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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Fringe 2008 - Schedule of a Guy and his Mom on the Run

Just giving everyone a heads up as Mom and I worked our way through the festival, just in case they wanted to give a look to the things we were interested in seeing, looking for suggestions for what they might see themselves...

8/1/2008 - Day 2 - What's Mom Seeing Friday Night?
Cowboy Dragqueen; The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, and Dog Tag; Reincarnation: Another Chance At Failure; School of Rockstars
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/2/2008 - Day 3 - What's Mom Seeing Saturday?
Shakespeare's Land of the Dead, My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels, One Night Only With Mike Mahony, The Cody Rivers Show presents Stick To Glue, Tipping The Bucket, Boys Don't Make Passes At Girls Who Wear Glasses; The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, and Dog Tag
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/3/2008 - Day 4 - What's Mom Seeing Sunday?
Conundrum Rehabbed, Silent Poetry, The Virginity of Astronauts, Stupid Face, Strawberry Fields Temporarily, An Intimate Evening With Fotis part 2, Sun Tzu's The Art of War
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/4/2008 - Day 5 - What's Mom Seeing Monday Night?
Orange, Hue & Cry, Secrets of the Little Yellow Diary, Paul Bunyan Runs For President
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/5/2008 - Day 6 - What's Mom Seeing Tuesday Night?
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis; Dance of the Whisky Faerie, Boom, Suitcase Cabaret
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/6/2008 - Day 7 - What's Mom's Final Day of Fringing for 2008 Look Like?
Jack; Beowulf or Gilgamesh - You Decide; American Sexy; The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, and Dog Tag
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/7/2008 - Day 8 - First Day of Fringing Without Mom - What Will I See Thursday Night?
The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, and Dog Tag; Mortem Capiendum, The Boyshow, All Rights Reserved - A Libertarian Rage
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/8/2008 - Day 9 - An Abbreviated Day of Fringing
The Gypsy & The General, Roofies in the Moccachino; Hey, I'm Talking Murder Here!
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/9/2008 - Day 10 - What (I Think) I'm Seeing Saturday
Gone, Gone, Gone; Conundrum Rehabbed; The Fish, The Fruit, & The Pet Coffin Maker; The Pumpkin Pie Show; Phi Alpha Gamma; The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, and Dog Tag
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/10/2008 - Day 11 - What (I Think) I'm Seeing Sunday
Reincarnation: Another Chance At Failure; Ophelia; Adjective; Love & Video Games; Hafengeist; Cast of Dancing Delights
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Fringe 2008 - 2 Star Shows

These are links to short reviews of Fringe shows that still need some tinkering to make a really good show, but it's clear they have it in them...

American Sexy - New Theatre Group

8/7/2008 - Day 7 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

The Virginity of Astronauts - Electric Telescope

8/4/2008 - Day 4 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Fringe 2008 - 2-1/2 Star Shows

These are links to short reviews of some shows that were interesting, but still needed a bit of work to live up to their full potential. The Fringe is a good incubator for such things...

Cowboy Dragqueen - DragIn Productions

8/2/2008 - Day 2 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Fringe 2008 - 4 Star Shows

These are links to a whole lot of short reviews, as the days flew past and blogging time was just mighty hard to find. These were, well, excellent...

4 Stars - Excellent

Dance of the Whisky Faerie - Sara Stevenson Scrimshaw

8/6/2008 - Day 6 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels - Henry Epp

8/3/2008 - Day 3 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Orange - Questionable Company Theater

8/5/2008 - Day 5 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Fringe 2008 - 4-1/2 Star Shows

This is a combination of links to a sadly meager bunch of full reviews, and a whole lot of shorter reviews as the days flew past and blogging time was just mighty hard to find. These were also some pretty great stuff...

4-1/2 Stars - Damn Near Perfect

Attack of the Big Angry Booty - Traveling Kurkendahl Productions

8/1/2008 - Day 1 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/2/2008 - full review
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Boys Don't Make Passes At Girls Who Wear Glasses - Laura Bidgood & Curt Lund (True Enough Theater)

8/3/2008 - Day 3 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

The Gyspy & The General - 3 Sticks

8/10/2008 - Day 9 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

One Night Only With Mike Mahony - Perpetual Motion Theater Company

8/3/2008 - Day 3 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Paul Bunyan Runs For President - Vanderpan Enterprises

8/5/2008 - Day 5 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

School of Rockstars - Rockstar Storytellers (Whah Happened Productions)

8/2/2008 - Day 2 - Down and Dirty
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Fringe-For-All 1 and 2 - 2008 Edition

Again, didn't cover nearly the whole span of Fringe-For-All acts, but here's last year's meager sampling (my mantra for this year? shorter and faster, shorter and faster...)

