Fringe 2023 - Returning Favorites - Comedy Suitcase

What If We Hugged?

A solo show by Levi Weinhagen

Stories of masculinity, fatherhood, and heart disease from a comedy writer turned race and gender justice worker.

Venue: Strike Theater
Tagged for: Solo Show, Audience Participation
Content Warnings: None

This won’t be your standard Comedy Suitcase Fringe production - no dialogue, physical theater, comedy pratfalls, etc.  But that’s just fine.

I’d happily listen to whatever Levi Weinhagen wants to chat about for an hour.  The artist involved is more of a guarantee of time well-spent than a lot of other random Fringe shows I might go see.  So I’m glad he’s on the Fringe schedule this year, and another of the roster of returning favorites at the Strike Theater venue (Alison Broeren, Mike Fotis, Michael Shaeffer).  I could easily spend a day or evening (or two) at Strike and not hit a bad show.  They’ve got quite the line-up this year.

Very little information on this show, but I’m willing to give it a look just based on the long history of good Fringe shows we’ve all gotten from the Comedy Suitcase team.

If you need credentials to be impressed, here are some of Levi’s from the Fringe show page:
“Levi Weinhagen is a writer, producer, performer, podcaster, trainer and educator. He co-founded the all-ages theater company Comedy Suitcase and has created multiple original shows that were in the top 10 of ticket sales at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. In 2012 Levi was named an Artist of the Year by City Pages. He was the first ever Artist in Residence for the Walker Art Center’s Education and Family programs department in 2014-2015. He is a teaching artist with COMPAS. Levi produced and hosted a podcast called ‘Not About You’ that is a serious yet entertaining look at social justice issues in America. He is a graduate of HOPE Community’s Sustainable Progress Through Engaging Active Citizens (SPEAC) organizer training program. Levi is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory. He completed the 2017 Center for Performance and Civic Practice Summer Institute. Levi also runs Routine Maintenance, a race and gender justice focused consulting firm.”
 

Here's some handy links to this year's Top 10, and Top 11-20 Lists, plus the full list of all returning favorites at this year's Fringe, plus a link to all the 2023 Minnesota Fringe Festival coverage.