Press Contact:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
26 October, 2012

St. Paul, MN — Actors Theater of Minnesota presents Peter Simmons and Scott Jorgenson in the hysterical, holiday hit, A Tuna Christmas, playing at the Cabaret at Camp Bar November 30 – December 30. Under the direction of Zach Curtis, Simmons and Jorgenson master the art of the quick-change as they portray all 24 citizens of Tuna, Texas, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.

It’s 24 hours before Christmas in Tuna, Texas, the “third-smallest town” in the state, and all comic hell is about to break loose as the delightfully eccentric residents attempt to cope with seasonal traumas. In addition to the regular stress and tension that comes with the holidays, a mysterious Christmas Phantom has been vandalizing the yard displays in the town’s annual Christmas Yard Display Contest, threatening to throw the contest into turmoil. And if that wasn’t trouble enough, the disaster-prone production of A Christmas Carol is falling apart!

With their spot-on comedic timing, Saturday Night Live-esque characters, and record-setting costume changes, Peter Simmons and Scott Jorgenson are a dynamic delight. The two are no strangers to comedy, however. Simmons has concentrated on comedy for most of his 30-year career, performing as a stand-up comic, co-founding Theater Sportz improv competition in Minneapolis, and for the past 19 years, playing dozens of roles for Mystery Café Comedy Dinner Theater. Jorgenson has appeared previously in Actors Theater’s productions of We Gotta Bingo, Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding, and Fezziwig’s Feast, as well as numerous other plays and films around the Twin Cities.

Written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, A Tuna Christmas is the holiday follow-up to their cult-classic Greater Tuna, which premiered in 1981 in Austin, TX. A Tuna Christmas debuted in 1989. Both plays take an affectionate, albeit satirical, look at small-town, Southern life.

A Tuna Christmas plays November 30 – December 30, at the Cabaret at Camp Bar, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are at 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. General admission tickets are $29.00 for Thursday and Sunday performances and $34.00 for Friday and Saturday. VIP tickets with preferred seating are also available for $39.50, and a special group rate of $24.50 per ticket is available for parties of eight or more. Tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. More information is available at ActorsMN.com/TunaChristmas.

CALENDAR EDITORS:

A Tuna Christmas
November 30 – December 30, 2012
Friday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 1, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 2, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 6, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 7, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 8, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 9, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 13, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 14, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 15, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 16, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 20, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 21, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 22, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 23, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 27, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 28, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 29, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 30, 5:00 p.m.

at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar
490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations:
BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006

Tickets:
General Admission Thursdays and Sundays: $29.00
General Admission Fridays and Saturdays: $34.00
VIP: $39.50 (Includes reserved, priority seating)
Groups of 8+: $24.50

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/TunaChristmas, 651.290.2290

Editors: For more information, press opportunities, and high-resolution photos, contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
17 October, 2012

St. Paul, MN — After separate, sold-out engagements earlier this year, Little House on the Prairie star Alison Arngrim and Will and Grace Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan are both returning to the Cabaret at Camp Bar this fall with Arngrim’s Confessions of a Prarie Bitch, November 8 – 11, and Jordan’s Fruit Fly, November 14 – 18, 2012.

In Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Arngrim, a.k.a. the devious Nellie Oleson from the hit TV show Little House on the Prairie, recounts her most cherished and often hilarious behind-the-scenes stories, and her experiences growing up in an eccentric Hollywood family. And following his charmingly funny Stories I Can’t Tell Mama last February, Jordan returns with another witty, autobiographical show, Fruit Fly, which happens to be all about Mr. Jordan’s mama.

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

For seven years, Alison Arngrim played the nasty, manipulative, menacing brat on one of America’s most beloved family TV series. Though millions of Little House viewers might have hated Nellie Oleson and her evil antics, Arngrim grew to love her character and the freedom and confidence Nellie inspired in her.

Based on her autobiography of the same name, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is full of back-stage stories from the Little House set, including how she and her real life best friend, Melissa Gilbert (who played her on-screen nemesis Laura Ingalls), accidentally got drunk off of rum cakes at Seven-11 before peeing their wet suits during the filming of the infamous “Camp Out” episode; or the only time she appeared in public in costume which provoked a posse of vengeful elementary schoolgirls to attack her.

Arngrim also shares her experiences growing up in a wacky Hollywood family. The daughter of Thor Arngrim, talent manager to Liberace among others, and Norma Macmillan, a voice-over actress who played famed characters such as Casper the Ghost, Gumby and Davey of Davey and Goliath, Arngrim’s family life was anything but ordinary. She says that it was thanks to Nellie that she was able to find strength to survive some of her most harrowing personal struggles. “When I played Nellie Oleson, she allowed me to scream, to howl, to throw things, to pour out all my pain and rage over and over again in a safe place. Nellie taught me that I could be angry, and the world would not open up and swallow me.”

