SMOKE HOUSE STAGE
2025
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2025
JEN BURLEIGH-BENTZ with ANDREW FLESER
This Twin Cities theater diva brings us some smokin' hot Yacht Rock – sweet and tangy tunes from Chicago, REO Speedwagon, George Benson, and more!
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2025
JOHN HEIMBUCH performs Charlie Bethel’s GILGAMESH
with live musical underscoring improvised by JAKE ENDRES
This master storyteller brings another gripping ancient adventure story,
again getting some live musical silent-movie treatment!
FRIDAY 22 AUGUST 2025
KYM CHAMBERS OTTO with AARON VANDANACKER
This musical theater darling performs favorite songs from all over:
Broadway, pop, country, and (probably) even a Disney song or two!
FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2025
DAVID STODDARD w/Jake Endres
Local singer-songwriter legend returns with an evening of poignant and hilarious guitar and piano tunes, including some song swapping with your humble host!
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2025
KATHY LEE and Friends – featuring PRUDENCE JOHNSON & DAN CHOUINARD
Songs of Heartache and Hope: Legendary local soprano shares songs of heartache and hope, featuring even more local legends!
FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2025
JONI GRIFFITH & FELIX AGUILAR TOMLINSON
Scenes from a Garden: These music-theater charmers present some of their favorite duets and solos, centered around life, growth, joy, and human connection (and maybe even a singalong?)!
FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2025
JAKE ENDRES does TOM WAITS
with bassist/guitarist JAKE JACKSON
Another all-new, season-ending blowout of the songs of our beloved Musical Poet Laureate, featuring this pair of Jakes, one of who’s a phenom on both guitar and bass!