Press Contact:
Bill Collins
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612-961-7311

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SAINT PAUL, MN – October 7, 2011 – Actors Theater of Minnesota in association with Camp Bar Twin Cities is extending the Twin Cities’ favorite drinking play through December 17, 2011. Bye Bye Liver, which played to sold-out houses at Camp last year, returned to the Camp Cabaret stage this past September. It has since continued to shatter box office records. Back for yet another round, Bye Bye Liverfeatures some familiar sketches—and faces—as well as several new ones!

Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play, is two-parts sketch comedy, one-part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches that combine drinks, interactive drinking games, and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liver is a play premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring.

The Bye Bye Liver cast calls on local comedy stalwarts. Returning from last year are John Carson, Chad Dutton, Matt Craft, and Aly Westberg, and new to the show this fall are Jane Froiland, Andy Kraft, and Kendra Ryan. Once again, Bye Bye Liver is under the direction of John Haynes, director of the Creative Institute at Actors’ Theater of Minnesota.

The 90-minute show premiered in Chicago and was originally created by Nashville producer, writer, and director Byron Hatfield. In addition to the Twin Cities, Bye Bye Liver plays in Milwaukee, WI, St. Louis, MO, the Pub Theatre in Chicago, and Toronto.

CALENDAR EDITORS

Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play, extended through December, 2011

Performance Schedule:
Friday, October 7, 9:30pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday, October 8, 9:30pm – SOLD OUT
Friday, October 14, 9:30pm
Friday, October 21, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 22, 7:00pm
Saturday, October 22, 9:30pm
Friday, October 28, 7:00pm
Friday, October 28, 9:30pm
Friday, November 4, 9:30pm
Saturday, November 5, 9:30pm
Friday, November 11, 9:30pm
Saturday, November 12, 9:30pm
Saturday, November 18, 7:00pm
Saturday, November 18, 9:30pm
Wednesday, November 23, 7:00pm
Friday, November 25, 9:30pm
Saturday, November 26, 9:30pm
Friday, December 2, 9:30pm
Saturday, December 3, 9:30pm
Friday, December 9, 9:30pm
Saturday, December 10, 9:30pm
Friday, December 16, 9:30pm
Saturday, December 17, 9:30pm

Where: Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert St. (between 9th and 10th), Saint Paul, MN 55101

Tickets:
General Admission: $19.50 – Ordered on-line at ByeByeLiver.com or by calling 651-600-5412.
Groups (12+): $17.50 – Order by calling 651-290-2290.
*Must be 21+ to attend.

More information: www.ActorsMN.org/ByeByeLiver, 651.620.2290

Facebook: Facebook.com/ByeByeLiverTwinCities

Editors: High-resolution photos of the new cast are available for download here. For more information and press opportunities, contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org, or 612-961-7311.

Press Contact:
Bill Collins
bill@actorsmn.org
612-961-7311

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAINT PAUL, MN – September 1, 2011 – Actors Theater of Minnesota in association with CAMP BAR TWIN CITIES is bringing back to the Cabaret stage the Twin Cities’ favorite drinking play beginning September 16. Bye Bye Liver played to sold-out houses at Camp last year. This year, it’s returning with some familiar sketches—and faces—as well as some new ones!

The Bye Bye Liver cast calls on local comedy stalwarts. Returning for another drink are John Carson and Chad Dutton, and new to the show are Jane Froiland, Andy Kraft, Matt Kraft, Kendra Ryan, and Aly Westberg. Once again, Bye Bye Liver will be under the direction of John Haynes, director of the Creative Institute at Actors’ Theater of Minnesota.

Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play, is two-parts sketch comedy, one-part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches that combine drinks, interactive drinking games, and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liver is a play premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring.

The 90-minute show premiered in Chicago and was originally created by Nashville producer, writer, and director Byron Hatfield. In addition to the Twin Cities, Bye Bye Liver plays in Milwaukee, WI, and at the Pub Theatre in Chicago.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFOMATION:

Friday, September 16, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 17, 9:30pm
Friday, September 23, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 24, 9:30pm
Friday, September 30, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 1, 9:30pm
Friday, October 7, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 8, 9:30pm
Friday, October 14, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 15, 9:30pm
Friday, October 21, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 22, 9:30pm

Tickets are $19.50 and can be ordered by on-line at ByeByeLiver.com or by calling 651-600-5412. Group tickets (groups of 12+) are $17.50 and can be ordered by calling 651-290-2290. Must be 21+ to attend.

Camp Bar and Cabaret is located at 490 N Robert St (between 9th & 10th), Saint Paul, MN 55101.

Follow Bye Bye Liver on Facebook: Facebook.com/ByeByeLiverTwinCities

Editors: High-resolution photos of the new cast are available for download here.