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch plays at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are November 8 – 11, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $29.50 and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. VIP tickets with preferred seating and an autographed, paperback copy of Arngrim’s book are also available for $39.50. More information is available at ActorsMN.com/Confessions.

About Alison Arngrim
Alison Arngrim starred as the scheming Nellie Oleson for seven years on the iconic TV series Little House on the Prairie. She also guest-starred on such cult classics as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and the NBC movie of the week I Married Wyatt Earp, and has appeared in numerous films and plays. Arngrim now performs stand-up; her one-woman show Confessions of a Prairie Bitch has become a worldwide phenomenon. Since Arngrim’s friend and “Little House husband” co-star Steve Tracy passed away due to complications of HIV/AIDS in 1986, Arngrim has done extensive advocacy work on behalf of HIV awareness and abused children, volunteering for non-profit organizations such as AIDS Project Los Angeles, Tuesday’s Child, and The National Association to Protect Children. Arngrim lives in Los Angeles with her husband.

Fruit Fly, starring Leslie Jordan

Emmy Award winning actor/comedian Leslie Jordan, and the self-proclaimed “gayest man I know,” has proven to be a lot of things in his illustrious career spanning TV, film, stage and nightclubs. The common thread, whether he’s playing a role or just being himself, however, is that he sure can tell a story! Regaling audiences and critics alike with his latest in a series of acclaimed autobiographical stage pieces, the “Pixie from Dixie” turns to his mother for source material for Fruit Fly, enticing audiences to sit back and lend an ear.

“Do gay men really become their mothers?” That’s the question that Jordan travels back in time to find out. Prompted by a series of old photographs, Jordan provides 90 minutes of proof positive from his own experience that he delightfully eschews. Evidence is provided respectfully, passionately, lovingly and still uproariously. From the day he sat down with his loving, albeit, clueless Southern Belle Mom, Miss Peggy Sue, to inform her that he had decided to forego college to instead become a female impersonator, all the way to an Alaskan cruise with 2,000 gay men on which a 53-year-old Mr. Jordan witnesses his aging mother’s astounding metamorphosis, Mr. Jordan is in his element. His show-and-tell tribute to his steel magnolia of a mother will have audiences enthralled by the gamut of emotions served up by the no-holds-barred performer.

Fruit Fly plays November 14 – 18, 2012, at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. VIP tickets with preferred seating in the front are also available for $39.50. More information is available at ActorsMN.com/FruitFly.

About Leslie Jordan
Jordan is a small town man with a giant propensity for scene stealing. Best known for his raucous, outrageous recurring role as Karen Walker’s nemesis, Beverley Leslie on the television classic Will & Grace (garnering an Emmy for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, 2006) as well as his career defining role as “Brother Boy” of both the original film Sordid Lives and the recent Logo TV sensation, Sordid Lives, The Prequel, he has also made dozens of memorable appearances in commercials and hits television shows including Reba, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Alley McBeal, Boston Legal, Murphy Brown, Monk and as a series regular on the 80’s sitcom Hearts Afire. Most recently, Jordan made a brief yet indelible splash performance (cartwheels anyone?) in the Academy Award winning box office sensation The Help. He remains a fixture on the current television scene. A veteran of the live stage as well, his one man autobiographical shows include Hysterical Blindness, and other Southern Maladies That Have Affected My Life Thus Far, Full of Gin & Regret, Stories I Can’t Tell Mama, Deck Them Halls Y’All and My Trip Down the Pink Carpet which was based on the best-selling autobiography of the same name and filmed as an HBO Special.

CALENDAR EDITORS:

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

November 8 - 11, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 11, 5:00 p.m.

at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar
490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006

Tickets:
General Admission: $29.50
VIP: $39.50 (Includes VIP seating and an autographed copy of Arngrim’s book)

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/Confessions, 651.290.2290

Fruit Fly, starring Leslie Jordan

November 14 - 18, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 15, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 16, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 17, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 18, 5:00 p.m.

at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar
490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006

Tickets:
General Admission: $29.50
VIP: $39.50 (Includes reserved seating in the front)

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/FruitFly, 651.290.2290

EDITORS: For high resolution photos or to arrange interviews, please contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
27 September, 2012

The Twin Cities’ premiere drag cabaret, The Jewel Box Review, pulls out all the stops for Fiercest of the Fall, October 18 – 27. Four of the country’s leading female impersonators, Tiffany T. Hunter, Dramatica, Violet Femme, and Belize Rodgers, take to the catwalk at the Cabaret at Camp Bar for a two-week engagement. Added to the mix is a special appearance by dancing divo Jol D. Principle for the fiercest event of the fall.

