Fringe Encore!

For the first time in festival history, we had a tie. Not just one tie, even, but two! To break the tie, we held a public coin toss (similar to the lottery that we use to determine the festival lineup) at Fringe Central tonight.

Congratulations go to contenders at Augsburg Studio (”Parry Hotter” and “Sarah, Your [...]

In Queue with Intern Ann and Intern Kelsye: Volunteer appreciation

Sold-out shows (Tuesday 8/4)

Sarah, Your Ovaries are Drying Up (Augsburg Studio)
Parry Hotter (Augsburg Studio)
The A Train (Augsburg Studio)
Squawk (Gremlin)
2 Sugars, Room for Cream (Xperimental)
2 Short Operas (PWC)
Love Me or Die! (Xperimental)

Sold-out shows for 8/4

“Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins” presented by Empty S Productions
“June of Arc” presented by Sandbox Theatre
“Rumspringa the Musical” presented by Best Weird Dog
“Animal Cracker Genocide” presented by Ben San Del

Opening weekend sold-out shows!!!

Thursday, July 30
Projectile Thinking presented by Stages Theatre Company with Jon Ferguson (first performance)
Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins presented by Empty S Productions (first performance)
Two Short Operas: Mr. Berman’s Bath-Size Bar and There’s a Mastodon In My Backyard presented by the Dead Composers Society (first performance)
Friday, July 31
Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins presented [...]

Certified sell-outs: Day one

Day one (Thurs., July 30) had three certified sell-outs:

Projectile Thinking presented by Stages Theatre Company with Jon Ferguson
Two Short Operas presented by Dead Composers Society
Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins presented by Empty S Productions

Congratulations, all!

Opening weekend traffic

The Star Tribune has a story about MnDOT’s plans for this weekend (July 30-August 3).

Just as a reminder: Summer is a happy time for construction in the Cities. So check out the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s site for late-breaking (and long-breaking) construction updates.

(Or, conversely, try this on for size if you don’t normally.)

Get the official 2009 program

Download the printed program in PDF format: For the first time in Fringe history, we’ve updated the print program, sprinkled some PDF fairy dust on it, and making it available online. Hooray!

Find Minnesota Fringe’s official 2009 program in the August edition of Minnesota Monthly—on newsstands now!—or check out these fine establishments:

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