[Update: Sadly, this artist dropped out of the festival in the closing weeks of July.]
patologia (or…fagology)
Duck in Spanish is pato-- but in Puerto Rican Spanish, pato means so much more. It is also the slang, derogatory term for gay. F*ggot. In these pato Puerto Rican stories Javier Morillo
(Weirdly that’s where the show description currently cuts out on the website - and there’s no other information on any of the tabs for the show page. Hmmmm…)
Venue: Augsburg Studio
Tagged for: Storytelling
Content Warnings: Adult language, Sexual Content
Lack of information aside, I don’t really need much convincing to go listen to Javier Morillo tell stories. He was a pre-Fringe Top 10 artist on this blog back in 2017, and one of the favorite shows Mom and I saw together that festival. (Not sure why exactly I missed his show that followed in 2018, but I’m sad the scheduling didn’t work out. It’s nice that he’s back so I can watch him spin a tale or two on stage again.)
This isn’t tagged for LGBTQ+ content or artists but it qualifies for both, and I like to get as much queer content as I’m able to at Fringe time, because there’s not a lot out there the rest of the theater calendar year. One of the many reasons I appreciate the Fringe - it’s a place to tell stories that artists don’t get much of a chance to tell anywhere else. So Javier’s storytelling should be on your list.
Here's some handy links to this year's Top 10, and Top 11-20 Lists, plus the full list of all returning favorites at this year's Fringe, plus a link to all the 2023 Minnesota Fringe Festival coverage.
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