Actor/writer Jayme Allen is exorcising her experience of growing up Mormon. There was no coffee, tea or tobacco in her youth and now she wonders why she ever denied herself the roasted bean of caffeine. Allen jumps around a lot with vignettes and characters from then and now. One suspects she hoped for more comic mileage than she gets from her efforts and the producers of "Book of Mormon" still have the market cornered on Mormon angst and humor. Allen is charming enough but her material feels thin — a glancing blow at her troubled past. (10 p.m. Tue., 2:30 p.m. Sat., 4 p.m. Sun.; Ritz Studio, 345 13th Av. NE., Mpls.)
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