FRINGE FILE #19: Touring Artist Spotlight – Band Practice and Don’t Be Scared Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2026August 7, 2026 The official show image for Don't Be Scared, presented by Berlin-based duo Band Practice at the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. One of the touring artist ensembles performing at this year's Minnesota Fringe Festival is Band Practice. Their show, Don't Be Scared, is presented as a bizarre self-help workshop about fear. In
REVIEW: A Glittering MNSong Showcase (Source Song Festival) Arts Music by Basil Considine - August 7, 2026August 7, 2026 A file photo of a Source Song Festival event at Westminster Hall in Minneapolis. Once upon a time, a certain CEO of Target said that the combination of low cost-of-living and wealth of arts and lifestyle offerings in the Twin Cities was one of Minnesota's best-kept secrets. Thanks to the
FRINGE FILE #18: Mini Reviews #1 – Watership Down, Mario, and Papi Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2026August 7, 2026 A collage of official show photos for Minnesota Fringe shows covered in this review round-up. This is the first installment in the Twin Cities Arts Reader's mini-review series covering the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Watership Down (Melancholics Anonymous) Show page: https://minnesotafringe.org/shows/2026/watership-down Official Show Description: Digger. Listener. Runner. A small band of
FRINGE FILE #17: INTERVIEW – Dawn Bentley on The Quiet Piggy and Helming Fringe Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 5, 2026August 5, 2026 A promotional image for The Quiet Piggy, one of 104 shows at the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival, which launches Thursday. It would be nigh on impossible to accuse Dawn Bentley, Executive Director of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, of lacking in talents. Over the years, she's checked off a biochemistry degree, bodybuilding,
PREVIEW: The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company’s Crew of Pirates (and More) Arts Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 5, 2026 This fall, when the Twin Cities are bracing for the winter, the Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company will be preparing itself for the spotlight. Piracy under the spotlight, that is. In the...Wild West? Indeed, for its fall production of The Pirates of Penzance, GSVLOC is going with a new subtitle
FRINGE FILE #16: INTERVIEW – r. d. rhobajt and the Shoes & Socks & Coats Show Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 4, 2026August 7, 2026 The official show image for Socks & Shoes & Coats by rick rhobajt widen, one of 104 shows playing at the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival.. The Minnesota Fringe Festival has never shied away from life’s larger questions, but most shows don't come with quite so many pediatric appointments, preschool anxieties, and
FRINGE FILE #15: Preview #2 (August 5) Arts Comedy Dance Lifestyle Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 4, 2026August 5, 2026 A collage of the official show photos for the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Trying to plan your Minnesota Fringe Festival experience and unsure of where to start? How about seeing a bunch of 3-minute show excerpts – live – before deciding to commit? Mark your calendar for August 5 at 7:30 PM. That's when
FRINGE FILE #14: INTERVIEW – Foshay, Foshay, Foshay – with Kevin Bowen Arts Music by Basil Considine - August 3, 2026August 3, 2026 A promotional image for the musical Foshay! You Know The Tower - Now Hear The Story, which runs at the Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre in Minneapolis as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival from August 8-16. One of the most unmistakable parts of the Minneapolis skyline is the Foshay Tower. This
NEWS: Minneapolis 8th Annual SongSLAM Winners Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 1, 2026August 3, 2026 If Classical music is dead, no one told the sold out audience at this evening's SongSLAM. Not a seat was free at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, where lovers of music and poetry sipped libations and listened to the world premiere of six new art songs. The event, the Minneapolis 8th Annual
FRINGE FILE #13: INTERVIEW – Christy Johnson and the Radiant Ember in the Theatre Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 29, 2026July 29, 2026 The official show photo for Black and Foxy Co's cabaret Ember, which plays at the University of Minnesota's Rarig Kilburn Theatre as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. What does a theatre producer do? In short, oversee everything – financial, logistics, creative, and anything else that needs nudging, nurturing, prodding,