Press Contact:
Bill Collins
Bill@ActorsMN.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 18, 2010

Actors Theater of Minnesota Presents the Hilarious…

Comedy Roast of Mr. Scrooge

This Christmas, it’ll be Scrooge’s chestnuts roasting over an open fire at
Camp’s Comedy Roast of Mr. Scrooge.

Combining one of comedy’s oldest traditions (savagely mocking someone) and one of the holiday’s oldest traditions (getting too drunk and telling people what they really think). All the classic, beloved characters of the
Christmas Carol finally get their chance to give Scrooge what’s coming to him with words that Charles Dickens never even knew.

The roast features eight of the Twin Cities funniest comedians, including Chris Knutson, Acme’s 2010 Funniest Person in the Twin Cities contest winner, Josh Carson, EJ Subkoviak, Tera Avenell, Adam Fielitz, Matthew Glover, and Chris Knutson with Sam Landman as that squeezing, wrenching,
grasping, clutching, covetous old sinner – Ebenezer Scrooge.

This raucous and uproarious evening, now in its second year, is the perfect anecdote to those who prefer a little more spice to their holidays. This ain’t the Guthrie’s Christmas Carol!

Performances: Sundays, Tuesday, Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
December 5 - 22

Tickets: $19 available at ActorsMN.org, 651-290-2290 or at the door.

The Camp Cabaret is located inside Camp Bar,
490 N Robert St, St Paul

For Press Photos Contact: Bill Collins, bill@actorsmn.org or 612-961-7311

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St. Paul, MN (November 4, 2010)—Actors Theater of Minnesota is thrilled to announce that Twin Cities’ favorite Richard Ooms has signed-on to appear in the annual dinner and show staging of Christmas Carol. After appearing in 17 productions of Christmas the Carol at Guthrie, Ooms will take on the role of Scrooge at Actors Theater.

Director Jon Cranney’s adaptation of CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens will be served up with a holiday feast in Wigington Hall on Harriet Island in St. Paul.

This beautifully renovated banquet hall will be transformed into Mr. Fezziwig’s Warehouse at holiday time, with guests welcomed by a roaring fire, hot-spiced cider, Victorian carolers, a seven-course gourmet feast, and a picturesque performance of Dickens’ beloved “Ghost Story for Christmas” performed by Mr. Fezziwig (Scott Jorgenson) and his staff.

The premise of the staging is that Fezziwig’s dear friend Charles Dickens has written a little Christmas ghost story and Fezziwig and his staff decide to act it out at Fezziwig’s annual Christmas party. Dickens calls it “A Christmas Carol,” Fezziwig calls it, “the most delightful and uplifting story propelled by all of the wonder and joy that is Christmas!”

Cranney writes of the production, “‘A Christmas Carol’ comes to us in many versions, but nothing is so wonderful at Christmas time as having the story told to us in a setting of celebration of family and good friendship. In Fezziwig’s Feast we bring together the elements of the Spirit of Christmas – the celebration, the delicious repast, and the fine fellowship of kind old Fezziwig and his family–and the Story–Mr. Dickens’ wonderful ghost story of redemption and compassion for one another.”

Feast Tickets are $74.50 for adults or $39.50 for children 12 and under. Reservations are strongly recommended. Tickets can be purchased through TicketMaster at 800-982-2787 or TicketMaster.com

Wigington Hall is located in the Harriet Island Pavilion and can be accessed from Harriet Island Regional Park’s west entrance. There is ample free on-site parking available.

Fezziwig’s Feast Performance Schedule:

Thursday December 2, 12:30 & 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 3, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 4, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, December 10, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 11, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 12, 5:00 p.m.

Friday, December 17, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 18, 7:00 p.m.

For additional photos or more information, please contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org, 612-961-7311.

St. Paul, MN (October 26, 2010)—Actors Theater of Minnesota has extended the run of its productions of Bye Bye Liver the Twin Cities Drinking Play and My First Time, which are running in repertory at the Cabaret Theater in Camp Bar.

Bye Bye Liver is a play premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three can bring. Bye Bye Liver also runs in two other locales. In the Windy City it is known as the Chicago Drinking Play and has been selling out performances at The Pub Theatre. In Wisconsin, it is popularly known as the Milwaukee Drinking Play. The 90-minute show premiered in Chicago and was originally created by Nashville producer, writer and director Byron Hatfield.

My First Time features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people. In 1998, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times. The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, heterosexual, homosexual, shy, sexy and everything in between.

Tickets:

$19 and are available through TicketMaster at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com

The Camp Cabaret is located inside Camp Bar, 490 N Robert St, St Paul, MN 55101.