Regardless of one’s orientation, audiences will fall in love with these beautiful divas, their breathtaking wardrobes and the saucy back-up dancers. As the country’s top illusionists work the runway, audiences won’t be able to keep from dancing in the aisles, clapping their hands, and stomping their feet at the hottest little cabaret in the Twin Cities.

The Cabaret at Camp bar is located at 490 North Robert Street in Saint Paul, MN. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 8:00 p.m., and again on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:00 p.m., October 18 -27. Tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. General admission tickets are $29.50, and VIP tickets with reserved seating right off the runway and a post-show photo op are $39.50.

As an added bonus, after the late night Friday and Saturday shows, the smoking hot RedStar GoGo Boys will take to the dance floor at Camp.

About the Entertainers

Tiffany T. Hunter is a native of St. Louis, MO. She has placed in the Top 12 at Miss Continental all three times that she has competed (2009, 2010, & 2011), including placing 2nd runner-up in 2011, and holding the title of Miss Heart of America Continental 2011. Tiffany is celebrating nine years in the art form of female impersonation and is working toward her return to Miss Continental 2012. If Tiffany is not traveling, you can catch her at various shows throughout the United State.

Dramatica, originally from rural Minnesota, now resides in Minneapolis and has been performing for 11 years. She was the Preliminary Talent Winner and Top Five finalist at Miss Continental Plus 2012. She is a former Miss Missouri Continental Plus 2008 and will be making her return to the national Miss Continental Plus 2013 pageant.

Violet Femme is a Minnesota native. She is a female impersonation powerhouse, and if she is not making her own costumes, styling hair, or doing custom work for other queens across the country, you can find her performing around the Twin Cities. She has been in the industry for seven years and continues to establish herself as a pillar in the community.

Belize Rodgers comes to us from Memphis, TN, and is in her fifth year of female impersonation. She is continually perfecting her craft and taking her first steps into the realm of pageantry.

Jol D. Principle, of Minneapolis, MN, is a dancing divo by night. Jol held the title Mr. Heart of America Continental 2011 and has placed in the Top 12 at Mr. Continental each time he has competed (2009, 2010, & 2011), with his best finish in 2011 where he placed 3rd runner-up and won in swimwear. You can frequently find Jol performing at other local venues and traveling throughout the upper-Midwest.

CALENDAR EDITORS

The Jewel Box Review: Fiercest of the Fall
The Twin Cities’ premiere drag cabaret presents four of the country’s top female impersonators

Performance Schedule:
Thursday, October 18, 8:00pm
Friday, October 19, 8:00pm
Friday, October 19, 10:00pm
Saturday, October 20, 8:00pm
Saturday, October 20, 10:00pm
Sunday, October 21, 8:00pm
Thursday, October 25, 8:00pm
Friday, October 26, 8:00pm
Friday, October 26, 10:00pm
Saturday, October 27, 8:00pm
Saturday, October 27, 10:00pm
Sunday, October 28, 8:00pm

Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006
General admission: $29.50
VIP Table Seating: $39.50
Groups: Call 651-290-2290 for rates and information.

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

Parking: Available at street meters (free after 4:30 p.m.) and in pay lots on North Robert Street and East 9th Street.

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/JewelBoxReview2012, 651.620.2290

ALSO PLAYING BY ACTORS THEATRE OF MINNESOTA

Bye Bye Liver – The Twin Cities Drinking Play
September 14 – October 13. See calendar for dates and times.
Two parts sketch comedy and one part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches mixed with interactive drinking games and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liver is premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring.
www.ActorsMN.org/ByeByeLiver

Sara Moore stars in Show Ho
October 11 – 14, 2012
Comedienne and performance artist Sara Moore presents a multi-character, gender bent, tour de force in Show Ho. This hilarious and poignant romp follows her quirky clown alter-ego, Rhonda Hammerstein, and her travels in a low-rent circus.
www.ActorsMN.org/ShowHo

Editors: For more information, press opportunities, and high-resolution photos, contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
18 September, 2012

St. Paul, MN —Performance artist and comedienne extraordinaire Sara Moore brings her cast of low-rent circus characters to the Cabaret at Camp Bar in Show Ho, October 11 – 14. The San Francisco Chronicle writes, “Show Ho pays off in connections, compassion, and yes, humor. Moore is a very talented comic with an exceptionally flexible voice and excellent physical control…theatrical gold.”

Moore presents a gender bent and disarmingly honest tour de force with Show Ho. This hilarious and poignant romp follows Moore’s quirky clown alter-ego, Rhonda Hammerstein, who joins a low-rent circus, along with a posse of characters who are too weird or strange or queer to live anywhere else. Along with Truly, her clown partner who contracts AIDS, and Caroline, a tall and glamorous showgirl, Rhonda must face the two great dramas of life: love and death. Yet, she manages to come out swinging.

