So picture this: You're sitting comfortably at a bar on an ordinary Monday night, kicking your week of by sipping a cold one and relaxing with friends. The bar is crowded - seems like everyone's treating a case of the "Mondays." Waiters bustle about delivering drinks, burgers, and appetizers. Then all of a sudden, as if on cue, the couple at the next table abruptly turns up the volume on their previously hushed conversation. As their voices rise, all eyes in the place become riveted on their table. Other conversations cease. Rude couple, perhaps? Not at all. They've just "lifted the curtain," so to speak, on another performance of Thirst Theater, the bar-goer's answer to dinner theater. Employing the Twin Cities most professional actors and playwrights, in what may be the city's most unprofessional (and thus enjoyable) setting, Thirst Theater is a Monday night phenomenon at Joe's Garage in Minneapolis. The short plays are performed in a manner that's about as in-your-face as theater can get. The actors are seated amongst the real diners; drinking, talking, laughing and shouting. Their private conversation is your evening's entertainment. Welcome to an eavesdropper's dream. This Monday, February 8, enjoy a performance of Thirst for Kung Fu: A Spirited Discussion, by playwright Matt Dawson. For a full schedule, visit Thirst's site.

Mondays
7:30 p.m.
$15

Joe's Garage
1610 Harmon Place, Mpls.