The Brown Theatre

Kentucky Performing Arts presents MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 LIVE: TIME BUBBLE TOUR

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 • 8:00pm • The Brown Theatre

THE SHOW

Following the wildly successful Watch Out for Snakes! Tour in 2017, the 30th Anniversary Tour in 2018, and The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019, Mystery Science Theater 3000 LIVE returns with an all new show! Join host Emily Connor (Emily Marsh) and the world’s greatest – and only – movie riffing robots, Tom Servo (Conor McGiffin), Crow (Nate Begle), and GPC (Yvonne Freese), as they take you on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the film Making Contact, imposed by Mad Scientist, Mega-Synthia (Yvonne Freese). Now you can sit in the same theater with your favorite characters and experience this long running comedy phenomenon in a universally-acclaimed LIVE event.

“Featuring animated toys in an overcrowded childhood during the eighties, complete with an evil ventriloquist dummy, and heavily branded IP at almost every turn...”

THE FILM

Making Contact (1985) Appears to be a send up — or at least heavily references — every Speilberg movie ever made, including notes of E.T., Poltergeist, The Goonies, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and just a pinch of Lincoln. Featuring animated toys in an overcrowded childhood during the eighties, complete with an evil ventriloquist dummy, and heavily branded IP at almost every turn, you’ll have fun watching as Emily and the Bots try to make sense of it all. Shot on location in Germany.

THE CAST

Emily Marsh Emily is a puppeteer, singer, and actor. She was most recently seen in the MST3K LIVE Social Distancing Riff Along Special and Behind the Scenes at Supermarket short during the 2020 Turkey Day Marathon. As a puppeteer, Emily was a part of the BBC TV show Moon and Me, the newest show created by Andy Davenport, creator of Teletubbies, which debuted in the U.S. on Universal Kids. Emily was also the puppeteer for ‘Slingy,’ Sling TV’s newest slinger in their new commercial campaign with a puppet built by Muppets veteran Tim Clarke. Emily has also performed theatrical puppetry all over the country. Favorite credits have included Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta and Gruff: An Eco-Puppet Musical with Doppleskope Theatre Company in New York City. Emily has been an MST3K fan since childhood and is beyond thrilled to be back on the road with the MST3K Live cast. emilykmarsh.com @emily.k.marsh

Conor McGuffin Conor McGiffin is fulfilling a childhood dream to be a part of this hilarious show as Tom Servo. Hanging with Crow, Cambot, Gypsy, Emily, and the myth himself, Joel Hodgson, is the professional thrill of his life! He even got to write part of tonight’s festivities. He is a proud University of Michigan graduate, Dover High School graduate, and is one of 6 people in American history to have actually lived in Delaware. His most recent productions include GUYS AND DOLLS (Clear Space Productions), FINDING NEVERLAND (National Tour), A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (National Tour), and THE GREAT CHEESY MOVIE CIRCUS TOUR (National Tour). You may have also seen him on Zoom trying to connect his headphones to the Bluetooth, or through a pair of binoculars from your van, you creep. To Mom, Dad, and Bridget, I love you all! Keep circulating the URL. See you in the Gizmoplex!

Nate Begle Nate is a Puppeteer, Voice Actor and most importantly... a lifelong “MSTie”!

Nate has puppeteered for film, TV, and stage. He has worked with The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Street, HBO, Universal Studios and The Walt Disney Company, where he opened WDW’s Muppet Show!

His voice work includes commercials, animation, video games, audiobooks, e-learning, and he can currently be heard as the promo voice and announcer for The Wendy Williams Show!

“MST3K is very much a part of who I am as a person and performer. It helped inform my sense of humor, and fed my love of movies, comedy and puppetry!”

Nate’s passion has always been bringing characters to life. He is truly honored to return as Crow for the live show and beyond excited to also write and perform on the new 13th season! natebegle.com Instagram: @nate_begle. Twitter: @NateBegle.

Yvonne Freese Yvonne Freese is ecstatic to be hitting the road again as new MAD Mega Synthia and sweet one-eyed purple GPC! Yvonne grew up on a dairy farm outside of Lanesboro, MN where her love of performing outgrew the audience of her animals, which landed her at Northern State University. Where she studied Music Ed and Musical Theater. When not on tour, Yvonne resides in Minneapolis where she has performed with a number of regional houses including; Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, Pillsbury House, Stage’s Children’s Theater, Really Spicy Opera Co, Open Eye Theater, Science Museum of MN and Teatro del Pueblo. Thank you to all Msties everywhere for being the best fans! Follow her @yifreeze and www.yvonnefreese.com