UPCOMING EVENTS
Would I Lie to You?
Get ready for an evening of outrageous stories, quick wit, and hilarious deception as six of Minnesota’s sharpest performers go head-to-head in a live version of Would I Lie to You?
Can you spot the truth among the tall tales? Will our teams fool each other—or you? With a mix of comedians, storytellers, and local personalities, this high-energy show promises unpredictable laughs and a unique spin on the hit British panel game.
A Dark Gotham Night’s Dream
“Justice strikes not in the day, but in the night; And therefore is wing'd Bat vengeance'd sight.”
A ridiculous parody retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with classic Batman heroes and villains, told entirely in (almost) Shakespearean verse. With a stage full of love potions, fear toxins, Jokers, and Harley Quinns, will Batman and Robin escape the dreaded Arkham Asylum? There beith one way to find out.
The Siblinghood of the Traveling Slut Pants:A Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play Live
Join us live to experience something that truly pulls you in with oversized props, a brand new story rooted in "definitely-not-Minneapolis", and dice that insist on telling the story. Each live show stands alone, butmay have some fun callbacks and overarching stories for people who’ve seen previous shows to have a lil’ extra fun with.
Adventures in Hostessville presents The Summer of Love-In!
Adventures in Hostessville and The Hive Collaborative present The Summer of Love-In!
Spend an evening in 1967 with an immersive experience that’s part cabaret, part comedy, part trivia night, part cooking show, and part Ted Talk. PLUS there are complimentary beverages and snacks! Four nights only; get your tickets now!
Hosted by Melanie Wehrmacher, and featuring Luke Davidson, Alan Jermiason, and Jeff Miller.
16 Bar Bingo: DOLLS & GUYS
Join us for this new music trivia event, featuring local performers and Hive owners Eric Morris & Laura Rudolph!
75 16 bar cuts of your favorite tunes, but all mixed up! This miscast version of bingo will feature folks singing the roles they may never get to play; leading GUYS sung by DOLLS, and leading DOLLS sung by GUYS! Featuring cast members from GUYS & DOLLS at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
Tape
Tape is a tight, intimate thriller about the tensions underlying long-standing relationships and the struggle to reconcile conflicting memories when the past resurfaces.
Exploring the Great American Songbook with Max Wojtanowicz: Jerome Kern
Let’s do a deep dive into the Great American Songbook in this new series developed by singer and musical theatre historian Max Wojtanowicz and pianist Wesley Frye! Come for the classic songs, stay for the tidbits about the songwriters and their place in the musical theatre canon. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to a local charity, selected specifically for each show.
The Honey Jar
Presented by the Hive Collaborative and Twin Cities theatermakers Destiny Davison and Ross Flores, The Honey Jar is a new monthly improv variety show that brings the funniest troupes in town together for a night of laughs and fresh comedy!
The Honey Jar is hosted once a month on a Tuesday at 7pm, and features 2-3 troupes per night. Join us after the show for a community hangout to meet the performers, connect with other improvisers, and catch up on the latest buzz!
Dirty Twenty
Dirty Twenty: An Interactive D&D Improv Show
Ready to play dirty? Dirty Twenty combines the epic fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons with live, interactive, improv performance. Bring your dirtiest selves, and let’s roll the f****n dice!
16 Bar Bingo: TRAVEL EDITION
Join us for this new music trivia event, featuring local performers and Hive owners Eric Morris & Laura Rudolph!
75 16 bar cuts of your favorite travel inspired tunes. Featuring cast members from COME FROM AWAY at The Guthrie Theatre.
3 rounds of BINGO, with prizes for each round winner! Complimentary buzzy treats hosted by The Hive!
Venus in Fur
Coming in August 2026, The Hive Collaborative presents David Ives's thrilling two-person play Venus in Fur. This sharp, provocative play about power and desire blurs the lines between reality and performance. Directed by Michelle O'Neill, Hope Nordquist and Kyle Weiler star in this scintillating battle. Come witness this Tony nominated, 90min masterpiece.
