tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55146712012-02-12T11:31:19.448-06:00Entering my eighth year of blogging about the <a href="http://www.fringefestival.org/">Minnesota Fringe Festival</a>, I thought it seemed a shame to let this old Blogger real estate (where it all began) go to seed. Thus, it is revived (and a mighty handy cross-reference tool). For information about me and my plays, musicals, blogs and other assorted writings, <a href="http://www.matthewaeverett.com/">visit my website</a>.Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.comBlogger10381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-43649140203790304472011-09-27T14:17:00.001-05:002011-09-27T14:20:21.928-05:00

When the script for Medea and Jason: Rubicon Waltz was still taking its final shape in early rehearsals back in early 2009 down in Iowa, I was sitting in on a production meeting and suddenly realized that I hadn't set up the story properly. It's one of those cases where the playwright's been living with the play too long, so everything seems obvious to him. The designers were sitting around

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If you're feeling a little Fringe withdrawal as summer fades behind us, and applications for the next Minnesota Fringe Festival go-round are still several weeks away, might I suggest some lusty female pirate action? One of this year's encore winners as the most well-attended show in its venue, Yarrrh! - The Lusty Busty Pirate Musical has been giving the fabled ship The Golden Rack one last

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Normally when the name of 19th-century German playwright Georg Buchner comes up, my first thought isn't "goofy romantic comedy." But with Buchner's play Leonce and Lena, currently on display at the Walker Community United Methodist Church as the inaugural production of the new Dovetail Theatre Company, that's exactly what we get - a goofy romantic comedy with a generous helping of satire thrown

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Here's hoping Wolfpack Productions' staging of An Evening With Jonbenet Ramsey doesn't fall victim to the double-edged sword that is its title. The title is catchy, of course, but is just as likely to put people off who might be afraid of an evening of sensationalism or victim theater. An Evening With Jonbenet Ramsey is happily neither of these things. Instead, in the hands of writer/director

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Well, it took me 37 shows but I've finally seen one that I'd really like to see a second time. It's also one that everyone else should see if they love good theater. (And Red Resurrected nabbed the encore slot at the Lab Theater as the most popular show at its venue, so I get my wish of being able to see it again. That's where I'll be come 8:30 this evening.) "Every so often, a woman finds a

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Mom knew I was interested in seeing Uncle Tom's Condo from Milliepadd Productions because of Greg Nesbitt's charming preview performance at Fringe-For-All. Despite that evidence and the show description... "Do you sound white on the phone? This and other complicated questions can only be answered by this hilarious send-up of social and racial attitudes and how they "color" our world. Can these

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Ben San Del has morphed from a great stand-up comedian into a really solid comedic playwright. Minnesota Middle Finger is a wonderfully entertaining example of the next step in his evolution as a writer. Ben is a favorite of Mom's as well as mine so we went and caught his sold-out opening night performance. "You're going to defend her honor after the whole 'eviscerating your dignity' thing?"

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Of all the Fringe shows Mom and I saw together, we thought The 612 from Rogues Gallery Arts was the only one that didn't quite hold together. It's better in the idea stage that it turned out here in execution. A site-specific theater piece, set in a garage converted into an art gallery. Four writers - Marcus Anthony, Mahmoud Hakima, Ruth Virkus, Duck Washington - tackle the subject of life

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Considering I spent the first six days of the Fringe seeing shows with my mother, Son Of A __________! from Paper Crane Theatre was a great final show for Mom to close her Fringing year. Why? Because it's all about a mother and her gay son, of course. Also a great final show for Mom because it's good to go out on a high note. And Son Of A __________! is a really solid piece of theater. "I

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Go see I'm Making This Up As I Go. They have one more show, tomorrow, Friday 8/12, at 10pm. "I told my dad about the gang shootings in my neighborhood and his advice was, 'just remember that they're more scared of you than you are of them.' No, dad, I think that's bears." I'm Making This Up As I Go is funny, and it's good, but it's struggling. It needs an audience, and deserves an audience.

