Show Info

Transvestite Soup performs shadow cast productions of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (typically) on last Saturday of every month. All performances are at the Parkway Theater at 48th & Chicago in Minneapolis. All of our shows are 18+. Doors at 11:30pm, orientation & ground rules speech at midnight, promptly followed by the main feature.

Our 2024 show dates are:

  • January 27
  • February 24
  • March 30
  • April 27
  • May 25
  • June 22
  • July 27
  • August 31
  • September 21
  • October 18
  • October 19
  • November 23
  • December 28

Tickets and Transport

Tickets can be purchased in advance here. The Parkway Theater is is serviced by Metro Transit’s D Line and 5 routes. There is no parking lot but street parking is available in the vicinity. We recommend carpooling with friends as there is not often transit service by the time the show gets out around 2am.

Props and Rules

The Rocky Horror Picture Show has a long history of audience participation, props being one of the most famous methods. We sell premade “Shag Bags” containing toilet paper, playing cards, and other goodies for $5 cash between 11:30 and midnight. Props are not mandatory, but please keep a few things in mind:

Feel free to bring:

  • Confetti
  • Bubbles
  • Noisemakers
  • Newspapers
  • Playing cards
  • Flashlights
  • Glow sticks
  • Rubber gloves
  • Birthday hats
  • Toilet paper
  • Gifts for cast and crew
  • Your friends!

Not permitted:

  • Food of any kind including
    • Rice
    • Toast
    • Hot dogs
  • Water guns
  • Weapons
  • Drugs
  • Outside alcohol

Following the rules is very important to ensure our show can continue to happen!

Dress Code

As long as it is legal (no public nudity), you are welcome to wear it. Come dressed as your favorite Rocky Horror character, goth’d out, in drag, sexy, dressed up, or dressed down—really whatever does it for you.

Content Warning

Rocky Horror is a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it’s low-brow fun and a chance to be vulgar for vulgarity’s sake. For others, it’s about finding community, reclaiming, and taking power away from slurs such as slut, fag, and more. Sometimes it’s both, and sometimes it’s neither. Besides being a significant part of queer history, the film itself is absurd, campy, meta, and rated R.

Be advised of the following content warnings for our show:

  • 1970s trans identity language
  • Sexual and identity slurs
  • Simulated sex
  • Simulated sexual assault
  • Simulated violence
  • Very, very poor taste

It is important to us that everyone who wants to attend The Rocky Horror Picture Show in Minneapolis has the tools to feel safe. The Rocky Horror Picture Show has a long history of people shouting at the screen; this is referred to as callbacks or call lines. Some of the historic callbacks were offensive and straight-up unfunny. We do not do those call lines. However, some of the call lines we still perform may come off as homophobic, ablest, transphobic, misogynistic, slut-shaming, etc, please understand we are not doing at this to attack you. We are coming at this from a place of deep love and concern, we are using these words to take the power of these words back from the haters.

Tips Appreciated!

Transvestite Soup is an all-volunteer cast and we do not get paid anything to put on this show. Your ticket cost goes to the theater to pay for the rights to screen the movie and to clean up the mess we make. If you want to leave us a tip after the show, we would really love that! It helps us pay for costumes, props, and more.

our cast during an October 2023 show