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Family Dinner takes a look at all the ways that going home for the holidays can be…challenging

November 6, 2024

Family Dinner takes a look at all the ways that going home for the holidays can be…challenging Dec. 6-28 at the Dudley Riggs Theatre

A rotating cast of talented improvisers will take the stage for eight performances

TICKETS GO ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRIDAY, NOV. 8 AT 10 A.M.

MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 6, 2024) — Hennepin Arts has announced that Family Dinner has a new home for the holidays! Created and directed by Twin Cities improv icon Molly Ritchie, Family Dinner will return this holiday season at the Dudley Riggs Theatre (824 Hennepin Ave.) in downtown Minneapolis. A rotating cast of talented improvisers will take the stage for eight performances Fridays and Saturdays from Dec. 6-28, 2024, to explore all the ways that going home for the holidays can be…challenging.

Because it’s funny when it’s not your family…

Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. to the general public at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis) and online at HennepinArts.org.

DAYDATETIMEVENUETICKET PRICES

Friday

Dec. 6

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Saturday

Dec. 7

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Friday

Dec. 13

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Saturday

Dec. 14

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Friday

Dec. 20

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Saturday

Dec. 21

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Friday

Dec. 27

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

Saturday

Dec. 28

8 p.m.

Dudley Riggs Theatre

$25

In this completely improvised show audience members get to be a fly on the wall as a family gathers to enjoy a holiday dinner. As the family members arrive we learn about their history, their relationships, and all the things that make this particular family unique. In addition, each family member is assigned a secret selected from audience suggestions. Just before intermission, we are treated to the show’s only scripted line, “Dinner’s ready!”

In the second act, dinner is served! The cast sits down to eat an actual meal composed of the finest foods Costco has to offer, and the evening culminates in all the hilarious drama that only a family and food can produce. They say that comedy equals tragedy plus time, but sometimes it just equals tragedy plus someone else.

Performers rotate nightly. Family Dinner is created, directed and presented by Molly Ritchie.

Hennepin Arts drives cultural and economic vitality in Minnesota through leadership of the dynamic Hennepin Theatre District in downtown Minneapolis and educational programming that reaches every area of the state. Its historic theatres — Orpheum, State and Pantages — and the Dudley Riggs Theatre light up Hennepin Avenue with top-tier entertainment, including the best of Broadway and a wide variety of arts programming. Hennepin Arts is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at HennepinArts.org.

This activity is made possible by voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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