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Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women at the New Century Theatre

November 11, 2014

Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women,

Back by Popular Demand, Begins February 27

at the New Century Theatre

a giddy evening that will conjure the slumber party goer
in even the most jaded of us.Star Tribune

a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud, physical SNL-style production

grab your girlfriends and make a night of it.Minnesota Monthly

Tickets Go On Sale at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 14

MINNEAPOLISGirls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women, the original hit comedy celebrating the honor, truth, humor and silliness of being female, returns to Minneapolis by popular demand starting Friday, Feb. 27 to Sunday, April 19, 2015. It will run at Hennepin Theatre Trusts New Century Theatre, the 250-seat intimate performance space at 615 Hennepin Avenue in City Center, downtown Minneapolis. Starring a two-woman local cast of Melanie Wehrmacher and Jen Scott, Girls Only mixes sketch comedy, improvisation, audience participation, video and raucous songs in a unique examination of all things girly. Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. To purchase and for more information, please visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 612-455-9501.

Girls Only was created by Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein, two accomplished Denver actor/playwrights who adapted the earnest and sweetly absurd writings they re-discovered in their girlhood diaries. Since its inception, the show has been enjoyed by more than 150,000 women nationwide and in Canada, including two previous, highly successful Minneapolis runs.

Girls Only features the return of Twin Cities actors Melanie Wehrmacher and Jen Scott. Wehrmacher has performed locally at Red Eye Theatre, the Playwrights Center and the History Theatre, as well as in New York productions such as Over the Moon at the Eugene ONeill Theater Center. Her original solo play Trip at the Provincetown Playhouse won the Jig Cook Playwriting Award. Jen Scott has performed at Brave New Workshop, Childrens Theatre

Theatre Company and Park Square Theatre, among other venues. Shes a regular improviser at HUGE Theater and a long time contributor to the Chicago Avenue Project.

TICKET INFORMATION

Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women begins Friday, Feb. 27 and runs through Sunday, April 19, 2015, at Hennepin Theatre Trusts New Century Theatre (615 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55403). Performance days and times are Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. Prices are $29.50 for adults, $25.50 for seniors and $19.50 for students with a valid i.d. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional charges may apply. Tickets may be purchased in person at the New Century Theatre (no fees), online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org or by calling 612-455-9501. Groups save! To find out more about groups or using a performance to host a fundraiser, please call Jan Johnson at 612.455.9525.