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Scream Blue Murmur gives us just enough time to really miss them, and then thankfully they come back for another visit. I enjoyed them so much in 2007 with Pack Up Yer Troubles, that they were on my Top 20 list when they reappeared in 2009. Mom didn't get to see them then, though PhatBob did make a guest appearance at the Fringey talk show Hogg & The Humors that same year. I thoroughly

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The name of the producing company for Nightmare In Bakersfield is quite apt - The Adventures of Les Kurkendaal. Every year since I first introduced Mom to Les, both onstage and off, she puts his shows at the top of her list of things she most wants to see. "It's like another chapter in the story." Exactly. Someone commented to me that, after Les did the introductory segment of his show at

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The Attic Room from the Chicago dance troupe RE/Dance Group may be a case of both me and Mom paying too close attention and getting in our own way. We probably just should have set the program for the production aside and let the show wash over us a bit more. The program indicated the piece was one 45-minute dance theater work in 26 segments. I immediately start doing the math. Mom was

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Jake Scott, one half of the improv duo Interplanetary Appeal, is a returning favorite from back in Fringe 2009 when he was on my Top 10 List for Rumspringa the Musical - a play he both wrote and performed in. While I had my issues with some of Rumspringa the Musical, I couldn't resist its catchy comic premise of "Amish girl falls in love with a robot." A similar quirky sensibility infuses

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The Day The Nineties Died won't be the most popular show at this year's Fringe. But The Day The Nineties Died is the most important show I've seen at this year's Fringe. "You show me one instance of non-violent revolution, I will bow down and kiss your feet." The Day The Nineties Died is an incredibly polarizing production. In fact, Mom and I were warned off going to see it, more than once,

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An earlier version of Camelot Is Crumbling in the 2005 Minnesota Fringe Festival put Maximum Verbosity on my list of theater companies to keep a close eye on. Mom didn't get a chance to see phillip low in action until Descendant of Dragons in the 2007 Fringe, so it was great to be able to finally share Camelot is Crumbling: An Arthurian Nightmare with her in its new version at this year's

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It makes me extremely happy to hear, again and again at this year's Fringe Festival, the refrain of Sousepaw, Sousepaw, Sousepaw. "I'm like an arrow now. I need a home." Mom and I just keep running into people, some of whom we know, others we're meeting for the first time in lines waiting to get into shows, who have one thing in common - when we ask them what shows they've seen that they like

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Mom laughed a lot all the way through Partizan Theater's latest Fringe offering, Angelina Jolie is a Zionist Whore! or, Plan 9 from Baghdad. I also laughed quite a lot. The show has the added benefit of having one of the catchiest titles in the whole festival, which people have great fun saying in casual conversation. "Where are you headed next?" "I'm going to see Angeline Jolie." "I hear

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In the course of just four years of performing in Fringe shows, Tom Reed has gone from "the tall guy in that improv group" to "have you seen Tom Reed's show yet? you have to see Tom Reed's show, you're not really Fringing if you haven't seen Tom Reed's show." (Heck, I didn't even get around to reviewing Bite Me Twilight last year because, well, it was Bite Me Twilight. He was packing his

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"We're seeing the good-looking one first, right?" "Mom, this is the Fringe, nearly all the guys are good-looking. You're going to have to narrow it down." "The one with the sandwich board outside of HUGE Theater on the night of the Out of Towners Showcase. The one with the pretty blue eyes." "Kevin J. Thornton. I Love You (We're F*#ked). Yes, Mom. That's the first show on our schedule

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Robot Lincoln: The Revengeance (The Musical) has provided me with what I think is my favorite line of the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival. There is a robot rumble between two groups of robot presidents, some siding with Robot Lincoln, some with John Wilkes Booth (just go with me here for a minute), and Robot George Washington steps forward and says, "I cannot tell a lie. I'm gonna fucking kill

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Is it possible for a Fringe show to be *too* funny? If so, then Our Freaking Kids Show is perhaps the guiltiest of this crime at the Fringe this year. And it is a crime I am most glad that they choose to repeatedly commit (their voluminous audiences would seem to agree with me). Man, do I want to hate Josh Carson (writer/director/producer/actor - the Me of Mainly Me Productions) for being so

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One of the reasons I put Painting Portraits from Watkins Theater on my Top 20 list this year is it's the kind of show I like to see most at the Fringe - a new play in development. The challenge with Painting Portraits in its current state is that it feels like an idea that's big enough for a two-act play, but it must content itself for the moment with squeezing into a Fringe-sized package. Too

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I used to think there might be some people who just aren't going to be the audience for Luke Comes To Life. But before seeing it myself I ran into two very different people who had nothing but praise for it who I would not have expected to be in its fan base, or even interested in crossing the threshold. So I think, in what may be a first, I'm actually underestimating the Fringe audience base.