Assuming different voices, mannerisms, and postures, Moore portrays just about every circus character imaginable, from the ring leader and the clown boss to the fat lady and the aerialists. “You’ve probably never seen a performer take on such a variety of funny, quirky personae and segue so fluidly among them,” says the San Francisco Examiner.

General admission tickets are $29.50, and VIP Tickets with reserved table seating in the front are available for $37.50. Visit BrownPaperTickets.com or call 800-838-3006 for reservations. Group discounts are also available by calling 651.620.2290. Show Ho plays at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar, 490 North Robert Street, in Saint Paul. Parking is available at street meters (free after 4:30 p.m.) and pay lots. For more information, visit ActorsMN.com/ShowHo.

About Sara Moore
Sara Moore is an eccentric comedienne and playwright. Realizing a traditional acting career wasn’t going to pan out for her, she ran away to the circus where she worked with Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey, Circus World, and Merv Griffin. She also worked Off-Broadway for a while where she wrote and directed her debut film Homo Heights, an offbeat GLBT comedy produced by Twin Cities’ independent film producer Kate Lehmann.

CALENDAR EDITORS

Show Ho starring Sara Moore
Love, Sex, Death, and Thrills in the American Circus

Comedienne and performance artist Sara Moore presents a multi-character tour de force in Show Ho. This hilarious and poignant story follows her quirky clown alter-ego, Rhonda Hammerstein, and her travels in a low-rent circus. In this backstage, Big Top world, Rhonda finds a home on this “island of misfit toys.” Facing love, sex, death, and thrills, Rhonda embraces her inner dork, and always manages to come out swinging.

Performance Schedule:
Thursday, October 11, 7:00pm
Friday, October 12, 7:00pm
Saturday, October 13, 7:00pm
Sunday, October 14, 5:00pm

Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006
General admission: $29.50
VIP Table Seating: $37.50
Groups: Call 651-620-2290 for rates and information.

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

Parking: Available at street meters (free after 4:30 p.m.) and in pay lots on North Robert Street and East 9th Street.

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/ShowHo, 651.620.2290

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIoiKAovIQ

Editors: For more information, press opportunities, and high-resolution photos, contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org.

Press Contact:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2012

SAINT PAUL, MN – After a 27-month run, the cast of Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play, will raise their final glasses over the course of the next five weeks, September 14 – October 13. The show, produced by Actors Theater of Minnesota, is a night at the theater and a night of bar-hopping, all rolled into one.

Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play, is two parts sketch comedy and one part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches mixed with interactive drinking games and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liver is premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring. It condenses the best and the worse from a night out into a 90 minute romp, including the all-too-recognizable cast of characters from the bar—the pushy bouncer, the douche-bag guy who hits on every girl he sees, and the girl who won’t shut up about her ex after one too many rounds.

Under the direction of John Haynes, director of the Creative Institute at Actors Theater of Minnesota, Bye Bye Liver has played at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar since the Fall of 2010. Prior to that, it had appeared on the stage at the Hennepin Theatre Trust in partnership with Actors Theatre of Minnesota. Bye Bye Liver was originally created by Nashville producer, writer and director Byron Hatfield, and premiered at the Pub Theatre in Chicago. In addition to the Twin Cities, Bye Bye Liver plays in Milwaukee, WI, St. Louis, MO, Chicago, IL, and Toronto.

Tickets are $24.50. Group discounts are also available. Visit BrownPaperTickets.com or call 800-838-3006 for reservations. Bye Bye Liver plays at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar, 490 North Robert Street, in Saint Paul. Parking is available at street meters (free after 4:30 p.m.) and pay lots. For more information, visit ActorsMN.com/ByeByeLiver.

CALENDAR EDITORS

Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play
Final 5 Weeks!

Performance Schedule:
Friday, September 14, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 15, 9:30pm
Friday, September 21, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 22, 9:30pm
Friday, September 28, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 29, 9:30pm
Friday, October 5, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 6, 7:00pm
Friday, October 12, 9:30pm
Saturday, October 13, 9:30pm

Tickets:
General admission: $24.50
Groups (10+): $17.50
BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006
*Must be 21+ to attend.

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

Parking: Available at street meters (free after 4:30 p.m.) and in pay lots on North Robert Street and East 9th Street.

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/ByeByeLiver, 651.620.2290

Facebook: Facebook.com/ByeByeLiverTwinCities

Editors: For more information, press opportunities, and high-resolution photos of the new cast, contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org.

Press Contact:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
14 June, 2012

St. Paul, MN — Alison Arngrim, also known as the devious Nellie Oleson from the hit TV show Little House on the Prairie, is coming to the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar for a limited engagement July 18 and 19, 2012. In Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, a show based on her recent autobiography, Arngrim shares her hilarious memories of growing up as one of television’s most unforgettable and unforgiving characters.

