When writer Alan Berks first conceived of the idea for Complicated Fun, he had no way of knowing just how relevant it would suddenly become.
The play, showing at the History Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota, takes its name from a song by a classic 80s punk band. The band, and other musicians alluded to in the play, sprung out of the thriving music scene that became known as “The Minneapolis Sound.”
That era is suddenly very much in the national spotlight due to the sudden and untimely passing of the man who was at the center of that music scene.
When writer Alan Berks first conceived of the idea for Complicated Fun, he had no way of knowing just how relevant it would suddenly become.
The play, showing at the History Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota, takes its name from a song by a classic 80s punk band. The band, and other musicians alluded to in the play, sprung out of the thriving music scene that became known as “The Minneapolis Sound.”
That era is suddenly very much in the national spotlight due to the sudden and untimely passing of the man who was at the center of that music scene.
When writer Alan Berks first conceived of the idea for Complicated Fun, he had no way of knowing just how relevant it would suddenly become.
The play, showing at the History Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota, takes its name from a song by a classic 80s punk band. The band, and other musicians alluded to in the play, sprung out of the thriving music scene that became known as “The Minneapolis Sound.”
That era is suddenly very much in the national spotlight due to the sudden and untimely passing of the man who was at the center of that music scene.
Stephanie Bertumen plays the role of “Girl” in “Complicated Fun.”
Complicated Fun is just one of the slate of plays produced by the History Theatre, sponsored in part by 3M. The theater seeks its source material in the events of Minnesota’s past.
Complicated Fun is just one of the slate of plays produced by the History Theatre, sponsored in part by 3M. The theater seeks its source material in the events of Minnesota’s past.