For the second year in a row, the Minnesota State Fair rejects Doris Rubenstein’s traditional kosher dill pickles. When Doris confronts the judges, it becomes clear that they don’t understand her traditional Jewish brining process. Disappointed but not defeated, Doris sets out to uncover why they’re not receiving their due ranking. As she digs deeper, Doris discovers there’s more than pickles fermenting, there’s hell to raise. A Pickle is a darkly comedic look at prejudice and the power of Chutzpah (outrageous gumption). Based on true events.

The world-premiere of a witty and dynamic one-act comedy that examines a long-lived friendship and its ups and downs through the course of several decades. In this hilarious and intimate one-act production, playwrights and performers Richard Greenblatt and Diane Flacks uncover the underlying tensions that permeate all friendships. Diane Flacks is a writer/performer whose solo shows have been critically acclaimed, published and toured North America. She has twice performed excerpts from her show Bear With Me at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Fest. Diane’s written for tv, including Working the Engels, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Young Drunk Punk, PR, and The Broad Side. Richard Greenblatt has performed in theatres across Canada and abroad, as well as in feature films, television and radio. He has directed well over 100 productions for theatres across the country; the vast majority being original and/or Canadian works. He co-wrote 2 Pianos 4 Hands, which played on five continents and in over 150 cities since it opened in 1996.

In this intimate show, multi-award winning stage and cabaret performer Gabi Epstein shares her own journey of self-discovery using reimagined, rearranged versions of Barbra Streisand’s greatest hits. Winnipeg audiences may remember Gabi from her 2017 stint in Little Shop of Horrors at Rainbow Stage. Accompanied by Mark Camilleri, Gabs Sings Babs promises to leave you laughing and singing along!

Seth Zosky and CJ Capital considered Kanye West to be one of their biggest inspirations on their paths to becoming singer-songwriters and America’s Got Talent contestants. Now the pair search for answers, as they stretch the blurred lines of song and protest. What do you do when the artist you admire hates you simply for who you are? Is it possible to separate art from its artist? How can reclaiming ‘cancelled’ music make us stronger?

In an era of rising nationalism and heightened politics, two friends are torn apart when the Nazi regime infiltrates their friendship and families to devastating effect. Based on the bestselling book, which was written as an anti-fascist call to arms and banned in 1930s Germany for dramatically exposing the threat of Nazism, Address Unknown is a timely warning of how humanity can fail in the face of extreme ideology.

It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice... or take a stand... or turn around and go back. In this uplifting award-winning show, the lives of four characters get wrapped up in a song cycle that’s trapped in the contemporary news cycle. Jason Robert Brown is an American-Jewish musical theatre composer and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for his work on Parade and The Bridges of Madison County.