7/20/2008 - Fringe-For-All 1 - Robin Gillette
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/23/2008 - Fringe-For-All 1 & 2 - Traffic Lights
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/23/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - Among The Oats
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/23/2008 - Fringe-For-All 1 - 59 Minutes Til The End
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/23/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - Hey, I'm Talking Murder Here!
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/24/2008 - Fringe-For-All 1 - The Visitor, or From Here To Angina
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/24/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - Skunkape Sexkult
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/24/2008 - Fringe-For-All 1 & 2 - My War
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/25/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - Meet The Macbeths
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/25/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - Casanova Man
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/25/2008 - Fringe-For-All 1 - Reincarnation: Another Chance At Failure
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/25/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - Audish
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Fringe 2008 - Top 20

If you removed the gun from my head...

...and I was allowed to see another set of 10 Fringe shows, what would they be and why?

Well, this year I at least managed to get to a full set of 11-20 shows (the year before I just waited too long and ran out of time before the Fringe got under way). That almost happened again, but after doing full entries on a couple of shows, I powered through the remainder all in one post. Sigh. Will 2009 fare better? We shall see...

7/16/2008 - #20 - Empty S Productions
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/18/2008 - #19 - Culture Mesh Collective
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/24/2008 - #18 - Hometown Theater
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/31/2008 - The rest of the rundown - #11 to #17
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

#17 - the Rievas - father Dan's Electric Telescope, & daughter Rachel Rieva's own play

#16 - Vanderpan Enterprises

#15 - Megan Dowd/Timothy J. Meyer

#14 - Maddak Productions

#13 - Dean Hatton

#12 - Lex-Ham Community Theater

#11 - Courtney Roche

Fringe 2008 - Top 10

If you held a gun to my head...

...and I could only see 10 Fringe shows, what would they be and why?

2008 Edition

7/7/2008 - #1 - Rampleseed
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/18/2008 - #2 - No Refunds Theatre Co.
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/28/2008 - #3 - The Drollery
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/28/2008 - #4 - Joseph Bingham
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/29/2008 - #5 - Jonas Goslow
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/29/2008 - #6 - Patty Nieman
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/29/2008 - #7 - Questionable Company Theater
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/29/2008 - #8 - Onomatopoeia Productions
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/31/2008 - #9 - Sara Stevenson Scrimshaw
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/31/2008 - #10 - Youth Performance Company/Young Artists Council
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/31/2008 - #10.5 - Magicword Theater Company
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/31/2008 - Top 10 List, all the links in one post
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Returning Favorites - An Incomplete Project

Every year, I clear out my pre-Fringe Top 10/Top 20 list and make room for 20 more sets of artists to spotlight. Every year, artists from past lists reappear with new work. So I try (emphasis on the "try" last year) to run down on the returning favorites, because like the new Top 10/Top 20 crowd, these old friends are a safe bet for good fringing, ever reliable for something interesting and worth checking out. Last year, these are the returnees I actually got full write-ups done on. I hope to be better in 2009. We shall see if I achieve my goal...

Returning Favorites from the 2003 Top 10 List...

6/16/2008 - Rhino Productions
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/19/2008 - Rik Reppe
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

and an honorable mention from 2003

6/19/2008 - Spring Awakening
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Returning Favorites from the 2004 Top 10 List...

6/19/2008 - Claire Simonson
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Returning Favorites from the 2005 Top 10 List...

6/23/2008 - Walking Shadow
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/24/2008 - Joseph Scrimshaw
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/25/2008 - Theatre Unbound
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/29/2008-7/5/2008 - Live Action Set
matthewaeverett.com version, all 4 in one
Twin Cities Daily Planet version, part 1
Twin Cities Daily Planet version, part 2
Twin Cities Daily Planet version, part 3
Twin Cities Daily Planet version, part 4

Returning Favorites from the 2005 Top 20 List...

7/6/2008 - 3 Sticks
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/14/2008 - Allegra Lingo
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Returning Favorites from the 2006 Top 10 List...

