Joseph Scrimshaw

Sad Vampire Comedy Hour

History of Hip: JagerCon

Edie Overturf: 100 Creatives

​Number 42: Edie Overturf City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 18 monthsPrint artist, painter, and sculptor Edie Overturf may be new to the Twin Cities art scene, but her impact has already been felt. With the folks at Kick.Stand.Press, she recently helped co-found Leg Up Studio, a coopera ... More >>

Tina Blondell: 100 Creatives

​Number 43: Tina Blondell City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 15 There are no pop-culture icons featured in Tina Blondell's portraits. Instead, she chooses to  capture regular folks in a moment in time. Recent pieces have included a gleeful female drummer ready to jam, a man casuall ... More >>

Obsessed (with Joseph Scrimshaw)

​Number 43: Tina Blondell City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 15 There are no pop-culture icons featured in Tina Blondell's portraits. Instead, she chooses to  capture regular folks in a moment in time. Recent pieces have included a gleeful female drummer ready to jam, a man casuall ... More >>

Kick.Stand.Press: 100 Creatives

​Number 44: Kick.Stand.Press City: Minneapolis, MN Years spent living in MN:The current bout is 2.5 yearsAs anyone who has ever spent time watching HGTV knows, a good wallpaper job can make or break a room. Gilpin Matthews and Lauren Schuppe, co-founders of Kick.Stand.Press, specialize in making t ... More >>

Frank Gaard: 100 Creatives

​Number 45: Frank Gaard City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 45 yearsFor the past 40 years, notorious artist Frank Gaard has added a healthy dose of color, criticism, and humor to the local creative scene. His work knows no boundaries, as he often draws inspiration from a mix of subjects, ... More >>

Scrimshaw brothers ready for a busy New Year's Eve

​As we usher out 2011, Saturday evening is our one last chance to celebrate the past year and, of course, bring in the possibly apocalyptic 2012. Or, in the case of the Scrimshaw brothers, Joseph and Joshua, there are four chances. The pair are part of a quartet of performances New Year's Eve at t ... More >>

Monday isn't dark this week at the theater

​Mondays are usually a quiet day in the theater world, with most of the houses dark for the day off. This Monday, however, there are a number of interesting one-night-only pieces for audiences.

CineMadness

​Mondays are usually a quiet day in the theater world, with most of the houses dark for the day off. This Monday, however, there are a number of interesting one-night-only pieces for audiences.

Fringe Festival 2011: A preview of your best bets

Theater fans can pick from 168 shows

Sexy Librarian at Minneapolis Theatre Garage

Joseph Scrimshaw's latest makes messy merger of sex and libraries

Sexy Librarian: File Under Rock Musical

Joseph Scrimshaw's latest makes messy merger of sex and libraries

The Twin Cities' best theater productions of 2010

A year in review

Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1 at Minneapolis Theatre Garage

It's a comic-book holiday featuring a rocket-powered sled

Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1

It's a comic-book holiday featuring a rocket-powered sled

Tellabration!

It's a comic-book holiday featuring a rocket-powered sled

Literary Death Match slays words tonight

​Sure, readings and other literary events can sometimes be a little stuffy. This is not so for Literary Death Match events. Why are they any different? Well, tonight's literary party involves four local authors who are as talented at performing as they are at writing, some quit-witted celebrity j ... More >>

Dudley: Rigged for Laughter

​Sure, readings and other literary events can sometimes be a little stuffy. This is not so for Literary Death Match events. Why are they any different? Well, tonight's literary party involves four local authors who are as talented at performing as they are at writing, some quit-witted celebrity j ... More >>

Jungle's "Glass Menagerie," Pillsbury House's "Vigil" kick off autumn in Twin Cities theater

Bathroom humor: "Sh!tlisted" at the BLB​Yes, some healthy mourning for the end of summer might well be in order, but the bitter pill is at least sweetened by a distinct sense that the theater season is picking up again. This weekend I'll be at Pillsbury House for Vigil and the Jungle for The Glass ... More >>

Joseph Scrimshaw, last bleeping "Deadwood": the bonus round

Alas, poor Swearengen, I knew him well . . . ​ We sat down with Joseph Scrimshaw for an interview in this week's CP ("Home on the F---ing Range"). The occasion was the debut this weekend of Deadwood: The Last Bleeping Episode at the BLB, but in fact a chat with him was long overdue: with his proli ... More >>

Deadwood: The Last Bleeping Episode at the Bryant Lake Bowl

Joesph Scrimshaw parodies the TV western

Safe as Houses (Theater spotlight)

Joesph Scrimshaw parodies the TV western

Safe as Houses

Joesph Scrimshaw parodies the TV western

Fringe Festival 2009: Robots, penguins, and bodily urges

Minneapolis tradition serves up 11 days packed with theater performances: Get your reviews here

Tragedy of You

Minneapolis tradition serves up 11 days packed with theater performances: Get your reviews here

Mansion of Dust

Minneapolis tradition serves up 11 days packed with theater performances: Get your reviews here

Theater Spotlight: 2009 Minnesota Fringe

Minneapolis tradition serves up 11 days packed with theater performances: Get your reviews here

Theater Spotlight: Tragedy of You

Minneapolis tradition serves up 11 days packed with theater performances: Get your reviews here

Adventures in Mating

Minneapolis tradition serves up 11 days packed with theater performances: Get your reviews here

Last chance to mate

Joseph Scrimshaw's Adventures in Mating two-year run ends on Valentines Day.

Rockstar Storytellers

Joseph Scrimshaw's Adventures in Mating two-year run ends on Valentines Day.

Fat Man Crying

Joseph Scrimshaw's Adventures in Mating two-year run ends on Valentines Day.

A Guide to the 2008 Fringe Festival

Underpants, Shakespeare, and Giant Squirrels

Q&A with Fringe Artists

Underpants, Shakespeare, and Giant Squirrels

Fringe by Numbers: Silly Squirrel, skits are for kids!

Underpants, Shakespeare, and Giant Squirrels

Fringe By Numbers: All for Fringe and Fringe-For-All

Underpants, Shakespeare, and Giant Squirrels

Artists of the Year

Twin Cities playwrights

Fat Man Crying

Twin Cities playwrights

It's a Meaningless Life!

Twin Cities playwrights

Fat Man Crying

Twin Cities playwrights

Spotlight: The Baron

Twin Cities playwrights

I'm Special

Put on the pancake makeup and the monkey suit, superstar. It’s time to act out Fringe Fest-style.

Fringe numbers are in

Put on the pancake makeup and the monkey suit, superstar. It’s time to act out Fringe Fest-style.

Live Nude Theater Cheap Cheap Cheap!

(Okay, a few of the performers in the nation's biggest Fringe Festival aren't nude. but a lot of them are.)

Highlight: The Scrimshaw Show

with Ari Hoptman; New Year's Eve Special

City of Sideshows

Amid all the carnival barking of the fringe, we tell you which tent shows deserve your ten bucks

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

The levity of sketch comedians Joseph and Joshua Scrimshaw is finding a mass appeal

Indie 500

With roughly 100 productions and 500 performances, the Minnesota Fringe Festival turns low-budget theater into a two-week marathon

At the Fringes

With roughly 100 productions and 500 performances, the Minnesota Fringe Festival turns low-budget theater into a two-week marathon