FRINGE FILE #20: Mini-Reviews #2 – Run, Witness, and the Fast Death of a Salesman Arts Comedy Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 8, 2026August 8, 2026 A collage of pictures of Minnesota Fringe shows featured in this review. This is the second installment in the Twin Cities Arts Reader’s mini-review series covering the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Read the 1st installment. Too Fat to Run (Fat Theatre Project) Show page: https://minnesotafringe.org/shows/2026/too-fat-to-run Official Show Description: Too Fat To Run
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 #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 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 #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 #8: The Golden Lanyard Awards Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 The main Minnesota Fringe Festival is now over, with a few encore performances to follow. Over 11 days, the festival's 31st incarnation presented more than 500 performances and more than 20,000 butts-in-seats. At its closing night party, the Golden Lanyard Awards were distributed to 28 shows and 2 individuals. For the
FRINGE FILE #7: Reviews, Pt. 4 Arts Comedy Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 A collage of promotional photos for the Arts Reader's Last Day Staff Recommendations for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. It's the last day of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, and what will you see? Last Day Staff Recommendations Two Bowls of Cereal and Some Bacon (Mahmoud Hakima) – Theatre in the Round, 2:30 PM
FRINGE FILE #6: Reviews, Pt. 3 Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 10, 2024August 11, 2024 According to the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the following shows are sell-out risks for today: 5 x 5 by Transatlantic Love Affair @ 2:30 p.m. (Open Eye Theatre) A Horse Walks Out Onto the Stage and Dies by Theatre on the Rocks @ 2:30 p.m. (Phoenix Theater) Seance Sisters (Rebecca Wickert) The Fox sisters
FRINGE FILE #4: Reviews, Pt. 1 Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 According to the Minnesota Fringe Festival, today's sell-out risk is: 5 x 5 by Transatlantic Love Affair @ 5:30 p.m. (Open Eye Theatre) 5 x 5 (Transatlantic Love Affair) Literally compact, beautifully flowing, this set of five miniatures tells uses TLA's trademark style where actors become not just the cast, but also scenery,