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"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!
WATCH THE PREVIEW!
DOWNLOAD MORE PHOTOS:
CLOSE UP SANTA and JOSEPH WITH SANTA
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
WHAT:
This delightful romp through Georgian England is a parody of Jane Austen so sincere, it's almost an homage. Come join Darcy and Elizabeth and meet the Eggbrew family--the domineering matriarch, the absent patriarch, and four daughters of varying marriageability; the gun-toting Captain Wetmusket; hapless Hewitt Thistlethwait and his overbearing aunt, Lady Alethia; and of course, Euphemia Waterfowl, the Stupidest Girl in the Whole of England.
WHO:
Written by Jim Robinson and Shanan Wexler
with music by Dennis Curley!
The mega-talented comedy cast includes Jim Robinson, Shanan Wexler, Julie Grover McArdle, Bob Malos, Michelle Cassioppi, Mo Perry, Tina North, Amy Schweikhardt, Katy McEwen, Tim Uren, Joseph Scrimshaw, and Dennis Curley.
WHERE and WHEN:
Playing at the Minneapolis Theater Garage
right after Fat Man Crying!
Fri, Dec 5th & Sat, Dec, 6th @ 10:30 PM; Sun, Dec 7th @ 4:30 PM
Fri, Dec 12th & Sat, Dec, 13th @ 10:30 PM; Sun, Dec 14th @4:30 PM
Fri, Dec 19th & Sat, Dec, 20th @ 10:30 PM; Sun, Dec 21st @ 4:30 PM
Do arrive fifteen minutes early for caroling in the lobby! Tra la!
MORE INFO:
Visit Hang Kitty Productions' web-site by clicking here!
Buy tickets for the show here!
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!
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!
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Latest Update: 11/14/2008
Welcome to josephscrimshaw.com!
Joseph's e-mail address through the web-site is currently fighting with
Microsoft. If you want to contact Joseph e-mail him at:
joseph.scrimshaw@gmail.com
Browse the site for updates on Joseph's projects (see below), articles, video and audio clips!
Joseph has been extremely busy in the last few months!
Don't miss
AN EVENTUALLY CHRISTMAS:
HOLIDAYS AT THE MILL
a brand new holiday show
written and conceived by Joseph
for Mill City Museum!
Full info available
here!
Tickets available now for
The Scrimshaw Brothers' one and only
appearance together in 2008--
THE SCRIMSHAW BROTHERS'
NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECTACULAR!
7 PM show and 11 PM show!
TRIUMPH of the SQUIRRELS!
Thanks to all who came to see
AN INCONVENIENT SQUIRREL
at the 2008 MN Fringe Festival!
The Squirrels were the #2 best-selling show of the festival
and received rave reviews such as
"MUST SEE!"-Pioneer Press
"...brilliantly squirrelly. Like the great Warner brothers cartoons, the adults are howling with laughter alongside their children"
-tcdailyplanet.com
"Scrimshaw fractures fairytale motifs in a fun way and presents a number of memorable characters, such as Evil Genius Squirrel and Thinks He's a Pirate Squirrel. By the end, there's a moral that's really not all that simple. That aside, there's also plenty of good physical humor, some deft parody and, above all, four guys dressed up as squirrels. What's not to like?"
-City Pages
Watch for Squirrel remounts!
Joseph recently partnered with premiere event planning company,
Event Lab,
to create a brand new variety show about our fair state entitled
STATE of the LOON:
The MN Variety Show!
Perfect for corporate entertainment events!
Visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota?
Don't miss
THE ADVENTURES of
CAPTAIN VIBRATION!
A short play about the science of sound and old radio foley artists
written and directed by Joseph!
Check here
to see when the show is playing!
Adventures in Mating plays EVERY MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL SOMEONE MAKES US STOP--8 PM at The Bryant-Lake Bowl!
For more info check out the web-site adventuresinmating.com!
New runs ofMating coming up in Seattle, Kentucky, and Indiana!
PLUS the Bulgarian version is still running!
Pioneer Press has named Joseph as one of three theater artists to
"keep an eye on in 2008"!
"...He's got a keen pen, a savvy business sense and seemingly boundless energy..."
City Pages has listed Joseph as a 2007 Artist of the Year!
Along with all other working Twin Cities' Playwrights!
Thanks to all who came to Fat Man Crying!
THE SHOW WILL BE BACK AT THE THEATER GARAGE
in DECEMBER 2008!
"EVERYONE LAUGHS
AT A FAT MAN...THE SHOW'S PERCOLATING TEMPO DELIVERS
LAUGH LINES LIKE TOYS DROPPING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AT THE NORTH POLE..."
Read the whole tcdailyplanet.net review here!
"FINELY PITCHED COMEDY...SCRIMSHAW'S DIALOGUE IS
CONSISTENTLY FUNNY...SMART, WELL-CRAFTED..."
Read the whole City Pages review here!
Check out this feature article on Joseph and Fat Man Crying from the Friday, November 30th Pioneer Press--
What are you laughing at?
PLUS check out this A-LIST in City Pages
MACBETH IS NUMBER ONE!
Thanks to all who attended
Macbeth's Awesome Scottish Castle Party
at the 2007 MN Fringe Festival!
Macbeth was the #1 best-selling show by total tickets sold--a whopping 1,780 tickets AND #4 by percent of capacity with an amazing 91% of seats sold!
There is only one word to describe this success: awesome.
Joseph is being chased by a cougar! Watch the video here! Joseph is also cuddling with baby bears here! Joseph is making out with a bear here!
Read about the alleged "King of Comedy" in this May article from the MN Monthly!
If you have plans to visit Lima, Peru in the next year keep an eye out for Peor Obra--the Spanish language version of Joseph's hit Fringe show The Worst Show in the Fringe!
Joseph Scrimshaw is a critically acclaimed actor, an internationally produced playwright, an independent theater producer/director, and an occasional graphic designer. With his brother, Joshua, he is one half of The Scrimshaw Brothers Comedy Team. The Brothers were named City Pages' Artists of the Year in 2002 and have been described as "the utility men of comedy-jumping from sketches to slapstick to soliloquy without skipping a laugh" (Pioneer Press).
As a solo artist, Joseph is the author of MN Fringe Fest hits, The Worst Show in the Fringe (the #1 best-selling show of the Festival in 2002 and #4 in 2003),
Adventures in Mating (the #3 best-selling show in 2005), Die, Clowns, Die! (the #6 best-selling show in 2006), and Macbeth's Awesome Scottish Castle Party (the #1 best-selling show in 2007). His hit interactive romantic comedy Adventures in Mating is playing throughout the world with productions in Minneapolis, Seattle, New York, the UK, and Bulgaria and more productions in the works. Joseph is also a resident performer of Children's Theater and the Graphic Designer at
Old Gem Theater in New Richmond, Wisconsin.
As an actor Joseph has performed with the MN Shakespeare Company, Bedlam Theater, History Theater, the Mystery Cafe Theater and The Chicago Improv Festival.
As a freelance writer, Joseph has created (and sometimes performed) new works for Hardcover Theater, MN Historical Society, General Mills, MN Public Radio and The Current as well as upcoming projects for Science Museum of MN and MN Book Awards.
Joseph holds a BS in Visual Art, Rhetoric and Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature from the University of Minnesota. In 1996, he took beginning acting for non-acting majors. This was the beginning and end of his formal academic training as an actor.
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