February 8th – Richard Rousseau joins Loren Niemi @The Briar

Doors at 6:30 PM, Performance at 7:00 PM Central, Tickets $10 at the door
The Briar 1231 Washington Street Northeast, Minneapolis, MN

For over 30 years Richard Rousseau has been entertaining audiences as a storyteller. Richard’s repertoire ranges from stories based on the life experiences of an outsider to historical tales. He has appeared on various stages locally and nationally, performed in ten MN Fringe shows, and is a regular with Cheap Theater. He hosted a monthly winter storytelling series at Coffee Bene in St. Paul. Rousseau was named to the North Dakota State University (Mayville) Performing Arts Hall of Fame and received a NSN Oracle Regional Excellence Award for Creativity.

Loren Niemi is a poet, author, innovative storyteller and the founder of the American School of Storytelling. He received a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Storytelling Network in 2016 and a 2020 Midwest Book Award for his story collection, “What Haunts Us”. A new poetry memoir “A Breviary for the Lost” is available now. www.lorenNiemistories.com