Little House star Alison Arngrim comes to Saint Paul with Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

Alison Arngrim, also known as the devious Nellie Oleson from the hit TV show Little House on the Prairie, is coming to the Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar for a limited engagement July 18 and 19, 2012. In Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, a show based on her recent autobiography, Arngrim shares her hilarious memories of growing up as one of television's most unforgettable and unforgiving characters.

For seven years, Alison Arngrim played the nasty, manipulative, menacing brat on one of America's most beloved family TV series. Though millions of Little House viewers might have hated Nellie Oleson and her evil antics, Arngrim grew to love her character and the freedom and confidence Nellie inspired in her.

In Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Arngrim recounts her most cherished and often hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from the Little House set including how she and her real life best friend, Melissa Gilbert (who played her on-screen nemesis Laura Ingalls), accidentally got drunk off of rum cakes at Seven-11 before peeing their wet suits during the filming of the infamous "Camp Out" episode; or the only time she appeared in public in costume which provoked a posse of vengeful elementary schoolgirls to attack her.

Arngrim also shares her experiences growing up in an eccentric Hollywood family. The daughter of Thor Arngrim, talent manager to Liberace among others, and Norma Macmillan, a voice-over actress who played famed characters such as Casper the Ghost, Gumby and Davey of Davey and Goliath, Arngrim's family life was anything but ordinary. She says that it was thanks to Nellie that she was able to find strength to survive some of her most harrowing personal struggles. "When I played Nellie Oleson, she allowed me to scream, to howl, to throw things, to pour out all my pain and rage over and over again in a safe place. Nellie taught me that I could be angry, and the world would not open up and swallow me."

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch plays at Camp Bar and Cabaret, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Performances are on Wednesday, July 18, and Thursday, July 19, both at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. VIP tickets with preferred seating and a paperback copy of Arngrim's book are also available for $49.00.

Alison Arngrim starred as the scheming Nellie Oleson for seven years on the iconic TV series Little House on the Prairie. She also guest-starred on such cult classics as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and the NBC movie of the week I Married Wyatt Earp, and has appeared in numerous films and plays. Arngrim now performs stand-up; her one-woman show "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" has become a worldwide phenomenon. Since Arngrim's friend and "Little House husband" co-star Steve Tracy passed away due to complications of HIV/AIDS in 1986, Arngrim has done extensive advocacy work on behalf of HIV awareness and abused children, volunteering for non-profit organizations such as AIDS Project Los Angeles, Tuesday's Child, and The National Association to Protect Children. Arngrim lives in Los Angeles with her husband.

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