The cast and creators of the hit show The Worst Show in the Fringe had so much fun working together they've decided to put on a holiday revue show!! They've made their list of Holiday stereotypes to poke fun at and plan on checking it twice but is that enough? Will this be the best little revue show of all time or the absolute worst Holiday show ever?

Featuring and written by
Craig Johnson
David Mann
Joseph Scrimshaw
Directed by Sarah Gioia

Where:
The Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater
810 W. Lake St., Minneapolis

When: Fridays and Saturdays in December
7:00pm
(opens 12/5, closes 12/27)

Additional Show Added!
December 31st-that's New Year's Eve-at 7:00!
Still only $14
Start your 2004 festivities early!
How Much: $14

For reservations call 612-825-8949

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Writer/ Actor David Mann

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David Mann most recently appeared as Adam in Eye of the Storm's final production, "Slither." He is known to Fringe Festival audiences for his one-man shows, including "Sex with David Mann" and "Glass Onion," and for his role in "The Worst Show in the Fringe." Earlier this year his original solo show, "Revelations of Mann," ran at the Great American History Theatre. David has also performed at the Guthrie, Minnesota Festival Theatre, and he is a co-artistic director for Minnesota Shakespeare Project for whom he played Macbeth for the 2003 Shakespeare Festival at Grand Marais. This spring he'll be in the Guthrie's production of "Romeo & Juliet."

Writer/ Actor Craig Johnson

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Craig Johnson has been working as an area actor, director and writer for over twenty years. Productions in 2003 include "Twelfth Night" (Malvolio, Pig's Eye Theatre, January), "Mary Stuart" (Mortimer, Park Square Theatre, February), "Other People's Money" (director, Commonweal Theatre, June), "The Worst Show in the Fringe" (Nathaniel Kent, Minnesota Fringe Festival, August), "The Good Parts" (ensemble, Minnesota Fringe Festival, August), "Axel and His Dog" (Cameraman/Tom Cousins, History Theatre, October), "A Doll's House" (adaptation, Gremlin Theatre, October), and "Little Murders" (The Judge/Reverend Dupas/Lieutenant Practice, Starting Gate Productions, November). He also performed in two staged readings for the "Hothouse" series at the Playwright's Center, appeared in the September "Look Ma, No Pants!" cabaret at the Bryant Lake Bowl, and wrote, directed and performed "Letters from the Avenue", "Victorian Ghost Stories," and "Victorian Poetry Slam!" at the James J. Hill House, which, in his spare time, he manages for the Minnesota Historical Society.

Writer/Actor Joseph Scrimshaw

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Joseph Scrimshaw is one half of The Scrimshaw Brothers' comedy team. With and without his brother, Joseph has written, produced and performed in over one hundred different sketch and improv comedy shows all across the Twin Cities. Currently, Joseph co-curates and stars in The Scrimshaw Brothers' critically acclaimed late night cabaret, "Look Ma, No Pants!" at The Bryant-Lake Bowl. Joseph is also a resident performer at Old Gem Theater in New Richmond, Wisconsin; one of City Pages' 2002 "Artists of the Year"; and the author of the #1 best selling show in the 2002 MN Fringe Festival, "The Worst Show in the Fringe". Recently, Joseph appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Macbeth" with the MN Shakespeare Project in Grand Marais, and the dark comedy "Little Murders" at The Loading Dock Theater in St. Paul.

Director Sarah Gioia

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Sarah Gioia has directed and dramaturged over 30 productions all over the Twin Cities including at The Guthrie, The Playwrights' Center, Eye of the Storm Theatre, The Children's Theatre Company, The Bryant-Lake Bowl, The Center for Hmong Arts and Talent, Fifty Foot Penguin and The Great American History Theater. She is the Literary Associate at Eye of the Storm as well as an Artistic Associate with the History Theater. Her directing work has also been seen in New York and Seattle. Sarah has most recently directed "Little Murders" for Starting Gate and is opening "Blithe Spirit" for Gremlin Theatre in February.

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