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Tonight the role of Wendy Gennaula will be performed by Chris Gennaula. Last night our “Good to Momma” Blogger took the night off from the Fringe to actually blog a bit. So, tonight while she is back at her ‘Fringe Beat’ I will guest blog about a show I saw last night. Continue Reading
SHOW TITLE: Rich Pieces and Other Dances
PRODUCER: Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre
HAILING FROM: Wisconsin
SHOW DESCRIPTION: “Raw emotion momentarily captured” describes the spellbinding work of these exquisite dancers. Inspired by the poetry of Adrienne Rich, these dances encapsulate haunting images that entrance audience members. Continue Reading
What if you set out to make the quintessential Fringe show? You might start off with some Shakespeare. Maybe make it a musical! Add some pop-culture references and ghosts. Continue Reading
There are three chances left to see The Genealogy of Happenstance, an intimate one-person show by Allegra J. Lingo, including tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00 P.M. It is the story Allegra and her wife Amy’s real-life journey to expand their family. Continue Reading
Marie Jeanne Valet Who Defeated La Bete Du Gevaudan, by Sandbox Theatre is playing at the Southern Theatre. I highly recommend it; there are three performances left including one tonight (Tuesday) at 5:30. Billed as “something different” this drama uses music, movement, puppetry, and storytelling to tell the tale of a town terrified of a mysterious monster devouring its citizens. Eerie and lush, Marie Jeanne is powerfully moving. Continue Reading
Our American Assassin, or You Can’t Handle the Booth!, presented by Mainly Me Productions story by Josh Carson and Andy Kraft is playing at the Theatre in the Round. Just a note-while many of Mainly Me productions are all ages shows, this one is not. There is a lot of profanity. But the show is clearly marked ages 16 and up on the artists page. Continue Reading
The Bother, written, directed and performed by Rita Boersma, James Rone, and Jake Scott, is a complete and satisfying drama about a writer who thinks she’s “losing her mind when she encounters the imaginary monster that terrified her as a child on a trip home as an adult.” The writer, Bri, played by Rita Boersma, has made her career as a Young Adult writer. Her stories are based on that imaginary monster. But she is stuck, both personally and professionally. Is the monster real after all? Continue Reading
CAVEAT: Meredith Larson, the director of this show, also directed a one-minute play I wrote last winter, though I don’t believe we’ve officially met face-to-face. Continue Reading
Phase III of the Dinkytown Greenway, an off road bike trail that connects the University of Minnesota with downtown, opened on July 20 with a ribbon cutting ceremony and two group rides. Phase III utilizes a tunnel under the 35W bridge approach that was built under the bridge when it was reconstructed.Council Members Jacob Frey and Cam Gordon led group rides from Gateway Park and TCF Stadium and met Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and other local leaders at Bluff Street Park, near where the tunnel connects Bridge #9 and an off-road bike trail that leads to the far end of the University of Minnesota campus with on-street bike lanes on 2nd Street South that lead to downtown.This video takes a look at the Gateway Park Group ride and the speeches and ribbon cutting at Bluff Street Park: Continue Reading
CAVEAT: The director of this show, Rachel Palashewski, was the assistant director of one of my scripts last spring. Continue Reading