7/24/2008 - Ben Sandell (aka Leaky Pen Inc.)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Shameless Plugs of the Day

One theater company started me down this path with their information on a fundraiser for their Fringe production, and I just kept it rolling through Fringe, Fringe-like, and Fringe-adjacent productions and events from scrappy little theater companies that crossed my path (when I had some spare time to type, which was sporadic)...

6/16/2008 - Shameless Plug of the Day - Disquietude Theatre
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/17/2008 - Shameless Plug of the Day - Upright Egg
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/20/2008 - Shameless Plug of the Day - Skewed Visions
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/26/2008 - Shameless Plug of the Day - Twin Cities Improv Festival 2
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/26/2008 - Shameless Plug of the Day - Nancy Donoval
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Divided Loyalties - My Own Fringe Show in 2008

Didn't expect this to happen, but an opportunity came along, and I grabbed it...

6/14/2008 - Do You Have A Show In The Fringe This Year?
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/16/2008 - So What Exactly Is A Bronze Bitch Anyway?
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

6/17/2008 - So Where'd The Talking Dog Come From?
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/15/2008 - Things I Learned About The Fringe At The Library
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/17/2008 - Fringe on the Radio tonight - and online after
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/20/2008 - Fringe-For-All 2 - My Turn
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/28/2008 - Scheduling Hurdles
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/28/2008 - Users Also Scheduled
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/3/2008 - The first batch of Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag reviews (including the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, and 6 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/4/2008 - More reviews for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (3 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/5/2008 - More reviews for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (2 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/6/2008 - More reviews for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (5 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/7/2008 - More reviews for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (10 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/7/2008 - You Know It's Been A Long Dry Spell When...
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/8/2008 - More reviews for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (6 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/9/2008 - Closing Night for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (2 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

8/10/2008 - More reviews for Bronze Bitch/Dog Tag (3 audience reviews)
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

10/17/2008 - Shamless Plug of the Day - Dog Tag Opens In Chicago
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Life of Blogger - Transitions

Then the transition from a blog based on the Minnesota Fringe Festival site...

3/7/2008 - Chapter Ends, Chapter Begins

To the beginning of the coverage over on Twin Cities Daily Planet...

6/10/2008 - Our Story Thus Far
matthewaeverett.com version (all text, all the time)
Twin Cities Daily Planet version (with tasty active links)

6/12/2008 - About The Rating System
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/2/2008 - What the heck is a Fringe Festival?
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/3/2008 - You're never alone at Fringe time
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/4/2008 - Fringe User's Guide
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/20/2008 - Card Shark - Fringe-For-All 1 edition
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/20/2008 - Card Shark - Guthrie edition 1 and 2
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/20/2008 - Card Shark - Library edition
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/20/2008 - Card Shark - Snail Mail edition
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

7/28/2008 - Mom's On The Way
matthewaeverett.com version
Twin Cities Daily Planet version

Catching Up - A Handy Reference Tool

Last year, the Fringe blog archiving process got away from me a little bit - mostly because I was producing a show in the Fringe last year (The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, and Dog Tag), and furiously rewriting a script which went into rehearsal the day after the Fringe closed (Leave). Having a set of quick links to refer to last year would have been mighty handy, but there just wasn't the time to construct it. Now, finally, as Fringe 2009 bears down on us, I've got the 2008 entries archived on my site. My site still being under construction, the possibility for live links in the entries still isn't there. So I'm also keeping track of the Twin Cities Daily Planet entries as well, since the links are actually active there, rather than just being listed out. Hopefully this time next year, the redesign on my site will be done and linking will be available on all platforms. Also, since the most public of the platforms is Twin Cities Daily Planet, I want to cross-reference as much as possible on their site when posting for them. But paging slowly through four entries at a time added way too much time to the blogging work last year. This will hopefully streamline it all. That, and not having production deadlines and duties bearing down on me this summer (yet, anyway), will allow the coverage to be more encompassing than last year. (We live and hope). So...

First, the last few pre-Daily Planet entries, about the Minnesota Fringe Festival Lottery for 2008...

2/6/2008 - Ping Pong Ball Party Time

3/4/2008 - The 4th Annual Ping Pong Ball Awards

3/4/2008 - The 4th Annual Ping Pong Ball Awards - series 2

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