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BACK FOR THE HOLIDAYS BY POPULAR DEMAND!

 
 

Audience favorite Bradley Greenwald celebrates winter’s beauty, the holiday blues, and the soul’s need for rebirth in an eclectic program of words and music as kaleidoscopic as the season. It’s sure to warm snow-covered hearts!

First presented in December 2013, Bradley Greenwald, along with pianist Sonja Thompson, create a meditative and joyful performance of music and poems embracing the longest and darkest night of the year.

Celebrating and embracing winter, the holidays and "hell-i-days," Seasonal Affective Disorder, friends, family, Christians, and Pagans, Greenwald brings light and levity as well as reflection and renewal to the season. Rodgers and Hart, Leonard Cohen, Purcell, J. S. Bach, Sting, Peter Mayer, Dar Williams, and more get their songs sung, with a little Margaret Atwood, Joseph Campbell, and Ogden Nash thrown in for good measure.

  • TICKETS

    $26— General Admission
    $22— Students

    A limited number of $10 Economic Accessibility tickets are available online for all performances. If not sold out, a limited number of pay as able tickets will be available at the door. View our ticketing policy.

    AGE RECOMMENDATION: Ages 14 and up.

  • PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

    Thurs, Dec. 9, 7:30pm*
    Fri, Dec. 10, 7:30pm*
    Sat, Dec. 11, 7:30pm OPENING
    Sun, Dec. 12, 4pm
    Mon, Dec. 13, 7:30pm
    Wed, Dec. 15, 7:30pm
    Fri, Dec. 17, 7:30pm
    Sat, Dec. 18. 7:30pm
    Sun, Dec. 19, 4pm SOLD OUT
    Tues, Dec. 21, 7:30pm SOLD OUT

    RUN TIME 75 min., no intermission.

    *Dec. 9 & 10 performances have been rescheduled.

  • COVID-19

    For the safety and peace of mind of our audience members, artists, and staff, Open Eye Theatre is requiring proof of full COVID-19 vaccination for anyone entering the theatre. For anyone unable to be vaccinated, we will require proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the performance. As an added precaution, all audience members and staff are required to wear a face mask in the theatre. We greatly appreciate your compliance with this policy and thank you for helping to ensure that the show will go on! View the policy.

  • ACCESSIBILITY

    Contact Open Eye at boxoffice@openeyetheatre.org or 612-874-6338 for accessibility information and requests.

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CREATIVE TEAM

Created and Performed by Bradley Greenwald
With Pianist Sonja Thompson

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Reviews

“It’s a sweet, cozy performance that celebrates the solstice in a way that feels richer for its acknowledgment that darkness and chill do bring with them some melancholy.”
— Star Tribune

“Longest Night provides comfort during troubled times.”
— Pioneer Press

“The Longest Night is the loveliest of celebrations of the season.” — Cherry and Spoon

 
 

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506 E. 24th Street
Minneapolis, MN

Free parking is available in the lot on the southeast corner of 24th Street and Portland Avenue, courtesy of Lutheran Social Services.