstage together in 2008!
Ring in the New Year with "the Twin Cities' Sharpest Sketch Comedy Team" (Pioneer Press) Featuring "smart, manic" (City Pages) comedy, music, dance, special surprise guests, and more broken resolutions than you can shake a Scrimshaw at! Complimentary party favors at both shows! The late show goes all the way to 2009!
Wednesday, December 31
7 PM & 11 PM
Tickets: $20 ($5 off with Fringe Button)
Buy tickets now!
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST!
Click image for a hi-res downloadable version!
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 "clever and inventive" by the Star Tribune, "physically fearless" by Pioneer Press and "King of Comedy" by MN Monthly. For more info on Joseph and his projects visit josephscrimshaw.com.
Joshua Scrimshaw, has built a reputation as a physical performer. City Pages declares, “Josh is famous for his commitment to the physical action of a scene.” In 2002, Joshua along with choreographer and spouse Adrienne English created the dance and silent comedy show Shut Your Joke Hole, described by City Pages as "bawdy masterpieces of comic timing" and named one of the Twin Cities' top ten theater productions of the year. Joshua's recent collaboration with Shanan Wexler, From Here to Maternity was a top ten selling show of the 2007 Minnesota Fringe. In addition to writing and producing, Joshua has performed with many local theater companies playing roles as diverse as Orestes in Bedlam Theater's production of Jean Paul Sartre's The Flies, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Theater in the Round's production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and D.B. Cooper in Cheap Theater's original production DB Cooper Didn't Die. Joshua also works regularly with Hardcover Theater, playing Sir Robert Peel and William Hare in the final three installments of their hit Victorian serial London After Midnight and, along with his brother Joseph, adapting and directing Hansel and Gretel for their upcoming Halloween show The Dark Side of the Brothers Grimm . For his next Hardcover project, Joshua will reunite with Shanan Wexler to adapt Giovanni Boccaccio's Medieval classic The Decameron .
Please visit 10000comicbooks.com
The website of our Scrimshaw Show co-star Tim Uren!
Photos on this site courtesy of
Jen Scott, Scott Pakudaitis and Dan Hetzel