Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and the Firefly Center for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities, promote dialogue, bridge divides, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment.

Beginning with a catered meal, these gatherings invite audience members to share what makes their town great, what they think people get wrong about it, what local divisions concern them, and what future they imagine. An improv comedy troupe listens in on the conversations, takes everything they heard from residents, and brings it to life on stage through entirely unscripted improv comedy theater.

• 5:00–6:00 PM: Doors open / Social hour

• 6:00–7:15 PM: Dinner

• 7:15–8:00 PM: Performances

• 8:00–8:30 PM: Talkback

Menu
Here’s what’s on the menu:

• Fruit & Charcuterie Board during social hour

• Prime Rib or Eggplant Steaks (vegetarian & gluten-free option)

• Garlic Mashed Potatoes

• Not Your Mom’s Green Beans

• Caesar Salad

• Sweet Hawaiian Rolls with butter

• A variety of mini desserts to choose from (incl gluten-free options)

Come hungry… leave full (and smiling)!

The work of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to create a stronger Minnesota by increasing our understanding of the beauty, wisdom, and stories of its people. Through partnerships, we facilitate the spaces, like Sketches of Minnesota, that seek to build connections and deepen understanding of ourselves and our communities in pursuit of a more just society.

Registration

This event is free but registration is required.

Registration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org

Sketches of Minnesota is funded in part with money from the Clean Water, Land & Legacy Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by the Initiative Foundation, a regional foundation.