Family Dinner Improv

11/08/2025

Your favorite improvised holiday show is back! We’re delighted to return to ’s own The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre rfor a brand new season of awkward - and entirely improvised - holiday gatherings chock full of joy, love, laughter, and everything in between…trust us, it’s funny when it’s not your family.

Family Dinner at the Brave New Workshop

💫 Check out this cast! 💫

Samantha Baker-Harris
Vann Daley
Destiny Davison
Ross Flores
Sam Landman
Angelique Lisboa
Casey Martin
MJ Matheson
Butch Roy
Kelsey Dilts-McGregor
Evelyn Vocu
And Seniz Yargici

Created by Molly Ritchie 💫
Assistant directed by Britt Johnson

Thank you to Caleb McEwen and Hennepin Arts for making this year’s festivities possible. Tickets at https://hennepinarts.org/events/family-dinner-2025

12/29/2024

What a run! 🍽️💫✨

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us this holiday season, Director & show creator Molly Ritchie, Britt Johnson (Assistant Director), our cast, crew, friends, and new friends. We’re so glad to have spent the holiday season with you. 💛

And another big THANK YOU to the The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre, Hennepin Artsand Caleb McEwen for making Family Dinner 2025 possible! 🙌

12/20/2024

Thanks for the highlight, Sahan Journal! 🍽️💛

Things to do in Minneapolis this weekend: A holiday improv comedy show at Dudley Riggs Theatre, a Native art market, and winter celebrations.

12/07/2024

Family Dinner opens TONIGHT at The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre! Looking to see a specific cast member in the family? Check out the cast schedule! 🫂

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
December 6 - 28, 2024

Directed by Molly Ritchie and featuring these funny people 🍽️

Angelique Lisboa
Casey Martin
Destiny Davison
Evelyn Vocu
Jada Pulley
Kelsey Dilts McGregor
Liz Council
Ross Flores
Seniz Yargici
Vann Daley
Britt Johnson, Assistant Director

Thank you to Caleb McEwen and Hennepin Arts for making this possible. Tickets at https://hennepinarts.org/events/family-dinner

12/06/2024

Obligatory Family Dinner Eve post — we open TOMORROW at the The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre!

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
December 6 - 28, 2024

Directed by Molly Ritchie and featuring these funny people 🍽️

Angelique Lisboa
Casey Martin
Destiny Davison
Evelyn Vocu
Jada Pulley
Kelsey Dilts McGregor
Liz Council
Ross Flores
Seniz Yargici
Vann Daley
Co-directed by Britt Johnson

Thank you to Caleb McEwen and Hennepin Arts for making this possible. Tickets at https://hennepinarts.org/events/family-dinner

11/28/2024

✨It’s almost here!!! And we’re not talking about the turkey…🦃

Family Dinner opens NEXT FRIDAY at the The Brave New Workshop - Dudley Riggs Theatre! Directed by the brilliant Molly Ritchie, spend the holiday season with a cast of some of the funniest people in the Twin Cities as they improvise a family holiday dinner right in front of the eyes!

There will be flying butter rolls, there will be laughs, or maybe tears, but it’s funny when it’s not your family. 🍽️ Featuring

Angelique Lisboa
Casey Martin
Destiny Davison
Evelyn Vocu
Jada Pulley
Kelsey Dilts McGregor
Liz Council
Ross Flores
Seniz Yargici
Vann Daley
Co-directed by Britt Johnson

Thank you to Caleb McEwen and Hennepin Arts for making this possible!

Tickets at https://hennepinarts.org/events/family-dinner?

11/16/2024

🍽️🫂💥♥️🍽️

🍽️ 💣 Because it’s funny when it’s not your family…
is on sale now!

With over a decade of sold-out performances at HUGE Theater, this show features a rotating cast of talented improvisers exploring all the ways that going home for the holidays can be… challenging.

There are only eight performances, so don't wait!
Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4eeCxnJ