For seven years, Alison Arngrim played the nasty, manipulative, menacing brat on one of America’s most beloved family TV series. Though millions of Little House viewers might have hated Nellie Oleson and her evil antics, Arngrim grew to love her character and the freedom and confidence Nellie inspired in her.

In Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Arngrim recounts her most cherished and often hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from the Little House set including how she and her real life best friend, Melissa Gilbert (who played her on-screen nemesis Laura Ingalls), accidentally got drunk off of rum cakes at Seven-11 before peeing their wet suits during the filming of the infamous “Camp Out” episode; or the only time she appeared in public in costume which provoked a posse of vengeful elementary schoolgirls to attack her.

Arngrim also shares her experiences growing up in an eccentric Hollywood family. The daughter of Thor Arngrim, talent manager to Liberace among others, and Norma Macmillan, a voice-over actress who played famed characters such as Casper the Ghost, Gumby and Davey of Davey and Goliath, Arngrim’s family life was anything but ordinary. She says that it was thanks to Nellie that she was able to find strength to survive some of her most harrowing personal struggles. “When I played Nellie Oleson, she allowed me to scream, to howl, to throw things, to pour out all my pain and rage over and over again in a safe place. Nellie taught me that I could be angry, and the world would not open up and swallow me.”

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch plays at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are on Wednesday, July 18, and Thursday, July 19, both at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. VIP tickets with preferred seating and a paperback copy of Arngrim’s book are also available for $49.00.

About Alison Arngrim

Alison Arngrim starred as the scheming Nellie Oleson for seven years on the iconic TV series Little House on the Prairie. She also guest-starred on such cult classics as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and the NBC movie of the week I Married Wyatt Earp, and has appeared in numerous films and plays. Arngrim now performs stand-up; her one-woman show “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch” has become a worldwide phenomenon. Since Arngrim’s friend and “Little House husband” co-star Steve Tracy passed away due to complications of HIV/AIDS in 1986, Arngrim has done extensive advocacy work on behalf of HIV awareness and abused children, volunteering for non-profit organizations such as AIDS Project Los Angeles, Tuesday’s Child, and The National Association to Protect Children. Arngrim lives in Los Angeles with her husband.

CALENDAR EDITORS:

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

July 18 & 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 19, 8:00 p.m.

at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006

Tickets:
General: $29.50
VIP: $49.00 (Includes VIP seating and a paperback copy of Arngrim’s book)

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/PrairieBitch, 651.290.2290

ALSO PLAYING AT ACTORS THEATRE OF MINNESOTA

Bye Bye Liver – The Twin Cities Drinking Play
Now playing. See calendar for dates and times.
Two parts sketch comedy and one part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches mixed with interactive drinking games and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liver is premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring.
www.ActorsMN.org/ByeByeLiver

Buddy and the Boys — A Tribute to Buddy Holly
July 12 – 21, 2012
Buddy and the Boys takes you back to a time when rock and roll was not only the soundtrack of America, but a way of life. A night with Buddy and the Boys will have you getting down and boogieing as Buddy, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens perform a musical review of their most popular songs from the 1950s including “That’ll Be the Day,” “Peggy Sue,” “La Bamba,” and “Chantilly Lace.”
www.ActorsMN.org/Buddy

EDITORS: For photos or more information, please contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13 June, 2012

St. Paul, MN — Saint Paul will be bopping the night away with the greatest rockabilly music of the 1950’s this July 12th through 21st as Buddy and the Boys takes the stage at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar. Rock-and-roll legend Buddy Holly (Nicholas Freeman) will be joined by special guests J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson (Scott Jorgenson) and Ritchie Valens (Allen Malicsi) for an evening of the ginchiest tunes of the 1950s.

An authentic tribute to the music of Buddy Holly, Buddy and the Boys promises to take you back to a time when rock and roll was not only the soundtrack of America, but a way of life. Exuding that iconic look and sound of the original 1950s legends, the performance features such beloved songs as Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day,” “Peggy Sue,” “Rave On,” “Oh Boy,” “Everyday,” “Words of Love,” and “Not Fade Away;” Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and “Donna;” and The Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace.”

The familiar music will certainly inspire people of all generations to get down and boogie. Backed up by Zach Spicer on the drums, Josh Bourdon on the bass, and Brandon Petron on the lead guitar, Buddy and the Boys play their cherished songs the way they were meant to be played—live.

Buddy and the Boys play July 12 – 21, 2012, at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are on Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m., Fridays, July 13 and 20 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., and Saturdays, July 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $34 with a special of buy-3-get-1-free, and group tickets are $20 for groups of eight or more. VIP tickets including preferred seating and a photo op. with the cast are also available for $40. Tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

About the Band

Buddy and the Boys met four years ago performing in a Buddy Holly show in downtown Saint Paul (which Jerry Alison, one of the original Crickets, attended with his former band mates and dubbed it “One of the best performances of Buddy I have seen!”). When a second run of the Saint Paul show was completed in 2011, the guys were asked if they would play for some private parties. “The music grabs hold of you—it’s timeless!” remembers Scott Jorgenson, aka The Big Bopper. One thing led to another and soon they were playing for corporate clients as well. They formed Buddy and the Boys and continue to play that classic sound, known and loved by people of all ages, for audiences everywhere.