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Damn.Just... damn.How do some people get the human body to *do* things like that? It boggles the mind.As Mom is fond of saying, "I have trouble just walking across the room sometimes. These dancers, what they can do, they're amazing."If this is what Tamara Ober and her talented dancer/choreographer friends can pull together as a last minute Fringe show with just three weeks' notice, it's almost

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Dylan Fresco is one of the smart people. He's a person who had the good sense to talk to the people who knew his family history before their memories started to fade. In Domino's Pizza Saved My Life, Fresco paints a vivid portrait of his grandfather, a man who came over from the old world to the new world, and as it turns out, just in the nick of time."People often wonder why I speak Russian...

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I've already mentioned that I had a really good feeling about SCOTUS! (Supreme Court of the United States!) in a couple of other places in this blog. Having seen the show now I can happily report that the show matched my expectations."It's a plot twist!"Writer/Producer Brandi Brown was a delightful spokeswoman for her play, and that play is just as funny as she is in person. And just as smart.

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Red Theatre worked hard for every one of the five stars in this review. My defenses were way up on this one. I was afraid I'd end up having to write a review in which I'd need to struggle to avoid using the word "pretentious" because, well, honestly, this..."We take a wrecking ball to the fourth wall replace it with a mirror, blurring the lines between performer and audience, fact and fiction.

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If you held a gun to my head and I could only see ten Fringe shows, what would they be and why?#4 - I Love You (We're F*#cked)55BC"A hilarious mix of stand-up comedy, storytelling and music about a gay man looking back over the greatest loves (and sex) of his life. Features original music from Kevin J Thornton's new release."This is how you know you've developed an instant Fringe crush.You're

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If you removed the gun from my head and I could see ten additional Fringe shows, what would they be in and why?#18 - SCOTUS! (Supreme Court of the United States)Serious Hedgehog ArtsLike Uncle Tom's Condo, SCOTUS! is another show that sort of snuck up on my sideways at the first Fringe-For-All. I wrote previously all about how the playwright doing the preview charmed and entertained me, making a

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If you removed the gun from my head and I could see an additional ten Fringe shows, what would they be and why?#19 - YARRRH! The Lusty, Busty Pirate MusicalFortune's Fool TheatreI suppose I could be sneaky and just grandfather this one in, since playwright Dan Pinkerton and I produced the short play showcase Fast Fringe together along with Roy Close back in the 2004 Fringe, but that showcase

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If you removed the gun from my head and I could see an additional ten Fringe shows, what would they be and why?#20 - Painting PortraitsWatkins Theater"Long absent realist painter, Anthony, returns home to his sister after losing faith in his work. His passion is rekindled after being introduced to Tom, another faithless painter with an opposing painting style. The two disparate painters regain

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If you held a gun to my head and I could only see ten Fringe shows, what would they be and why?#3 - Uncle Tom's CondoI've already blogged a bit about this one because it charmed me so at the first Fringe-For-All, so you can take a look at that post here, for all the specific reasons I'm putting this show on my schedule.Or you could just look at the goofy little video of his preview and decide for

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If you held a gun to my head and I could only see ten Fringe shows, what would they be and why?#2 - Improvidence!Infinitely Spectacular ProductionsWhen two stoners accidentally create a religion, can they harness the power of social media to convince the world to take it easy—or will it all go up in smoke? A musical satire of biblical proportions!I have to admit, given the show description above,

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If you held a gun to my head and told me I could only see ten Fringe shows, what would they be, and why?#1 - Robot Lincoln: The Revengeance (The Musical)This play is so deeply, deeply wrong, on so many levels, I can't help myself.I am in love."After Abraham Lincoln's tragic death, John Wilkes Booth sets out to create a doomsday machine to take over the world. The mad scientist Uncle Sam revives

