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
REVIEW: Stellar Private Lives (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 23, 2026August 7, 2026 William Connell (downstage left), Bradley Beahen (above left), and Laura Odeh (right) are 3/5 of the talented cast of Private Lives, now playing at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Norman. There's something for just about anyone in Private Lives, a voyeuristic 1930 comedy that opened to riotous applause
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
FRINGE FILE #4: Touring Show Spotlight: Too Fat to Run Arts Comedy Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 19, 2026July 21, 2026 A promotional image for Fat Theatre Project's presentation of Too Fat to Run, one of more than a hundred original shows appearing at the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Many Fringe shows are ephemeral: a product of a particular time, place, and crazy and/or compelling idea, vanishing into the ether with festival's
FRINGE FILE #3: INTERVIEW – Director Casey Marie Holmes and A Woman’s Place is in the House Arts Comedy Theatre by Basil Considine - July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 A promotional image for A Woman's Place is in the House, one of 104 shows in the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Some of the many overlapping factors bringing artists to the Minnesota Fringe Festival stages include the opportunity to practice one's craft and present things that an established playhouse might be
FRINGE FILE #2: INTERVIEW – Amber Bjork on The Winding Sheet Outfit and Returning to Fringe Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 12, 2026July 13, 2026 A promotional image for The Winding Sheet Outfit's show at the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Show Link If you were placing bets on which regular presenters will sell out at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, The Winding Sheet Outfit is a pretty good bet. Since its debut at the Minnesota Fringe Festival
FRINGE FILE #1: MN Fringe – Let the Planning Begin Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 3, 2026July 13, 2026 A collage of this year's Minnesota Fringe Festival show pictures. The full schedule for the annual Minnesota Fringe Festival has been released, setting off what is for many fans an annual burst of frantic schedule planning. The 33rd annual MN Fringe Festival's celebration of live performance art runs August 6–August 16, 2026,
NEWS: SUFFS: Quick Facts Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 5, 2026July 12, 2026 SUFFS highlights how the suffragists pioneered modern political activism, including organizing mass marches, picketing the White House and engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience—actions that led many of them to imprisonment and hunger strikes. Created by Tony Award® winner Shaina Taub, SUFFS is a rare theatrical achievement in which a Broadway show
INTERVIEW: Suffragists and Stand-Ins: SUFFS‘ Abigail Aziz Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 2, 2026April 3, 2026 Danyel Fulton as Ida B. Wells, Trisha Jeffrey as Mary Church Terrell, and Victoria Pekel as Phyllis Terrell in the national touring production of SUFFS, which plays at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis from April 7-12, 2026. Each of these roles is covered by singer-actor Abigail Aziz. Photo by Joan Marcus. Behind