Best theater for comedy - Four Humors - 2014 Best of MN

May 15, 2014 at 7:11PM
Fringe festival 2013: Four Humors' Lolita, by Fat Bottom Jones Productions
Four Humors' Lolita, by Fat Bottom Jones Productions, was featured at the 2013 Fringe Festival. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

If you want some deadpan, high- and low-minded comedy, check out Four Humors, a crackerjack company that was a favorite in the Fringe Festival last summer. Members of this company headed by Jason Ballweber were involved in two of the festival's best shows: "Four Humors' Lolita: A Three Man Show" in which the title temptress was a pudgy guy with a beer belly in a bikini, and "The Nose," an absurdly funny adaptation of Gogol's story. The itinerant company has been performing since 2005, but it has often flown below the radar. Its inventive physicality, especially when interpreting classic texts, makes it well worth following. 612-293-9671; fourhumorstheater.com

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