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Big surprise.We're all biased.But if I have to be ruthless in order to whittle down the list of Fringe offerings, even in a limited radius, to an actual schedule of only four shows on a weeknight or seven on a weekend, something's gotta guide me.So if you wonder, "Why don't I see more of *blahblahblah* on his schedule with his Mom?" it may be due to one of the following.- I'm a playwright.I'm

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Mom just kept coming back to one thing about the Out of Towner Showcase last night."Across the board, they were nearly all just so good this year."Which has been my other struggle with the Fringe offerings in general this year.Sure, there will be some stinkers. There always are.But there's so very much, from so very many performers with great track records both in and out of the Fringe, that's

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The road crews are clearly trying to force me to reduce my carbon footprint this year.With construction on 94 in both directions, University, Hennepin and Lyndale, every major drag that I'd normally use to zip across town between Fringe shows is hopelessly clogged, even in the best of times, and during rush hour, forget it.Robin Gillette, Executive Director of the Minnesota Fringe Festival,

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Back during Fringe 2009, director Paul von Stoetzel was #5 on my pre-Fringe Top 10 list that year for a double feature of Fringe directing (I don't know how directors, actors or anyone else does one show, much less two or more, but there you are - some people are more energetic and efficiently scheduled than me.)This year he's back again, and doing double duty again. He's one of three directors

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So the first Fringe-For-All preview of the 2011 season wasA Little Bit of VegasOffspring Productions"It's 1958. Sensual showgirls are all the rage on the strip. High glamour and soft mystique allure and captivate a true gentleman into the passionate world of a woman willing to risk everything to reach the top."A young woman (they have a cast of 18, so I have no clue which young woman but that's

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The third show in the trio of previews that caught my eye by surprising me at the first Fringe-For-All wasA Good-Natured Gut(which for some reason, I mistyped as A Good-Natured Girl)LS Dance CollaborativeAgain, it's a pity that the video for this preview couldn't be posted (Robin Gillette mentioned that they'd be posting any videos that had no copyright issues involved. Guess anyone using music

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Another Fringe-For-All preview that unexpectedly won me over last Monday was SCOTUS! (Supreme Court of the United States!)Serious Hedgehog ArtsThe reason this was so unexpected was I had pretty much written this one off based on its original show description (wisely now replaced with something else online)..."It's like The West Wing, if it were about the Supreme Court. And was written by the

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There's a fellow Fringer I know who prides themselves on getting their whole schedule locked down before the first Fringe-For-All even happens. Sure there are other previews in advance, and this person sees a lot of theater and knows a lot of theater artists. So maybe their Fringe schedule is a no-brainer. But one of the things I love about Fringe is the spontaneity, and the joy of being

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Hello, Fringers! (and/or whoever reads this thing)Sorry for the delay. I feel way behind on my Fringe seasonal blogging duties. Circumstances keep conspiring to gobble up what was my free time. Good things, but they sure have cut into the blogging time.My main day job just hired me a new boss, and he's hitting the ground running, really pushing us (in a good way) to get the new fundraising

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The Flowershop Project is doing my Medea & Jason play, so I'm spreading the word about auditions where I can. If you're free for rehearsals starting at the end of August, for a production in October, send them an email as outlined below and sign yourself up for a slot.Here's the notice...The Flower Shop Project will be holding auditions for “Medea and Jason: Rubicon Waltz” by Matthew Everett and

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If two people are standing very close together, face to face, breathing hard, staring intently into one another's eyes, one of two things is probably going to happen - they'll kiss, or they'll hit each other. Doesn't seem to matter if the two people are both women, or both men - the tensions are the same. And when neither happens, that tension gets cranked up a notch. That's one of the many

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Just a heads up, since this is a "blink and you miss it" kind of thing. I'll be posting a review after, but I wanted to give an extra shout out because of the brief (this weekend only) run.Jeffrey Peterson, who concocted one of my favorite Minnesota Fringe Festival shows last year (good lord, was it only last year?) Thinkingaview/CorresponDance has come up with a brand new dance piece (with

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-66331653949485228182011-05-21T10:20:00.000-05:002011-05-21T16:46:27.940-05:00

