Chris Davis was last here (his first Minnesota Fringe) in 2023. He was #4 on my Top 10 list that year and he lived up to the much deserved hype he got from friend and Minnesota Fringe favorite Sam Landman. I’m very happy to see he wanted to make a return trip to Minneapolis with more of his comedy.
Some things I said in my 5-star review about his combination stand-up and improv comedy show that year:
“Skewering stereotypes and semantics, banning books improv-style, deconstructing which lives matter and the unfortunate naming of buildings, Davis' comedy may be laid back but it still hits all its targets…
Good stand-up comedy is rare. Good stand-up comedy that deals with thorny topics like race relations or sexuality is even rarer. So I’m very glad that comedian Chris Davis made the trip up from Alabama to do a couple of his shows for us...
The two “Chris Davis Does Stuff” shows (Just Black Enough, and Seriously, I’m Not Gay) are sort of a cross between a stand-up routine and a solo show. Basically a much funnier than usual solo show. And a much more thoughtful stand-up routine, with a larger, overarching theme behind it. I appreciate comedy that requires that my brain still be turned on and not off. Chris Davis delivers the laughs I need, and the insight I wasn’t expecting. Can’t ask for more than that from a good Fringe show.”
This time around, Chris is bringing his friend Rich Mansfield with him and they’re going full improv comedy this time. As the poster for their show “Road Trip!” says, “Improv Comedy Goes on the Road. You Choose the Destinations. We Take You on the Journey.”
Description:
Too expensive to go on a road trip? Then join two improv comedians as they take a ROAD TRIP without ever leaving the theater! You don’t need to pitch in for gas, just pitch in suggestions for destinations and leave the “driving” and comedy to them. Where will there journey take them? That’s for you to know and us to find out!
Venue - Bryant Lake Bowl
Content Warnings - None
Genre and Content - Comedy, Musical Theater, Audience Participation
Ages 16 and Up
Whatever Chris has in mind for this return trip, I’m happy to check it out.
If you need more convincing, here are Chris and Rich’s bios:
“Chris Davis started doing improv comedy in 2000 and stand up comedy in 2003. He is a member of Ugly Baby Improv, ETC Improv, and hosts Fresh Ground Comics, Birmingham's longest running local comedy showcase. Chris performs comedy, theater, appears in commercials, corporate videos, print ads and hosts many different events around town, including the Birmingham Moth StorySlam. He’s been fortunate enough to have opened for Janeane Garofalo, Al Madrigal, Michael Ian Black, Hannibal Buress, Brian Posehn, Jen Kirkman and performed comedy sets at two TEDX Birminhgam events in Birminhgam, Alabama.
Raised in the windswept cornfields of Illinois, Rich spent a decade performing standup throughout the MidWest , as well as a five year layover in Minnesota performing on stage in scripted and improvised productions all over the upper Midwest. Rich now performs regularly with two separate improv teams as well as producing and hosting his own comedy stage shows in Birmingham, AL.”
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