CALENDAR EDITORS:

Buddy and the Boys – A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Holly

July 12 – 21, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 13, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 13, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 14, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 20, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 20, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 21, 7:30 p.m.

at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006

Tickets:
General Admission: $34.00*
* Buy 3 tickets, get 1 free
VIP: $40.00 (includes preferred seating and photo op)
Groups of 8+: $20.00

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/Buddy, 651.290.2290

ALSO PLAYING AT ACTORS THEATRE OF MINNESOTA

Bye Bye Liver – The Twin Cities Drinking Play
Now playing. See calendar for dates and times.
Two parts sketch comedy and one part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches mixed with interactive drinking games and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liver is premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring.
www.ActorsMN.org/ByeByeLiver

Alison Arngrim’s Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
July 18 and 19, Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm
Alison Arngrim, the original “Mean Girl” from the hit TV show Little House on the Prairie, brings to the Twin Cities her comic memoir of growing up as one of television’s most memorable characters—the devious Nellie Oleson.
www.ActorsMN.org/PrairieBitch

EDITORS: For photos or more information, please contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org

Press Contact:
Bill Collins
bill@actorsmn.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2012

SAINT PAUL, MN – As the Twin Cities’ drinking play embarks on its third season this summer, Actors Theatre of Minnesota welcomes Kevin Albertson, Jason Bindas, Leah Isaacson, Teresa Mock, and Ben Wagner to the cast. Now playing at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar through July 7th, Bye Bye Liver combines theater with adult beverages for an evening that’s sure to entertain.

Bye Bye Liver – The Twin Cities’ Drinking Play is two parts sketch comedy and one part drinking game. Composed of gut-splitting comedy sketches mixed with interactive drinking games and male versus female inebriation, Bye Bye Liveris premised on the simple joys and complex consequences that indulging in a drink or two or three… can bring. It condenses the best and the worse from a night out into a 90 minute romp, including the all-too-recognizable cast of characters from the bar—the pushy bouncer, the douche-bag guy who hits on every girl he sees, and the girl who won’t shut up about her ex after one too many rounds.

Under the direction of John Haynes, director of the Creative Institute at Actors Theater of Minnesota, Bye Bye Liver – The Twin Cities’ Drinking Play has played at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar since the Fall of 2010. Prior to that, it had appeared on the stage at the Hennepin Theatre Trust in partnership with Actors Theatre of Minnesota. Bye Bye Liver was originally created by Nashville producer, writer and director Byron Hatfield, and premiered at the Pub Theatre in Chicago. In addition to the Twin Cities, Bye Bye Liver plays in Milwaukee, WI, St. Louis, MO, Chicago, IL, and Toronto.

Tickets are $19.50 in advance, or $22.00 at the door. Group discounts are also available. Visit BrownPaperTickets.com or calling 800-838-3006 for reservations. Bye Bye Liverplays at the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar, 490 North Robert Street, in Saint Paul. Parking is available at street meters (free after 4:30 p.m.) and pay lots. For more information, visit ActorsMN.com/ByeByeLiver.

MEET THE CAST

Jason Bindas began his bar tending skills 20 years ago as a deep woods moonshine maker with some of his family back in West Virginia. When he found himself running from the law more than serving up the delicious 184 proof shine, he moved to Minneapolis and started his comedy career as a stand-up comic. That was 14 short years ago. Soon after, he was swept away by improvisational comedy and joined Stevie Ray’s Improv Company. Since then he has improvised, acted, coached, taught, and directed his way around the Twin Cities. You may have seen him in the one-man play The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? at Chanhassen Dinner Theater, hosting a show at Stevie Ray’s Comedy Cabaret, raising a toast in Flanagan’s Wake at Camp Bar, or a even in a local commercial. Jason is also currently teaching and coaching at the Brave New Workshop.

After a few years of living in Uptown, Kevin Albertson has become accustomed to the types of machismo characters you’ll see in this production—to put it in layman’s terms: he’s seen a lot of popped collars. So that’s why when he goes out for a night on the town, he chooses the well-worn establishment, or dive bar, if you will. “If they’ve got $2 tall boy cans, you’ll probably find me there.” He parks his keister where cost meets comfort. If sipping on local brew it would probably be a Premo, Summit or Surly, and if he’s looking for something stronger, that 2 Gingers is pretty nice.