So my play about gay marriage, "But Not For Love," gets an production out in Los Angeles, and shortly after that, the gay marriage issue blows up back home in Minnesota (sigh)...5/16/11 Vote No - Where To Get The T-shirtTwin Cities Daily Planet version5/12/11 What Do I Tell My Goddaughter?Twin Cities Daily Planet version11/1/10 "Miss Me Yet?" (VOTE!)Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-80708962672492966902011-05-21T10:15:00.001-05:002011-05-21T16:39:59.036-05:00

Here's a handy list of links to any posts referring to the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival's Lottery and the aftermath...2/13/11 - Apparently Size Does MatterTwin Cities Daily Planet version2/9/11 - Wait ListedTwin Cities Daily Planet version2/7/11 - The New Fringe LotteryTwin Cities Daily Planet version

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-33839931976666873642011-05-21T10:10:00.021-05:002011-05-21T16:37:35.112-05:00

Here's a handy set of links to any posts that just generally have to do with the insanity and joy of blogging about something as monstrous, huge and weird as the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival...2/12/11 - Happy Birthday to My Fringe Sidekick!Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-40008253557697269942011-05-20T10:10:00.000-05:002011-05-21T16:38:12.311-05:00

The Twin Cities Daily Planet has given me my own little byline page, and has me reviewing shows outside the confines of the blog, too, these days. Like anyone in the Twin Cities, I still miss more theater than I end up seeing. But here's the write-ups on the things I managed to catch since last Fringe...5/16/11 The Moving Company - Come Hell And High Water - 2-1/2 starsTwin Cities Daily Planet

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-34614219521628424022011-05-19T10:10:00.000-05:002011-05-21T16:47:24.409-05:00

Urban Samurai Productions premiered a brand new expanded, full-length version of my play "Leave" in February 2011. When I wasn't busy with rewrites, here's what I managed to blog about the process and how it all turned out...2/19/11 - The Audience Completes The ProductionTwin Cities Daily Planet version2/17/11 - The Unrelenting Power of a Mother's LoveTwin Cities Daily Planet version2/13/11 -

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-72147520750872534252011-05-18T10:28:00.000-05:002011-05-21T16:48:07.549-05:00

Once again I served as playwright wrangler for Theatre Unbound's 24 Hour Play Project. But first, of course, the general public had to vote on what went into the plays1/2/11 Theatre Unbound's 24 Hour Play Project: You Choose The IngredientsTwin Cities Daily Planet version

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-59404719998935216592011-05-16T14:05:00.001-05:002011-05-19T14:12:28.812-05:00

I've had some inquiries about the T-shirt associated with my Vote No essay (What Do I Tell My Goddaughter?) so, having just ordered a couple myself, I can walk you all through the process.First, for those eagle-eyed proofreader friends of mine who noticed the first draft of the shirt misspelled "amendment" as "amendement" - the artist caught that and fixed it for the next test run. All shirts

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Because she's going to want an explanation.What do I tell my goddaughter is the reason that in the state of Minnesota where her godfather lives, they are pushing an amendment to the constitution through the legislature to put it on the ballot for the November 2012 election? A popular vote to decide whether our constitution needs an amendment that would define marriage as being only between one

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-24008093331083201732011-05-11T21:11:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:13:22.867-05:00

Full Cast (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-66444116104993731772011-05-11T21:10:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:13:48.626-05:00

Full Cast (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-36994999294445315282011-05-11T21:09:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:14:06.688-05:00

Asa Somers and Curt Hansen (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-37157648731466563642011-05-11T21:07:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:14:24.298-05:00

Alice Ripley and Curt Hansen (photo by Craig Schwartz)

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Curt Hansen, Asa Somers and Alice Ripley (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-16008802190938159422011-05-11T21:05:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:14:58.416-05:00

Curt Hansen and Alice Ripley (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-74125458913678380942011-05-11T20:58:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:15:14.551-05:00

Jeremy Kushnier, Alice Ripley and Asa Somers (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-53422368532359013932011-05-11T20:56:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:15:31.257-05:00

Alice Ripley and Curt Hansen (photo by Craig Schwartz)

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Emma Hunton and Alice Ripley (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-57581289126179397312011-05-11T20:54:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:16:04.677-05:00

