Jason Ballweber

Four Humors presents: Four Humors' Lolita: A Three Man Show. A one hour stage play, based on a two and a half hour movie, based on a 5 hour screenplay, based on a 300 page novel, as told by 3 idiots. The award-winning hit returns for one night only on Saturday, May 11, 9:30 PM at Open Eye Theatre.

Four Humors is finally brave enough to portray a theatre troupe that is brave enough to tell the story of a corrupt tyrant who has been dead for 1800 years.

Four Humors announces a new awards ceremony celebrating the Minnesota theater community; The MN Theater Awards. This brand new awards show will be held Monday September 24, 2018 in the Twin Cities, with planning feedback provided by community support. Funding for the event will be provided by an online fundraising campaign pre-selling tickets, which will also help determine the size of the venue to be selected. Two town hall style meetings will be held in the month of May to gather feedback from the theater community about what they would like to see in an awards event. The evening will be produced and hosted by Four Humors, who will be ineligible for any awards.

Based on the best of campfire ghost stories, Harold is a horrific comedy that delves into the deepest fears of our own imaginations and the animal instincts of the human psyche.

We're halfway through the 11-day, 15-venue, 167-show Minnesota Fringe Festival. I've seen 25 shows, with another 20-some on the schedule for the next five days. Here are a few of my favorites so far. I haven't seen everything on my must-see list yet, so be sure to check that out for more recommendations and tips for Fringe newbies. And you can read all of my Fringe mini-reviews here. There are five days left of Fringe - so get out there and see some shows! Full schedule, venue, and ticketing information can be found on the Fringe's handy dandy website.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, written by Oscar Wilde, will run for 10 shows only, February 17-25, 2017, performed by Four Humors at the Southern Theater.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, written by Oscar Wilde, will run for 10 shows only, February 17-25, 2017, performed by Four Humors at the Southern Theater.

Jason Ballweber and his Four Humors theatre company devises new works based on old stories; in this case, DON QUIXOTE. Catch their interpretation of the classic with projections and puppets and unique brand of storytelling through May 22, 2016, in the Guthrie's Dowling Studio.

When the ingenious gentlemen of Four Humors apply their unique, clever, and hilarious storytelling style to a classic such as THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA, it's a thing not to be missed. And even though I've experienced many such unique adaptations by Four Humors, as well as original work, last night's world premiere opening night still gave me something unexpected. As the play points out, everyone knows Don Quixote, even if you're never read the book or heard the name Miguel de Cervantes. Four Humors tells the classic story about honor, chivalry, and madness in a unique way using puppetry projection and by making Cervantes a character in the play, allowing the characters to step outside the story and comment on it. I believe this is Four Humors' debut at the Guthrie, which will no doubt expose a new audience to their often accomplished mission 'to create art that celebrates the humor, stupidity, and beauty of our world by letting the artist connect with the audience in a vulnerable and honest way.'

Enter a world ruled by fevered delusions and far-flung imagination, where a windmill transforms into a giant and a filthy innkeeper becomes a king. Join us in a realm of illusions and experience the story of a man who can no longer leave his beautifully imagined world, even after the curtain has come crashing down.

Emily Zimmer is happy to share a new theatrical adventure, MOONSPLAINING, with Minneapolis audiences this weekend, November 13, 14 and 15. All shows begin at 9 p.m. at the Sandbox Theatre Space at 3109 E 42nd Street.

Emily Zimmer is happy to share a new theatrical adventure, MOONSPLAINING, with Minneapolis audiences November 13, 14 and 15. All shows begin at 9 p.m. at the Sandbox Theatre Space at 3109 E 42nd Street.

Irish playwright Brian Friel's DANCING AT LUGHNASA is a perfectly lovely play, and a wonderful choice for the perfectly lovely Yellow Tree Theatre. The eight-person cast is actually on the large side for their cozy and intimate space nestled inside an Osseo strip mall, but the warm, humorous, and melancholic tone is a perfect fit. It's a beautiful play and a beautiful cast, and will leave you with a warm and wistful feeling.

The Twin Cities Horror Festival (TCHF) has organized as part of the newly formed United Festival Group, LLC. Ryan Lear will serve as the TCHF's executive director. The 2014Twin Cities Horror Festival III will be presented, Oct. 23-Nov. 2, at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Children's Theatre Company (CTC), in its second year of summer programming following 2013's Ivey Award-winning production If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, remounts Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat beginning May 22 and now extended through July 27. During its run at CTC in 2012, the show, directed by 2013 Ivey Award- winner Jason Ballweber, was a smashing success and subsequently toured to Manitoba, Canada. The Cat in the Hat remains a favorite in the Dr. Seuss canon, and its theatrical reincarnation is high-octane and colorful, brimming with physical humor. Check out a first look below!

Loosely based on the true story of the failed 1967 Soyuz 1 mission, Four Humors presents an original, farcical look at the Soviet Space Program during the height of its race against the United States to reach the moon. Star City promises to be a fast paced, quick-change, four-door farce set in Soviet Mission Control filled with dozens of ridiculous characters including heroic cosmonauts, nerdy scientists, overworked engineers, menacing KGB agents, oblivious military brass, and antagonistic American capitalists... all played by only four actors.

As one of the twenty largest professional regional theatres in the U.S., Children's Theatre Company is the national leader in creating work for young audiences, ages two through eighteen. The 2013-2014 Season will be among the most innovative with three world premieres, two extraordinary guest companies, a new preschool piece and a Broadway musical. The season will also include a beloved classic never before seen at CTC and a Philip Pullman masterpiece brought to the stage for the first time. The Wong Kids in The Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go! by Lloyd Suh is CTC's first ever sci-fi anime inspired production. This world premiere will be co-produced with the Ma- Yi Theater Company and run at CTC before playing in New York.

On the closing evening of the 10th annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Four Humors Theater of Minneapolis received two awards for its original production of Four Humors' Lolita: A Three Man Show. 'Critics' Pick of the Fringe' was awarded by theater critics who reviewed every show in the festival and 'Best Ensemble Performance' was awarded by The League of Cincinnati Theaters.

Children's Theatre Company presents Alice in Wonderland, now through June 15, 2013. The production celebrates Lewis Carroll as an original modern absurdist, featuring innovative scenic elements while honoring the parade of beloved characters at their illogical best. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!