Must See
Whenever actor Sam Sweere’s monologue about his recent lymphoma treatment — cheekily titled “A Good Cancer to Have” — gets too depressing, his stage partner and real-life wife, Leah, rings a bell. The lights go green, and 25-year-old Sweere delivers a quippy nonsequitur from the journal he kept while hopped up on meds. That’s this show in a nutshell: Simultaneously spiritually revelatory and laugh-out-loud funny, from a talented performer with consistently spot-on comedic timing. The script is still a little rough around the edges, which Sweere is well aware of and deftly leans into onstage. The almost Nathan Fielder-esque twist ending is vulnerable and touching and delightfully unexpected.
Presented by Theatre on the Rocks at Mixed Blood; 2:30 p.m. Aug. 3, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 10 p.m. Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 10
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The Minnesota Fringe Festival is presenting nearly 100 hourlong stage acts from July 31 through Aug. 10 around Minneapolis. Visit MinnesotaFringe.org for ticket and show information.
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