On stage: Minnesota Fringe Festival

August 17, 2012 at 9:01PM
Christina Frank stars in the one-woman show "Trying Guilt."
Christina Frank stars in the one-woman show "Trying Guilt." (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's a Twin Cities tradition, an oasis in the usual summer theater drought. Hundreds of performances -- 874 last year. Cheap shows. You probably know someone in it. Cool buttons that also give you discounts around town, and street cred. Really, there's no excuse not to go to the Fringe. Come out, buy your button, and watch everyone from average Joes and Janes to established theater companies prove why Minneapolis is a great (and prolific) theater town. Performances take place in the Northeast, North Loop, West Bank and Uptown neighborhoods, plus BYOV (bring-your-own-venue) site-specific performances in various locations.

FRINGE CENTRAL

  • Go to www.vita.mn/fringefestival for our comprehensive guide to the Fringe Festival -- a dynamic map of Fringe venues and showtimes, listings of all shows, critical reviews and user lists and comments.
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    Danielle Kurtzleben