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 11 to 20 part of the list, which I’ll be adding to as the posts go up daily as we approach the start of the festival:
11A - Comfort Zone Presents: CHEMISTRY
11B - Ping Prov - Ryan Klima
12 - Aspara, The Musical - Narate Keys
13 - Cabin Fever - Small Waves - Mikela Anderson, Naomi Brecht, and Katie & Della Christ
14 - All Your Shimmering Gold - SUPERMOON (Michael Torsch)
15B - Romeo and Juliet: Lottery Style - Katherine Warmka
16 - Clown Funeral - Octoberdandy Productions (Jen Scott, Levi Weinhagen, Chris Rodriguez, and Mark Benzel)
17 - Songs Without Words (or, The Mendelssohn Play) - Jennifer Vosters
18A -Tapeze - Twin Cities Trapeze Center
18B - husk/vessel - KAIROS Dance Theater
19 - The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch! - Joking Apart Theater
20 - Hamluke - Nightfall Productions (Brad Erickson)
Here’s some handy links to my Fringe Top 10 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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