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
Exploring the Great American Songbook with Max Wojtanowicz: The Gershwins
Let’s do a deep dive into the Great American Songbook in this new series developed by singer and musical theatre historian Max Wojtanowicz and pianist Wesley Frye! Come for the classic songs, stay for the tidbits about the songwriters and their place in the musical theatre canon. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to a local charity, selected specifically for each show.
Film Noir Tosca
The Republic has fallen. The military is in charge. The former president is on the run, being hunted by the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Floria Tosca is the premier opera diva of the time. Mario Caveradossi is a local painter and Tosca’s lover. When Baron Scarpia is found dead in his office, a detective is called in to investigate. He must untangle how these two artists found themselves on the front lines of a political uprising.
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
The Trail to Oregon
THE TRAIL TO OREGON! - Originally Produced by StarKid Productions
Inspired by the prolific Minnesota created video game, The Trail to Oregon! is a hilarious, interactive musical by StarKid Productions that parodies the classic video game, following a dysfunctional pioneer family's absurd journey west filled with dysentery, bandits, and exploding cows, where audience choices (naming characters, plot points) dictate the chaotic adventure, often leading to dark humor and unexpected deaths.
Not Your Mother's Silent Night
Roz Prickel returns for another year of festivity at the Hive! Well known is Roz's love of the holiday season, but what is less well known is that she has curated her own original christmas music over the years. Enough to fill an entire album or even to make a full length musical one day! For now, it's just exciting to gather for an evening and hear them all along with the stories behind the music. It is truly the perfect way to traipse through what she affectionately calls "Bermuda Triangle Week." Nothing like original tunes and good clean humor to get you safely though that pesky time between Christmas and New Years without a scratch.
Four Stories/Four Genres: A book release Party
Four Stories/Four Genres
Readings and showings of handmade stories in four genres: A short film from Minneapolis' 48-hour film project by Reel 1s, creative non-fiction by Tou SaiKo Lee, fiction by John Colburn, poetry by Oli Peters. This event doubles as a book release party for The Persistence, a collection of short stories by John Colburn.
Free (and easy).
The Honey Jar
Presented by the Hive Collaborative and Twin Cities theatermakers Destiny Davison and Ross Flores, The Honey Jar is a new monthly improv variety show that brings the funniest troupes in town together for a night of laughs and fresh comedy!
The Honey Jar is hosted once a month on a Tuesday at 7pm, and features 2-3 troupes per night. Join us after the show for a community hangout to meet the performers, connect with other improvisers, and catch up on the latest buzz!
Rise Up, Sing Out! A concert for the First Amendment Watch Party
On June 14, join us for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — an uplifting evening of music, community, and action. Hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), this special livestream event will feature an all-star lineup including Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Wilson Cruz, Broadway Inspirational Voices, and more.
Join us for this watch party!
A Drinking Game MN Presents DIRTY DANCING
A Drinking Game MN returns with Dirty Dancing and we are dancing to the beat of our hearts! … That was totally one of their taglines and you bet we couldn’t pass that one up!
Join us on June 13th as our actors take to the stage (and the dance floor) to bring you a live stage reading (also dancing) of Dirty Dancing! Our actors will have script in hand as they bring this story to life, with drinking cues throughout the show. YOU, our audience, will also have drinking cues throughout. Hear a bell and take a drink of your favorite beverage! Mark your calendars, join us and get ready because nobody puts our audience in the corner. We can’t wait to quote, and dance our way through the show with you!
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
Stand Up, Stand Out Comedy!
For one night only, The Hive Collaborative hosts a night of Stand Out, Stand Up Comedy with long time pals Mary Rowles and Jason Schommer...
Mary Rowles, twice nominated “Campus Entertainer of the Year” for the Upper Midwest region through the National Association of Campus Activities” has performed from coast-to-coast playing to standing ovations for colleges, clubs and corporations.
