Theo Langason, Jake Manzi, CB

An evening of musical musings from two of Minneapolis's finest songwriters, along with a record release from LA's Jake Manzi. Theo Langason Bio: Theo Langason (he/him) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist and teaching artist based in Minneapolis. A graduate of Rutgers University–Camden with a degree in Theatre Arts, Theo has been working nationally and internationally as an actor, director, musician, composer, improviser, poet, and teaching artist for over a decade. Theo is a co-artistic director of Red Eye Theater, a member of Sandbox Theatre, and a member of Blackout Improv. As a teaching artist, Theo has worked with Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, and Upstream Arts. Theo has also worked with Ten Thousand Things, Park Square Theatre, Pillsbury House + Theater, and Stages Theatre, among others. Jake Manzi: Jake Manzi is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter, raised in Western Massachusetts. With a subtle touch for turning up pure song-stuff out of life, channeling the likes of Marshall Crenshaw and Tom Petty, of Lucinda Williams and Bruce Springsteen, Manzi offers you his singular take on what contemporary pop-rock can be. Opening for acts like Dawes, NRBQ, Ron Sexsmith, Lori McKenna, and M. Ward and collaborating with artists like Don Was, Mikaela Davis, and Madison Cunningham, Jake Manzi is a songwriter to be reckoned with and a unique talent to be enjoyed. He is currently touring on his 3rd LP, Getting Somewhere. CB: CB. is Texas-born Minnesota-bloomed interdisciplinary artist Christian Bardin (they/she), whose music has hard and soft edges + features wild vocals -- “Joni Mitchell strapped to a rocket.” They composed the short opera YR GOD MY GOD through MN Opera’s MNiatures commission (YouTube), have sung backup for Aby Wolf, Eric Mayson, Theo Langason, and Daniel Bonespur, had a long career in theater, and had a poem about restringing a guitar published through Queer Voices. Debut album SHORTS (as a trans nonbinary person who came out in my 30s, I haven't always known how to be myself, but I have always felt like myself when I'm wearing *shorts*) out on Aura Vortex Records <3 ig: c_bard