Fall Performance Schedule

Thursday, October 21, 7:00 pm, My First Time
Friday, October 22, 7:00 pm, My First Time
Friday, October 22, 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver
Saturday, October 23, 7:00 & 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver
Sunday, October 24, 7:00 pm, My First Time

Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm, My First Time
Thursday, November 4, 7:00 pm, My First Time
Friday, November 5, 7:00 & 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver

Thursday, November 11, 7:00 pm, My First Time
Friday, November 12, 7:00 & 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver
Saturday, November 13, 7:00 pm, My First Time
Saturday, November 13, 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver

Friday, November 19, 7:00 & 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver
Wednesday, November 24, 7:00 pm, Bye Bye Liver
Thursday, November 25, Thanksgiving, No Show
Friday, November 26, 7:00 & 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver
Saturday, November 27, 7:00 & 9:30 pm, Bye Bye Liver

Alicia Renee Brings Her Passion for Judy Garland to Camp’s Cabaret Theater

Judy Garland: Born in a Trunk

A celebration of the movies and music of an American icon
Featuring Alicia Renee
October 23 – November 14, 2009
Book by Greta Grosch
Collaboration and Direction by Kevin Barnard

Saint Paul, MN October 9, 2009 — Alicia Renee has assembled some of Judy Garland’s best-loved songs and will bring them to the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar beginning Friday, October 23. Accompanied by pianist Paul Kovacovic, songs like “The Trolley Song,” “You Made Me Love You” and, of course, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” will come to life with Alicia Renee’s rich, warm, engaging and energized voice. What is so unique about this talented young singer is that she manages to effortlessly capture the phrasing and nuance of Miss Garland’s performances while still making them seem her own.

“The most impressive thing about Alicia’s voice is that is appears to come so easily. I remember the first time I heard her sing — I was hooked the MINUTE she opened her mouth. It was fun to watch Kevin [Barnard] hear her for the first time - he had no idea. Alicia was singing and he learned over to me and said, ‘She has a great voice.’ “says Greta Grosch, creator of the book.
Director Kevin Barnard notes “It very exciting to hear a young Judy Garland sound with no damage in her voice. She can fill up the room with no microphone just like Judy could. Alicia’s musical instincts are dead on with how Judy sang. She’s a very polished and artistic performer.”
Alicia Renee recently returned to the Twin Cities after finishing her undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota – Duluth. She’s performed lead roles in several musicals including Seussical the Musical, Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Typed Out: An Unconventional Cabaret and has emerged as a talented, entertaining and commanding singer on the Twin Cities music scene. Performances venues include: Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival, Orchestra Hall, the Dakota, Artists’ Quarter, and the Twin Cities Jazz Festival.

Alicia’s debut CD, Wait For Me was released on Summit Records in 2002. The disc features her interpretations of jazz and pop standards and classics, along with one original composition and a jazzy treatment of “Prince Ali” from the soundtrack of Disney’s Aladdin. “It’s impossible not to be impressed by Minneapolis wunderkind Alicia Renee,” according to a review of Wait For Me in the prestigious JazzTimes magazine. The reviewer Christopher Loudon goes on to observe “Favoring grand, Garlandesque gestures, [Alicia Renee] tries with considerable success to emulate that big, bold Garland sound….”

Judy Garland: Born in a Trunk runs Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. beginning October 23th and continues through Saturday, November 14th. Tickets are $19 for cabaret seating and $10 for bar-side stools. A full service bar is available throughout the show.

The Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar
490 N Robert, Saint Paul
October 23 – November 14, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Special matinee Saturday, Nov 7 at 4 p.m.; No performance on October 31
Tickets $19 & $10 www.ActorsMN.org 651-290-2290 and at Ticketmaster

Paul Rayburn

(St. Paul, MN) Actors Theater of Minnesota, resident company of the Lowry Theater, will present the professional premier of DEER CAMP, September 26 – November 30, 2008.

DEER CAMP hilariously follows four fearless deer hunters from Elmwood, MN on their annual trek to deer camp. But things are looking bleak this season, after decades of hunting trips, the guys have yet to bring home a single deer and the wives are getting suspicious. This season they need to show their wives that they are the mighty hunters they claim to be, which is not so easy when the thought of drinking beer and hanging out in the deer shack is more appealing than freezing in a deer stand. Luckily for our guys, what happens at deer camp stays at deer camp. Laugh and sing a long as they try and hatch a plan to save their northern paradise without firing a shot.

DEER CAMP was written by Gene Jurek and features music by Doug Spartz. This production is directed by Shanan Wexler and features Greg Eiden, Paul Reyburn, EJ Subkoviack and Eric Webster.

Cast of DEER CAMP L to R: Greg Eiden EJ Subkoviack, Paul Reyburn and, Eric Webster

The Production is being staged in the Lowry Theater in Downtown Saint Paul’s Theater District., located at 16 West Fifth Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102.

Deer Camp’s Production Schedule: Friday September 26 through Sunday, November 30, 2008 performance times:

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays at 5:00 & 8:30 p.m.
Sundays at 5:00 p.m.

Tickets: $29 – 39 and are available through Ticketmaster at 612-673-0404 or Ticketmaster.com .

Cast of DEER CAMP L to R: Greg Eiden, Eric Webster, Paul Reyburn and EJ Subkoviack