Flawlessly flitting between hilarious stand-up comedy, breathtakingly good characters and original songs and song parodies, a night with Mary Rowles is one not easily forgotten. She adores her dear friend Jason Schommer and is thrilled to be sharing the stage with him again.
16 Bar Bingo: MOSAIC PERFORMING ARTS presents TRIOS!
Buzz Music Theater presents 16 Bar BINGO at The Hive Collaborative!
Join us for this new music trivia event, with this event featuring performers from MOSAIC PERFORMING ARTS!
75 16 bar cuts of your favorite TRIOS from musicals and more! 3 rounds of BINGO, with prizes for each round winner! Complimentary buzzy treats hosted by The Hive!
Music at The Hive
Music at the Hive is excited to present this exciting night of improvised music!
Nathan Hanson, Pink Marlena, Jeremy Ylvisaker and Steve Hirsh in a first-of-its-kind lineup.
Improvised music that channels individual and collective stories before your very ears.
Music that investigates what it feels like to be alive in this moment.
Join us for a glimpse into the full catastrophe of human experiencing.
Leaf Man CD Release Screening
Come celebrate the official release of Leaf Man (Music from the Film) on CD!
Leaf Man is a metaphysical monster movie following a man's psychedelic odyssey through a world of organic existential transformations. Driven by a powerful shoegaze score, this wordless short film reshapes the boundary between ourselves, our surroundings, and each other, in the search for a meaningful life.
The Honey Jar
Presented by the Hive Collaborative and Twin Cities theatermakers Destiny Davison and Ross Flores, The Honey Jar is a new monthly improv variety show that brings the funniest troupes in town together for a night of laughs and fresh comedy!
The Honey Jar is hosted once a month on a Tuesday at 7pm, and features 2-3 troupes per night. Join us after the show for a community hangout to meet the performers, connect with other improvisers, and catch up on the latest buzz!
16 Bar Bingo: BOOK CLUB BINGO
Buzz Music Theater presents 16 Bar BINGO at The Hive Collaborative!
Join us for this new music trivia event, featuring local performers and Hive owners Eric Morris & Laura Rudolph!
75 16 bar cuts of your favorite from musicals inspired by BOOKS, songs about BOOKS, and MORE! 3 rounds of BINGO, with prizes for each round winner! Complimentary buzzy treats hosted by The Hive!
Gut
Debuting the U.S. premiere of Gut, by Frances Poet, is a tense psychological drama set in pre‑pandemic Scotland that explores trust, fear, and parental instinct. When a child spends unsupervised time with a stranger, a mother spirals into obsessive “what ifs,” blurring the line between reality and paranoia.
Directed By Julie K. Phillips
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
Marble
A premonition of impending disaster precedes a collision between the conscious and subconscious lives of two married couples. Hidden fantasies and passions conflict with the calls of friendship and fidelity.
Dirty Twenty
Dirty Twenty: An Interactive D&D Improv Campaign
Ready to play dirty? Dirty Twenty combines the epic fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons with live, interactive, improv performance. Bring your dirtiest selves, and let’s roll the f****n dice!
Slinky
Slinky explores the invisible struggle of male eating disorder recovery through an intimate domestic lens. Elias has gained five pounds toward his goal weight of 140, but his controlling mother sees only the twenty pounds he still needs to gain. When he begins dating Lara, he keeps his hospitalization secret, hoping to construct a "normal" life before the truth emerges. As the relationship deepens and his mother's interference escalates, Elias must choose between the comfort of being monitored and the terrifying freedom of saving himself.
The Imaginary Invalid
The Imaginary Invalid
April 30th – May 10th
In Molière’s classic farce, a hypochondriac schemes to secure free healthcare by marrying their child to a physician. What follows is a whirlwind of disguises, clever servants, and comic mischief.
