Kevin Kling and Victor Zupanc: Your Ultimate Troubadours

Stories and Songs

Drawing from theater careers adding up to almost 100 years, these two “chairmen of the boards” relive in music and stories from the decade — the 80’s! — when these Twin Cities were the artistic rival of 1916 Paris, the famed Algonquin Room or the Nashville Waffle House. Spanning milieus and monologues, lighting grids to green rooms, personal triumphs to tragedies this is a show sure to warm the February chill. Whether or not you made Minneapolis/St. Paul home in the 1980’s you’re sure to find a bit of your heart yearning for the innocence, thankful for surviving and entertained by the sheer audacity. Preview, run and closing February 28, 2026 at 6 pm.

Kevin Kling: Story Teller

Victor Zupanc: Singer/Songwriter

Kevin Kling is a beloved storyteller and an award winning playwright and writer whose plays have been produced in regional theaters, including The Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, the Goodman, Kennedy Center, Denver Center and off Broadway at Westside Arts and Second Stage Theater. Kevin is a frequent performer at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. He has written five books and appears often on PBS and Minnesota Public Radio. His PBS autobiographical documentary Kevin Kling: Lost and Found won a Regional Emmy. He was named the Minneapolis Storyteller Laureate by Mayor RT Rybak in 2014. www.kevinkling.com.

Victor Zupanc has been a composer, music director, sound designer and performer on over 300 plays at some of the most prestigious theaters in America and abroad winning many awards for his work. Since 1989, he has been the resident Music Director/Composer at the Tony Award winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis as well as twenty-five productions at The Guthrie Theater. In addition, Kevin and Victor have been commissioned together to create large scale pieces for orchestras and chamber ensembles. www.victorzupanc.com.