Emma Hunton, Curt Hansen, and Preston Sadleir (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-55543884538327702792011-05-11T20:52:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:16:20.362-05:00

Full Cast (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-76219528346677006542011-05-11T20:49:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:16:34.276-05:00

Preston Sadleir and Emma Hunton (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-34074072732244830302011-05-11T20:47:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:16:50.022-05:00

Alice Ripley and Jeremy Kushnier (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-24340621699213178682011-05-11T20:45:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:17:04.604-05:00

Emma Hunton (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-2296223643702450962011-05-11T20:43:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:17:20.733-05:00

Curt Hansen (photo by Craig Schwartz)

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Asa Somers (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-42379904305992214802011-05-11T20:37:00.002-05:002011-05-20T09:17:56.314-05:00

Alice Ripley (photo by Craig Schwartz)

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-63737604647964366702011-05-11T09:24:00.001-05:002011-05-20T09:18:18.050-05:00

Curt Hansen, Alice Ripley and Asa Somers (photo by Craig Schwartz)It takes a lot for a piece of theater to genuinely surprise me anymore. I've seen so much theater, and get involved in the nuts and bolts of storytelling and production myself with my own scripts. So when a theater production puts one over on me, and actually has me enjoy being pysched out, that's a rare and pretty neat trick.

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-74500375963315556782011-04-11T08:14:00.003-05:002011-04-11T08:22:56.435-05:00

[Adam (Garry Geiken) and Luke (Neal Skoy) - Photo by Michal Daniel]I have to hand it to director Joel Sass, author Geoffrey Nauffts, and the entire cast and crew of the Jungle Theater’s production of “Next Fall” (especially actor Garry Geiken). Even though I see a lot of theater, it’s a rare thing indeed when a character onstage makes me so angry I want to scream and throw things at them. (I

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-83695986932706056312011-03-29T13:49:00.001-05:002011-03-29T13:51:34.874-05:00

(pictured - Kate Monster, Bonni Allen, Princeton, Tom Reed - photo courtesy of Mixed Blood Theatre)"Avenue Q," currently running at Mixed Blood Theatre, is a filthy little puppet show. And I mean that as a compliment."Avenue Q" is also a fairly traditional (and good) piece of musical theater, in the romantic comedy vein - albeit with a lot of swearing. And I mean that as a compliment."Avenue Q

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-23668248713776014432011-02-18T08:40:00.007-06:002011-02-21T11:33:41.851-06:00

Meanwhile, halfway across the country...My play about gay marriage, "But Not For Love," is currently running out in Los Angeles in a little blackbox space courtesy of Renegade Theatre.This actually came about because of a random Fringe connection, and facebook.In going through old Fringe reviews while cleaning up my website for a major reboot, I made note of names that cropped up, and started

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-59922847988191851222011-02-17T08:09:00.008-06:002011-02-17T10:01:17.037-06:00

(photo by George M. Calger)When my first play was produced in Minneapolis, the whole family flew out from the east coast to see it. As we sat waiting for the show to start, my dad noticed I had a weird look on my face. "What's the matter, son?""I'm just looking at the audience. I don't recognize most of these people. I don't know them.""Son, that's a good thing."When a good friend and his

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-84100849925259757802011-02-15T07:25:00.001-06:002011-02-15T07:29:31.109-06:00

(photo by George M. Galger)I was at the Fringe Lottery last week, rather than at the first night of tech for my play "Leave," and yet, the play followed me there.Of course, this was partly due to the fact I was carrying a stack of postcards with me and handing them out, and leaving a stash in the two places one can put cards on display for people to take at the Bryant Lake Bowl.But when a fellow

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-78030874321620672352011-02-13T15:48:00.010-06:002011-02-14T08:32:00.533-06:00

(photo by George M. Calger)Some of my single friends figure that if, like me, they have no one to make out with on Valentine's Day, the next best thing is to come to see my play "Leave" and and watch four other guys make out with each other. Sounds like a reasonable back-up plan."I'm not gonna say I love you, 'cause that'd be stupid, right?""I don't know. I've fallen in love a lot faster for a

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-29671652575501300602011-02-11T11:54:00.003-06:002011-02-11T12:18:45.913-06:00

