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FRINGE FILE: The Golden Lanyard Awards

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The 31st Minnesota Fringe Festival wrapped up last night with the Golden Lanyard Awards.

Audience-driven Awards

Spirit of the Fringe

  • A Swimming Lesson in a Theatre Without a Lifeguard by an alleged Theatre Company

Audience Picks

  • Grindr Help Desk: The Musical by David Stillman
  • New Origins: Beauty and the Beast by Two Minnie Cooks
  • A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism by Melancholics Anonymous

Venue Picks 

  • Adaptopus by Hercules Theatre Company at Augsburg Main
  • The Very Model of a Modern Monster Scientist by Mermaid Productionsat Augsburg Studio
  • Grindr Help Desk: The Musical by David Stillman at Mixed Blood Theatre Company
  • BRUTUS by Rebecca Wickert and Ella Eastman-Kiesow at Theatre in the Round
  • A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism by Melancholics Anonymous at Rarig Arena
  • 1992: Mistakes Were Made! by Jason Schommer at Rarig Xperimental
  • 5-Step Guide to Being German by Paco Erhard at Rarig Thrust
  • Ha Ha Da Vinci by Phina Pipia at Southern Theater

Fringe with Benefits Member Pick 

  • Baldwin’s Last Fire by Black Lives Black Words International Project

Artist-driven Awards 

Artist Picks:

  • “Starved”: The Astonishing True Story of the University of Minnesota Starvation Experiment by Pat O’Brien
  • Ha Ha Da Vinci by Phina Pipia
  • A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism by Melancholics Anonymous

Underdog Award 

  • The Definition of Loss by Ashen Armor Productions

Staff-driven Awards

  • Reincarnation Soup by Viet Nguyen presented by Amber Bjork, Artist Liaison / Office Manager
  • Funny, Like an Abortion by EnCompass Theatre,  presented by Felicia Cooper, Director of Audience & Volunteer Engagement
  • we can wish: a beatboxing and music variety show by musicbyskippy, presented by Mitchell Frazier, Festival Technical Director
  • Phoenix Presents by Phoenix Theater, presented by Ariel Pinkerton, Community Liaison

Beverlee Award was given to our dedicated patron, Nanette Stearns.

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