Teresa Mock is a multifaceted theatre artist with experience acting, directing, devising, teaching and designing. She received her specialized training while completing an MFA degree in Lecoq Based Actor Created Physical Theatre at The London International School for Performing Arts (LISPA) through Naropa University. She also holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Minnesota. She is currently a Planning Committee Member and Costume Designer for Mixed Precipitation’s annual Picnic Operetta. In 2010, Teresa’s Fringe Festival show, Batmama, a campy vaudeville show featuring original music and vocal composition, received recognition on MPR for Best Costumes as well as a VISI Award for the trailer video. Her 2007 autobiographical solo performance, Piece Story, was recognized by Curve Magazine for Best of Lesbian Regional Theatre. She is currently fundraising to direct a new project called The Shadow War, conceived by internationally produced playwright Amy Russell. Locally Teresa has also worked with Joel Sass, The Playwright Center, Walking Shadow, Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Z Puppets Rosenschnoze, MN Shakespeare Project, St. Croix Festival Theatre, and Four Humors, among others. She is also soon to become a certified personal trainer and instructor of Gwerx.

Leah Isaacson graduated from Concordia University, St. Paul, with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater. Some past productions include: Queen in Once Upon a Mattress, Mme. Pernelle in Tartuffe, Shelly in Buried Child, and Much Ado About Nothing at the Guthrie Theater. Currently she is preparing for her one-woman show that she wrote and will stars in called Daycare Ditties in the Indianapolis Fringe Festival this August. Leah has had two prolific bar restroom experiences: one involved overhearing the following…”My baby’s daddy was sent to jail earlier today for murder…” and another one was when she walked in to discover a woman sitting in one of the sinks. She believes these have shaped her ability to perform in Bye Bye Liver.

Ben Wagner has been an active professional performer in the Twin Cities for several years. It doesn’t matter if it is singing professional opera, working as a concert harpsichordist, front-manning his professional jazz quartet on saxophone, or working as a freelance actor—he loves living his life in the performing arts. He is thrilled to be coming on board as a cast member for Bye Bye Liver.

CALENDAR EDITORS

Bye Bye Liver, the Twin Cities’ Drinking Play
extended through July, 2012

Performance Schedule:
Saturday, May 26, 9:30pm
Saturday, June 2, 9:30pm
Saturday, June 9, 7:00pm
Saturday, June 9, 9:30pm
Saturday, June 16, 9:30pm
Saturday, June 23, 9:30pm
Saturday, June 30, 9:30pm
Saturday, July 7, 9:30pm

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

Tickets:
In advance: $19.50
At the door: $22.00
Groups (10+): $17.50
BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006
*Must be 21+ to attend.

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/ByeByeLiver, 651.620.2290

Facebook: Facebook.com/ByeByeLiverTwinCities

Editors: For more information, press opportunities, and high-resolution photos of the new cast, contact Bill Collins at bill@actorsmn.org.

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22 February, 2012

St. Paul, MN — After cancelling Sara Morre’s Show Ho due to a scheduling conflict, Actors Theater of Minnesota is excited to offer an equally entertaining production with Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel, starring long-time film and television actor Pat O’Brien. After receiving glowing reviews (Best Audience Reviewed Show of 2010) at the Minnesota Fringe Festival the past two years, Underneath the Lintel plays at the Cabaret at Camp Bar in Saint Paul for three performances: March 29 and 30 at 7:00 p.m., and April 1 at 5:00 p.m.

Underneath the Lintel is a one-man show about a fastidious, eccentric librarian who lives in an orderly world until he discovers one day a book that is 123 years overdue. Determined to track down the original borrower, the librarian leaves his small town in the Netherlands and embarks on a quest that takes him around the world. As he follows the clues, the librarian meticulously collects the evidence; however, in the process, he discovers a mystery that transcends the ages.

Written by Glen Berger, Underneath the Lintel was first produced in 2001 by the Actors’ Gang theatre company in Los Angeles.

Underneath the Lintel plays March 29, 30, and April 1, 2012, at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $19, or $14 with a Minnesota Fringe Festival button, and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

Underneath the Lintel is the fifth and final show in Actors Theater of Minnesota’s “Cabaret from the USA” Series made possible through generous support from the Saint Paul Cultural Star Program. More information at ActorsMN.org/Cabaret.

About Pat O’Brien

Pat O’Brien returned to the Twin Cities after 22 years in Los Angeles where he performed in hundreds of films, T.V. shows and commercials. He is perhaps most recognized from his role as Mr. Dewey, the math teacher in Saved by the Bell. He was also seen in E.R., CSI, The West Wing, Home Improvement, Malcolm in the Middle, and The Wonder Years, among others. Films in which O’Brien has appeared include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Stuart Little, Pleasantville, Catch Me If You Can, and the Coen Brothers’ Intolerable Cruelty. He has also performed with local theater companies including Penumbra Theatre, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, The Old Log Theater, and Mixed Blood. In 2010, O’Brien received the Lifetime Achievement Award from his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.