(photo by George M. Calger)Before the one of the runthroughs the other night, one of the actors wandered by wearing only a towel wrapped around his waist. I did a doubletake until I realized, "oh yeah, that's his first costume."For which the actor could not resist teasing me, "Yeah, the first time the audience sees me, I'm wearing a towel and have to say the word 'faggot.' Great first

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-20954852357513649372011-02-10T07:23:00.005-06:002011-02-10T13:44:38.649-06:00

...or at least a goodly chunk of it.photo from Maximum Verbosity's Penner vs. The HydraThe wonderful thing about Minneapolis theater is that there are always so many productions going on at once. The horrible thing about Minneapolis theater is that there are always so many damn shows going on at once.I've already missed all kinds of theater in January because I was in rehearsals (and heavy-duty

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-27372864608190712792011-02-09T11:44:00.006-06:002011-02-10T08:55:11.199-06:00

I suppose most people wouldn't call their Mom their sidekick, but for as long as I've been blogging about the Fringe, Mom's been seeing Fringe shows with me. This will be Fringe #9 for Mom, and she has seen a lot of shows in the previous eight years.And she's looking forward to seeing a lot more.She was already asking me about the dates of the Minnesota Fringe Festival at Christmas. I kid you

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-71617819616170420652011-02-09T09:20:00.007-06:002011-02-10T13:38:52.809-06:00

photo by George M. CalgerSeeing the set for my play for the first time always blows my mind.This world inside my head that I scribbled down on paper suddenly gets extremely real. Even if, as with this play "Leave," the setting is more metaphorical than literal.Same thing happens when people say the lines for the first time.And when they start moving around saying the lines for the first time.And

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-72403338866851336822011-02-08T11:41:00.004-06:002011-02-10T13:45:39.688-06:00

photo from Joking EnvelopeAre Minnesotans, or Fringers in general, just shy?"Oh no, we're good and we're popular, but we're not so popular we'd need a large venue. Medium will be just fine, thanks."The speediest part of the 3-part Minnesota Fringe Festival lottery the other day was the Large Venue category.Why?Well, they had two large venues lined up (names still to be released, they said the

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-56947002996176747532011-02-08T05:56:00.006-06:002011-02-10T13:57:12.191-06:00

(Leave logo by Justin S. Latt)I'm spoiled.The actors in my play "Leave" are game for anything.(I orignally wrote "my actors." It's weird how proprietary you get. I wonder if they think of me as "our playwright.")Game for Anything - Exhibit #1 - The kissing.Because they're not all gay in this cast. In fact, it's actually half and half. OK, that makes it sound like they're all bisexual. What I

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-71114320939657120222011-02-07T22:56:00.004-06:002011-02-10T13:54:41.095-06:00

(photo from Thirst rehearsal by Eric G.Y. Petersen)Well, we didn't get in outright, but we got the next best thing.Urban Samurai Productions is #5 on the medium-size venue waiting list for the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival.Those of you (like myself) who have languished in various spots on the wait list in the past know that anything inside the first 10 spots on the wait list is almost a

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-6990223988209667852011-02-07T13:57:00.003-06:002011-02-10T13:37:51.196-06:00

photo by George M. CalgerThis is a challenge of a slightly nebulous title. Sometimes it's a little too open to interpretation.My play "Leave" - about the emotional fallout of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military that was recently (finally) repealed - has a one word title that could be a noun or a verb or a command or all three, and could have to do with any number of things.So

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The Minnesota Fringe Festival is trying something new for the lottery this year.Instead of mini-lotteries for kids, teens, national, international and artists of color, and then a big ol' general lottery as in recent years, the Fringe will simply break the artists down into three sizes - small, medium and large.Small, medium and large venues, that is.Applicants chose which category they wanted to

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-85493967788221844662010-12-31T19:21:00.002-06:002010-12-31T19:33:30.378-06:00

New plays for the new year.Less than a week from now, Theatre Unbound will be mounting seven brand new little plays - written, rehearsed and performed all within the span of a single day - the latest 24 Hour Play Project.But first, the writers need to know what they’re writing about.That’s where us forward-thinking users of the internet come in.Currently online is a ballot by which you can

