DINK TANK ADVENT CALENDAR: DAY 3

“It was a zit.  The other reindeer made a song to mock my acne, and now kindergarten kids sing about it.”

DINK TANK: RETURN OF THE DINKS
December 8-10 & 15-17, 2011 / All shows at 8pm.
Tickets just $10 / Call 218-336-1414 for reservations

DINK TANK: RETURN OF THE DINKS!

It’s been two long years. But finally, after 24 months of frigid darkness and bitter weeping, the area’s finest sketch comedy team answers the clarion call of their fans and returns to give your holiday season a shot of holly-jolly hilarity!

The sketch comedy team Rainn Wilson (Dwight from NBC’s “The Office”) called “hysterical” and “awesome,” and the Duluth News Tribune dubbed “devastatingly funny” has set their sights on Santa. Join them for an evening of outrageous sketches full of smart, edgy comedy for grown-ups that skewers politics and pop culture and is full of memorable characters from their own warped imaginations.

The show opens Thursday, December 8th at 8pm and runs Thurs-Sat nights until December 17th. That means you have six chances to find a sitter for the kids and unwind with some adults-only sketch comedy.

And to get you in the mood for the show, we’re doing our own twisted version of an advent calendar. Every day we’ll post a line from one of the sketches in the show, just to whet your appetite. We mean it when we say this might be our best show yet, and you do NOT want to miss it.

So, let’s kick this off. Click on the image below to see what’s inside the “Day One” box, and we’ll see you at DINK TANK: RETURN OF THE DINKS on December 8th at 8pm!

BUG – SNEAK PEEK!

We’re one day away from the opening night of the final production of our 2011 season, Tracy Letts’ BUG. And here are some reasons you should head on down to the Teatro Zuccone tomorrow night at 8pm:

  1. It’s PAY WHAT YOU CAN for students. Show your ID and offer whatever you can to see the show.
  2. Before or after the show you can head across the lobby to the Zeitgeist Cafe and order an “Aphid,” a $5 drink special in honor of BUG.
  3. After the show, save your playbill because it will get you 10% off your meal at the Zeitgeist Cafe during the 3-week run of the show.
  4. It’s the Northland premiere of this white-knuckle thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts. And it’s the perfect thing if you didn’t get enough scares this Halloween.
  5. The cast and crew have pulled out all the stops to give you a terrifyingly good time. And if you need further proof, check out these production photos by Renegade staff photographer Andy Miller and our new trailer directed by Renegade film director Matt Helbacka!

Goss (Lee Gundersheimer) tells Peter (Cory Anderson) how things are, while Agnes (Molly O’Neill) cowers in the corner.

In the middle of the night, the first bug arrives.

Peter (Cory Anderson) and Agnes (Molly O’Neill) struggle to convince R.C. (Erin McConnell) that the bugs are real.

Agnes (Molly O’Neill) and Peter (Cory Anderson) find the egg sack.