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FRINGE FILE #15: Preview #2 (August 5)

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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 the second of the official Minnesota Fringe Festival previews will reveal thirty companies’ most delectable minutes designed to woo you to their shows. Many a festival-goer’s carefully planned schedule has been upset by the thrill of the quick show hooks or raw charisma from the presenting artists.

Videos from the first preview night can be viewed online via YouTube. The remaining preview session takes place at the Rarig Stoll Thrust Theater (Rarig Center, University of Minnesota West Bank Campus, 330 21st Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55455), featuring 30 companies competing to win audience attention with a 3-minute teaser about their show.

Fringe fans Lauren Hance and Jeremy Motz will host the August 5 @ 7:30 PM preview.

The schedule is identical:

  • 6:30pm Box office opens
  • 7:00pm House opens
  • 7:30pm Previews begin
  • estimated run time ~90 minutes

Entry requires a current Festival Button (available for purchase on site).

The 33rd annual Minnesota Fringe Festival runs August 6-16, 2026 in Minneapolis, MN.

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August 5 Slate

  • Third Space Theater, Be Not Afraid
  • Jake Mierva, I Will Become The Silver Surfer. I Will Protect You.
  • Sockpop, 1 Hour Left to Live: A One Puppet Show by That Felt Good
  • Plucky Rosenthal, Vintage Tunes, Modern Gal
  • Rar Entertainment, Too Much of a Good Thing
  • Melancholics Anonymous, Watership Down
  • Todd Sullivan, Maniac
  • Tiyatro Misafir, Kismet
  • Jason Schommer, 1985: Relative Chaos
  • American School of Storytelling, More Better Stories
  • DallaDanna Productions, Love Is Blind: Minnesota Fringe Edition
  • Maximum Verbosity, A Revolution Highly Favorable
  • Ben San Del Presents, Apologies for the Late Reply
  • an alleged Theatre Company, Fast Death of a Salesman
  • Big Blue Theatre, A Dark Gotham Knight’s Dream
  • Jeffries and Brown, Braingystics: Seize the Mind!
  • Tiger Love Studios Llc, The Choose Your Own Adventures of Turtle Boy
  • The Redmond Players, That Was Shakespeare: A Revue
  • PhysicalLies, How to Escape Hell
  • be-Creative, Therapist Zero
  • New Product Company, Brakkesyke
  • Fat Theatre Project, Too Fat To Run
  • dancing arms, Space Company
  • Michael Shaeffer, Glengarry Glen Elvis
  • Band Practice, Don’t Be Scared
  • cuerpo x cuerpo, Latin Papi
  • True Men Productions, Castrati: A Tale of Two
  • Trompe L’Oeil, Foshay! You Know The Tower – Now Hear The Story
  • Sugar Throw Theatre, Magical Athlete: Stadium Showdown
  • Dave Dvorak, Just One Life
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