CALENDAR EDITORS:

Underneath the Lintel

March 29, 30, and April 1, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 30, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 1, 5:00 p.m.

at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006

Tickets: $19.00
Fringe Button Discount: $14.00 (save $5)

More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/Lintel, 651.290.2290

ALSO PLAYING AT ACTORS THEATRE OF MINNESOTA

Leslie Jordan’s Stories I Can’t Tell Mama
February 23 – 25, 2012
Fresh off his supporting role in the Best Picture Oscar-nominated film, The Help, Leslie Jordan brings his latest autobiographical one-man show to the Cabaret at Camp Bar. The Emmy Award-winning star of Will & Grace, Jordan presents an evening of behind-the-scenes stories, anecdotes about life on the road, and Hollywood dish.
www.ActorsMN.org/Jordan

Flanagan’s Wake – The hilarious, interactive Irish wake
March 2 – 24, 2012
From the folks who showed you that drinking and laughter are the perfect mix comes an evening of laughs around a coffin with some Guinness. Flanagan’s dead, but don’t be sad because remembering his life is all about laughs. Come and celebrate the life of Flanagan by hoisting a pint and joining in on the tales and stories that unfold before you.
www.ActorsMN.org/Wake

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged
April 5 – 28, 2012
All the world’s a stage as these three merry gentlemen in tights attempt to portray every comedy, tragedy, and history play ever penned by the venerable Willy. Filled with energetic improvisations, witty references to pop culture, cross dressing, and the world record for the shortest-ever performance of Hamlet (43 seconds), The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is “sheer, heavenly, unadulterated fun.”
www.ActorsMN.org/Shakes

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

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13 February, 2012

St. Paul, MN – Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Actors Theater of Minnesota will be re-mounting last year’s hit, interactive Irish comedy Flanagan’s Wake, at the Cabaret at Camp Bar, March 2nd – 24th. From the folks who proved that drinking and laughter are the perfect mix comes an evening of fun around a coffin with some pints of Guinness.

Flanagan’s Wake is a hilarious, interactive Irish wake in which the villagers of Graplin, County Sligo, Ireland, welcome their Irish-American cousins (the audience) to mourn the passing of their dear friend, Flanagan. The audience is invited to join the villagers in grieving as only the Irish can by tipping back a few pints in memory of dear, old Flanagan. The cast interweaves scripted stories with improvised, comical tales and quick-witted songs based on suggestions from the audience.

Mayor Martin O’Doul will preside over the wake with an iron hand (and a parched throat). After paying respects to the glowering Mother Flanagan and the poor, grieving fiancée, Fiona Finn, the audience will listen to the eulogy written by County Sligo’s best-known writer, Mickey Finn, and raise a glass with Brian Ballybunion, himself a weaver of tales. Some of the audience may cross themselves with the blessings from St. Gregory’s parish priest, Father Damon Fitzgerald, while others may cross their fingers that local pagan Kathleen Mooney doesn’t cast a spell on them. The audience is invited to share their own experiences and misadventures with dear, old Flanagan, or simply enjoy the stories and songs of the locals.

Flanagan’s Wake is directed by John Haynes. The show was first produced at the Improv Institute in Chicago in 1994.

Flanagan’s Wake plays March 2 – 24, 2012, at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are at 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays – Saturdays, and 5:00 p.m. on Sundays, with an additional performance on Wednesday, March 14 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $34, or $29 for groups of 10 or more, and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

CALENDAR EDITORS:

Flanagan’s Wake – The Hilarious, Interactive Irish Wake

March 2 – 24, 2012
Friday, March 2, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 4, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 8, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 9, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 10, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 11, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 15, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 16, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 18, 5:00 p.m.
Friday, March 23, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 24, 7:00 p.m.

at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006
Tickets: $34.00 ($29.00 if purchased before Feb. 29)
Group tickets: $29.00
More information: http://www.actorsmn.org/Wake, 651.290.2290

NEXT UP AT ACTORS THEATRE OF MINNESOTA

Underneath the Lintel
March 29 – April 1, 2012
A reclusive librarian finds a book 123 years overdue and is compelled to embark on a worldwide quest to track down the borrower. However, in the process, he uncovers a mystery that transcends the ages…or is he just mad?
www.ActorsMN.org/Lintel

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged
April 5 – 28, 2012
All the world’s a stage as these three merry gentlemen in tights attempt to portray every comedy, tragedy, and history play ever penned by the venerable Willy. Filled with energetic improvisations, witty references to pop culture, cross dressing, and the world record for the shortest-ever performance of Hamlet (43 seconds), The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is “sheer, heavenly, unadulterated fun.”
www.ActorsMN.org/Shakes

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