2024 Queer and Funny Festival
Saturday, November 2 & Sunday, November 3, 2024
Red Eye Theater
2213 Snelling Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Performances are $25 for Saturday or Sunday respectively and $45 for both nights. Workshops are $45.
Jams are free -- unlike the other events, the jam is closed to include only people who identify as queer!
Red Eye Theater
2213 Snelling Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Performances are $25 for Saturday or Sunday respectively and $45 for both nights. Workshops are $45.
Jams are free -- unlike the other events, the jam is closed to include only people who identify as queer!
Saturday Workshops & JamEverything Counts, Don't Drop the Ball with Elke Reid, 10am-2pm This workshop focuses on reacting to any and everything that happens in the scene. Never dropping the ball on information given or emotional reactions that need a response. Everything said or done in the scene means something. The focus is to fine tune your listening skills and commit. Hailing from New York City, Elke Reid is an actress, voiceover artist, writer, producer, director, and one heck of an improvisor. She proclaims herself an "Improv Junkie". Studying with both Upright Citizen's Brigade and The People's Improv Theater in NYC, she's performed and taught at improv festivals all over the world. Elke loves performing and helping people find their love for it as well.
Queer Jam, 4:30-6pm The Jam is a free opportunity to try improv with other supportive, cool, and queer improvisers. No experience is required. Anyone who identifies as queer is welcome. RSVP encouraged. Saturday Shows
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Finding Confidence & Joy in Musical Improv, 10am-12pm
with Ruben Gomez In this workshop, we will focus on breaking away from the rules and structures commonly found in musical improv, and gain the tools to feel more confident and joyful singing on the spot. Open to all experience levels of improv and singing/musical abilities. Ruben Gomez is a performer, director, teacher and overall enthusiast of improv. Starting his improv career in the Pacific North West, Ruben has traveled around the US and Canada with a focus on building connections and community with other likeminded artists. Ruben’s improv philosophy is deeply rooted in joy, inclusion, and advocacy. Ruben is a lifelong instrumental musician, and is super stoked at every opportunity to intersect the worlds of music and improv theater. |
Lights! Camera! SASHAY! 2-4pm
with Sarah McPeck, Miz Diagnosis, and Harrie Bradshaw
Learn to unleash your fabulosity and cultivate strong character development and celebrate queer joy in this dynamic workshop lead by Sarah McPeck and Drag Queens, Miz Diagnosis and Harrie Bradshaw.
Sarah McPeck is a lesbian comedian in Minneapolis, MN. She endeavors to lift queer voices and celebrate the unique fabric of queer identities. Sarah lived the first half of her life in rural America and shares stories that connect audiences with all aspects of her life from being a late in life lesbian, mother, blackjack dealer and a child of hippies. Sarah is the producer of sketch, variety, game show, improv and stand-up comedy shows. Sarah began teaching at famed Dudley Rigg's Theater/ Brave New workshop and is current Director of The Royal Peacock Theater Company.
with Sarah McPeck, Miz Diagnosis, and Harrie Bradshaw
Learn to unleash your fabulosity and cultivate strong character development and celebrate queer joy in this dynamic workshop lead by Sarah McPeck and Drag Queens, Miz Diagnosis and Harrie Bradshaw.
Sarah McPeck is a lesbian comedian in Minneapolis, MN. She endeavors to lift queer voices and celebrate the unique fabric of queer identities. Sarah lived the first half of her life in rural America and shares stories that connect audiences with all aspects of her life from being a late in life lesbian, mother, blackjack dealer and a child of hippies. Sarah is the producer of sketch, variety, game show, improv and stand-up comedy shows. Sarah began teaching at famed Dudley Rigg's Theater/ Brave New workshop and is current Director of The Royal Peacock Theater Company.
Queer Improv Jam, 4:30-6pm
The Jam is a free opportunity to try improv with other supportive, cool, and queer improvisers. No experience is required. Anyone who identifies as queer is welcome. RSVP encouraged.
The Jam is a free opportunity to try improv with other supportive, cool, and queer improvisers. No experience is required. Anyone who identifies as queer is welcome. RSVP encouraged.
Sunday Shows
7-9pm
Public Access
Harken back to the days of the weird and unusual people and shows on local access stations.
Harken back to the days of the weird and unusual people and shows on local access stations.
Midnight Diner
Starring Milo Wilder and Stephanie Bell, Midnight Diner is a love letter to a friendship that was birthed from unhinged and unnatural conversations in a diner after midnight. Sit down, get comfortable, and let us serve you a slice of unsettling Americana at the Midnight Diner.
Starring Milo Wilder and Stephanie Bell, Midnight Diner is a love letter to a friendship that was birthed from unhinged and unnatural conversations in a diner after midnight. Sit down, get comfortable, and let us serve you a slice of unsettling Americana at the Midnight Diner.
Queer World
This is the true story of 7(ish) strangers picked to live in a loft and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being Queer!
This is the true story of 7(ish) strangers picked to live in a loft and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being Queer!
Queer Ensemble
The mission of the Queer and Funny Improv Festival is to highlight the diversity of queer comedic voices, spread the joy of improv as an art form, and create a space where all can enjoy themselves while being their full selves. Though the festival centers queer people, it is open to people of all genders and orientations.
The mission of the Queer and Funny Improv Festival is to highlight the diversity of queer comedic voices, spread the joy of improv as an art form, and create a space where all can enjoy themselves while being their full selves. Though the festival centers queer people, it is open to people of all genders and orientations.