Directed by Deb Schneider
The Honey Jar
Presented by the Hive Collaborative and Twin Cities theatermakers Destiny Davison and Ross Flores, The Honey Jar is a new monthly improv variety show that brings the funniest troupes in town together for a night of laughs and fresh comedy!
The Honey Jar is hosted once a month on a Tuesday at 7pm, and features 2-3 troupes per night. Join us after the show for a community hangout to meet the performers, connect with other improvisers, and catch up on the latest buzz!
The Midway Cabaret All Ages Variety Drag Show
Come on down to The Hive to see a variety of sparkling drag performances showcasing, queer joy, rhinestones, storytelling, glamour and love for all ages! This show is being put on by local performer Zestina the Drag Queen, poetic scientist Trina Morlock, and the Hamline University Everything Drag Club!
The Boy Who Cried
The Boy Who Cried
Written and performed by Em Adam Rosenberg
Directed by Ben Lohrberg
I am VERY happy. There is NO wolf. This play does NOT feature real sheep. I am NOT a liar!
In the premiere of their first ever solo show, Em Adam Rosenberg weaves personal narrative together with the familiar fable, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” This new work explores childhood mischief, the importance of truth, and the impact of traumatic events on our lives.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Razia’s Shadow
A dazzling, fantastical spectacle of puppetry and live vocals awaits you this spring at the Hive Collaborative!
The Carnival of Fools
Winter’s gloom is melting away- come warm yourself with laughter and light at the Carnival of Fools! See the Twin Cities’ most colorful drag artists and performers entertain you in a menagerie of song and dance.
Fool’s attire encouraged!
$10 per person at the door, $5 if you bring a friend!
MNProv LIVE!
MNprov Live! is Minnesota’s first professional improv troupe featuring all neurodivergent players. It’ll be an evening full of quick thinking, big laughs, and unexpected moments — the kind of show you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up. Come celebrate creativity, connection, and a little bit of chaos (the fun kind).
The Honey Jar’s Super Casual Gala
The Honey Jar, the most antioxidant rich improv comedy variety show in town, is kicking off our 2026 season at the Hive Collaborative with a super casual gala! Come out to show your support for local theater, enjoy some PUPPET-themed improv, meet local artists & new improv friends, and get a little fancy with us!
Great Falls
Ride along with Monkey Man and Bitch (the only names she will let them use) as a recently divorced man and his estranged stepdaughter take an unexpected road trip through the western United States.
Bitch and Monkey Man,
Now search for a shared language.
Can words write past wrongs?
She's My Most Intimate Friend: Songs of the Pansy Craze
She’s My Most Intimate Friend: Songs of the Pansy Craze is a tribute to the often-forgotten crusaders of the queer underground cabaret movement of the 1920s and 1930s. Max Wojtanowicz will sing songs made famous by gay musician Bruz Fletcher and early female impersonators Karyl Norman, Gene Malin, and Julian Eltinge, with Wesley Frye on piano. All proceeds will go to Queermunity, a community space and café in Minneapolis offering queer-affirming resources and events.
Sweet Clone of Mine: A Neil Diamond Experiment
Neil Diamond has taken up residence at The Bitter End, or so he thinks.
An aging Neil Diamond comes face to face… with his face. And his fate!
Featuring the music of NEIL DIAMOND, this sci-fi thriller musical event shines the spotlight on the danger of AI in an artistic world.
You Know, David Beukema *Can* Sing
Despite having appeared in many musicals, Twin Cities actor David Beukema still feels like a musical runt. Why is that? And can he finally make his lifelong cabaret dreams come true? A evening of songs and stories, featuring Bradley Beahen on piano, special guests, and different content every performance!
Would I Lie to You?
Get ready for an evening of outrageous stories, quick wit, and hilarious deception as six of Minnesota’s sharpest performers go head-to-head in a live version of Would I Lie to You?
Can you spot the truth among the tall tales? Will our teams fool each other—or you? With a mix of comedians, storytellers, and local personalities, this high-energy show promises unpredictable laughs and a unique spin on the hit British panel game.