The Fringe Always Shines On TV

I mentioned, among my duties as the Fringe's bitch, that I do some TV hosting. Here's the low down on that...

CUE TO CUE - a TV show covering theatre in Minnesota

Our spotlight on this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival continues as all six episodes are now in heavy rotation on SPNN, the St. Paul Neighborhood Network, Channel 19, for the weeks leading up to the opening of the Fringe. The guest rosters for the episodes include performances from and conversations with:

Episode 105:
- Leah Cooper, Executive Director of the Minnesota Fringe Festival
- Theatre Latte Da, with Artistic Director Peter Rothstein, and a preview of performer/creator Jim Lichtscheidl's new physical/musical/comedy hybrid, Knock!

Episode 106
- Calibanco Theatre re-imagining a classic text with Feeling Faust
- Ferrari McSpeedy with the conclusion of their wacky but beloved thrillogy, Punk Rock Awesome

Episode 107
- Fast Fringe - the Festival's two part short play showcase
- Janelle Ranek and her one woman show Scrawl: 2nd Draft Still Not Approved

Episode 108
- Amala Dance and Music's On The Beaded Fringe II: Traveling In Hip Circles
- Claire Simonson's multi-media offering The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Episode 109
- Chameleon Theatre Circle's Death Penalty Puppetry
- Protest Productions offering Comedy Against Racism

Episode 110
- It's About Time Theatre and their all-female take on the two person comedy, Stones In His Pockets
- Top Hat Theatre's performance by and for kids, Peter Pan

The SPNN schedule for Cue to Cue this week is as follows:

Wednesday, July 21st
6:30pm - Episode 108
7pm - Episode 109
7:30pm - Episode 110

Thursday, July 22nd
6:30pm - Episode 108
7pm - Episode 109
7:30pm - Episode 110

Friday, July 23rd
6:30pm - Episode 108
7pm - Episode 109
7:30pm - Episode 110

Saturday, July 24th
11:30am - Episode 105
12 noon - Episode 106
12:30pm - Episode107
8:30pm - Episode 108
9pm - Episode 109
9:30pm - Episode 110

Sunday, July 25th
11:30am - Episode 105
12 noon - Episode 106
12:30pm - Episode107
8:30pm - Episode 108
9pm - Episode 109
9:30pm - Episode 110

In addition, TPT-17, St. Paul’s public TV station, serving the greater Twin Cities area, will also broadcast the following episodes in the upcoming weeks:

Sunday, August 1st - 10:00 pm
Episode 107
- Fast Fringe - the Festival's two part short play showcase
- Janelle Ranek and her one woman show Scrawl: 2nd Draft Still Not Approved

Sunday, August 22nd - 10:00 pm
Episode 108
- Amala Dance and Music's On The Beaded Fringe II: Traveling In Hip Circles
- Claire Simonson's multi-media offering The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

TPT also broadcast Episode 105 on July 4th, and Episode 106 on July 11th, so they like us, they really like us.

"Cue To Cue" was launched last year with a six episode series spotlighting the wide variety of acts in the 2003 Minnesota Fringe Festival (speaking with representatives of 15 Head, Ministry of Cultural Warfare, Theatre Unbound, Hunter Marionettes, Theatre Gallery, VISTA Productions, Kabobenco, and individual artists Kevin Kling, Kirsten Frantzich, Josette Antomarchi and Tom Cassidy, as well as profiles of the Spoken Word Fringe and Visible Fringe).

Since then, we've talked to still more individual theater artists (director/choreographer Noah Bremer, musical theatre collaborators Gary Rue, Ann Schulman, Daniel Pinkerton and Chris Gennaula) as well as cross-section of established and up-and-coming theatre companies (Mixed Blood, Margolis Brown, Stepping Stone, Starting Gate, Mama Mosaic, Skewed Visions)

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