Daddy Issues
Pretend Productions - Allison Vincent
Daddy Issues is a solo show recounting Allison Vincent's caretaking for her father while also negotiating their complicated relationship and the demise of his memory and her childhood home.
Venue: Phoenix Theater
Tagged For: Drama, Physical Theater, Storytelling
Content Warnings: Adult Language, Mental Illness, Suicidal Ideation/Self-Harm
Ages 12-15 and up
The reason for this one making the list is also simple - Allison Vincent. I’ve seen her in more great Fringe shows than I can enumerate (her bio lays it out better than I could), many of them with the company Transatlantic Love Affair where she’s a founding member and co-artistic director (beautifully crafted storytelling through physical theater) and also turning up on the inspired lunacy end of the artistic scale in Josh Carson’s Mainly Me Productions, just to name a couple. I’d heard Allison was creating a new solo piece through the Naked Stages program at Pillsbury House Theatre, but didn’t get a chance to see it. So I was very happy to see she’s bringing a version of that story there. Very much looking forward to seeing this one.
Allison can also be seen in Transatlantic Love Affair’s Fringe show this year, 5x5, as well as guesting during the run of the Fringe game show Pants On Fire, so clearly she’s not planning on sleeping for a week and a half.
Here's some handy links to this year's Top 10 list and Top 11-20 list, also a full list of all returning favorites to this year's Fringe, plus a link to all the 2024 Minnesota Fringe Festival coverage.
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