This was a tough one this year, folks. Which is, oddly, a good thing. I could have easily built a Top 30 this year, there were that many good, intriguing options to choose from. But I already pushed a Top 10 out to a Top 20, a person’s gotta stop somewhere. If everything’s a priority, nothing’s a priority. Even so, you’ll see that I still fudged a little bit on some entries :) So here’s the links to the Top 10 part of the list, which I’ll be adding to as the posts go up daily as we approach the start of the festival:
2 - The Show Must Go On: a Backstage Escape Game - David Pisa
3 - Death! A Musical - Gabriel Shen and Twin Cities Youth Theatre
4 - The Kendra Plant Variety Hour: Good Things Edition! With Special Guests
6 - Joan of Arc for Miss Teen USA - Melancholics Anonymous
7 - La Tunda: A Reimagining of a Colombian Folklore - JexArzayus Productions
8 - Mind Reader - Steven Nicholas
9 - simone weil and the (insufferable) existentialist breakfast club - burnt ghost collective
10A – Director’s Cut: Where Play Becomes Magic - Deconstructing Directing (Andrew Roblyer)
10B – Final Dress - MDV Productions (Michael DallaValle & Sean Dillon)
Here’s some handy links to my Fringe Top 11 to 20 and Returning Favorites lists for this year, as well as all the coverage of this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival.
As I’m sure many artists are, I find myself struggling with the idea of
just “taking time off” (what a luxury) and submerging myself in a whole
lot of theater for 11 days while the world is on fire so… I’m going to
put some phrases and links down here (and at the end of each post going
forward) and if you find yourself compelled to explore one or more of
them, so much the better. There’s a lot going on, and it can be easy to
get overwhelmed and tune out, but as Congresswoman Sarah McBride
recently said, “If everybody shows a little courage, nobody needs to be a
hero.” I freely admit this list and these links are hardly
exhaustive. It's just something to get started. Do what you can, where
you can, however you can. Let’s help one another get through this.
Contacting your elected officials about the issues that matter to you (and protesting as necessary)
Starvation in the Gaza Strip
Immigration raids around the United States
Ukraine fighting off invasion by Russia
Trans rights
Climate change action
Housing shortage and the unhoused
Reproductive Rights
Voting rights, and running for office
The courts, from the Supreme Court on down to the local level
Don’t forget to laugh - even gallows humor is still humor
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