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,
FRINGE FILE #12: INTERVIEW – Storyteller and Producer Jena Young on The Label Maker and More Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 28, 2026July 29, 2026 A promotional image for The Label Maker, a solo storytelling show starring Jena Young that plays at the Minnesota Fringe Festival from August 8-16. Behind every show is a producer, making sure bills get paid, tech gets handled, and artists are able to make art. Or, if you're Jena Young, you
FRINGE FILE #11: INTERVIEW – Paul Andrew Willis, Jr. and The Importance of Being Eternal Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 27, 2026July 29, 2026 Script pages for The Importance of Being Eternal, a literary parody that Little Apple Theatre Company brings to the Minnesota Fringe Festival August 8-15. The Importance of Being Earnest, an 1895 play by Oscar Wilde, has been the subject of innumerable productions, classes, and adaptations. Its script is filled with highly
FRINGE FILE #10: INTERVIEW – Wesley Tilford on Being a Scab for Hire Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 26, 2026July 26, 2026 A promotional image for Budding Heads' production of Scab for Hire by Wesley Tilford, which plays at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis from August 8-15, as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, He had some awful substance left with
FRINGE FILE #9: The Previews Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 26, 2026July 26, 2026 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? If that floats your boat, then mark your calendar for July 27 and August 5 at 7:30 PM. That's when the two official
FRINGE FILE #8: INTERVIEW – Phillip Andrew Bennett Low on A Revolution Highly Favorable Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 25, 2026July 26, 2026 The official show image for A Revolution Highly Favorable, presented by Maximum Verbosity at the Strike Theater in Northeast Minneapolis from August 8-15, as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The United States is currently two years into the America 250 anniversary of the American Revolution, an occasion that has
FRINGE Roundup 2026 Arts Comedy Dance Lifestyle Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 25, 2026July 26, 2026 A collage made from promotional show images from the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader's coverage for the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published. Readers may also be interested in: Cherry and Spoon's Minnesota Fringe
FRINGE FILE #7: INTERVIEW – Multidisciplinary Theatremaker Kyle Dekker and Witness Loudly Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 25, 2026July 25, 2026 The official show image for Kind Fool Theater's production of Witness Loudly by Kyle B. Dekker, which runs from August 7-16 at Strike Theater in Northeast Minneapolis as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Critiquing recent and contemporary events is a hallowed tradition in the arts, ranging from epic poetry
FRINGE FILE #6: INTERVIEW – Actor Robin Carlisle on A Real Piece of Work and Falling Into Fringe Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 24, 2026July 25, 2026 The official Fringe photo for A Real Piece of Work, which runs at the Theatre in the Round from August 8-16 as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Mocking theatre – gently, lovingly, acerbically, and more – is a long-established tradition going back to Classical Greece. The playwright Aristophanes, writing in
FRINGE FILE #5: INTERVIEW – Ariel Pinkerton, Mermaids, and The Importance of Living Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 21, 2026July 21, 2026 A promotional image of The Importance of Living, one of more than a hundred Minnesota Fringe shows coming to the Twin Cities from August 6-16, 2026. Solo storytelling is one of the most common forms of fringe festival shows. One performer, plus or minus a mic, and the audience. It could