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Despite feeling really excited about the upcoming auditions for my play, "Leave," with Urban Samurai Productions, apparently my unconscious can't help tweaking me. I woke up on Saturday morning and it took me a couple of minutes to realize, "Oh, none of that actually happened. The auditions haven't taken place yet. Everything's fine. That was a dream."I don't normally remember my dreams, or

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-83542153405688923342010-11-01T08:26:00.002-05:002010-11-01T08:50:14.326-05:00

Hard to imagine you may not have heard, but mid-term elections are happening tomorrow (Tuesday, November 2nd, most polls are open from 7am to 8pm). What with the blanketing of the airwaves with political ads, you'd think we'd all have plenty of information on who and what we're voting for. Me, I still need some basics. Thankfully, the freebie neigbhorhood newspaper had an extensive voters

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The 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival is history.I saw a show in every slot again this year, including the encore. 56 performances, 53 shows (Three I went back for a second look, one of those I even had a very odd cameo appearance in). 29 reviews down, 24 to go.The day after the Fringe, an epic Fringe Decompression podcast with Josh Humphreys and Nick Decker for Twin Cities Theater Connection,

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-13473105848817644172010-08-14T11:43:00.000-05:002010-08-14T11:47:29.965-05:00

Here's a bunch of handy links to all the 5 star reviews of shows in this year's Fringe. 5 stars - Life-Altering Experience, Class of 2010 would be...Aardvark Fandango - 8/6/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekBallad of the Pale Fisherman - 8/8/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekCan Michael Come Out And Play? - 8/8/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe

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Here's a bunch of handy links to all the 4 star reviews of shows in this year's Fringe. 4 stars - Excellent, Class of 2010 would be...Prince & A Pauper - 8/13/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekThe Tragedy of Icarus - 8/13/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekUncle Shelby's Traveling Treasure Trunk - 8/10/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe Geek

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I Expected A Zig, It Zagged (Cool!)Indifferent - Minneapolis Theatre GarageThe Lovely Boys“We go as far back as you can remember, which should count for something.”A friend was looking for a Fringe show recommendation that was more of a surprise for the brain than the heart. Luckily, he asked me right after I'd seen Indifferent, so I had that show as the perfect suggestion for him. When I told

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06789872633452457387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514671.post-92024863575128439102010-08-12T17:00:00.000-05:002010-08-12T17:02:45.286-05:00

Here's a bunch of handy links to all the 3-1/2 star reviews of shows in this year's Fringe. 3-1/2 stars - Good Job Plus, Class of 2010 would be...I Remember You - 8/12/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekMy Mother Told Me - 8/7/2010Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe Geek

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Here's a bunch of handy links to all the 3 star reviews of shows in this year's Fringe. 3 stars - Good Job, Class of 2010 would be...CSI: Ben McGinley - 8/10/10Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekROBO-Homa! - 8/9/10Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekSincerity Forever - 8/12/10Twin Cities Daily PlanetSingle White Fringe GeekA Standing Long Jump - 8/11/10Twin Cities Daily

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When Prince Makes It Just A Little Easier To Be GayPrince & A Pauper - Gremlin TheatreAndrew Fafoutakis"Theater is my boyfriend. It's always been there for me in good times and bad. And the sex is amazing."Anybody who saw Andrew Fafoutakis' Fringe-For-All preview, or caught him the night before the Fringe opened at the Out of Towner Showcase at Bedlam, know that the guy knows how to work a

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Time for the Last Black Reagan Conservative To Speak Her MindCondoleeza's Rites - Intermedia ArtsTyehimba Leadership Center"I'm good at keeping a secret. Ask Uncle Leroy."Mom had to walk through a thunder and lightning storm (one of her least favorite things) and rivers of water running through the streets in order to get to her last Fringe show for this year, Condoleeza's Rites, and she's

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Yes, Another Twilight Parody. And It's *Also* Mighty Good.Semidarkness - Ritz ProsceniumYoung Artists Council of Youth Performance Company"Is it creepy? Or am I hot enough that it's OK?"OK, let's face it. You don't go to a parody of "Twilight" because you want to improve your mind. You go to a parody of "Twilight" because you want to laugh at vampires and moody teenage girls and see at least

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