#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #20 - Davi Gray - This Body, This Fruit A narrative journey built from poetry bringing the audience into, through, & out of the rage, sorrow, despair, revelation, awakening, & joy of transness. Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #10 - Little Apple Theatre Company - The Importance of Being Eternal Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, but with horny vampires. Sure, why not? Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

All I have to say is "Melancholics Anonymous has a new Fringe show" right? The fact that it's Watership Down, also a plus. And a folk musical. #mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Melancholics Anonymous - Watership Down Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #19 - Local 574 - Hell on Wheels: The Winter Strike of 1934 The true story of the families and truckers in Minneapolis who organized in order to survive the Great Depression. Full write-up here, Solidarity Forever: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #9 - Lethan Candlish - Who Am I, Again? One man's journey to discover identity after trauma, as told by brain injury survivor and master storyteller Lethan Candlish. Full write-up on this compelling solo show here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

Tap dancers and trapeze artists and mimes, oh my... #mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Twin Cities Trapeze - Tapeze: a la seconde Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #18 - Therapist Zero - be-Creative (Brian Leonard) Darkly funny solo show; father trying to help his brilliant but struggling daughter, runs headfirst into maze of psychiatrists, broken systems, his own past. Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #8 - A Magician - Levani (Jordan Rooks) Life memoir storytelling magic show of Vegas entertainer Jordan Rooks, a combination of storytelling, clowning, and magic. Full write-up on this magic show here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

All of the fun. None of the toxicity. #mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - DallaDanna Productions - Improvised Love Is Blind: Minnesota Fringe Edition Full write-up on this improvised reality show here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #17 - The Redmond Players (aka Technically Thespians) - That Was Shakespeare: A Revue Full write-up on these tech nerds by day/theater nerds by night here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #7 - Ari Hoptman - Is That Why? A fast-moving show about the mysteries of language. Why are words the way the are? How do languages change? Why is grammar hard? Every show will be different! Full write-up on the comedic wordplay here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

The comedic horror of the "Minnesota Goodbye" #mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Joking Apart Theater - I'm Afraid, I Have To Leave Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #16 - Tiger Love Studios LLC - The Choose Your Own Adventures of Turtle Boy A one-person puppet show with call and response/audience participation. Full write-up on the marionette turtle antics here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #6 - Maxxeapolis Goes To Hell Rest In Peace, Maxxeapolis, whose untimely deaths have landed them in Hell right before their performance at Fringe. Full write-up on this new sketch comedy group here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - An Overlapping Puppet/Crime Trilogy 3 very different shows daisy chained together, connected by puppets and crime - Fighting Unicorns, Muskie, and M Full write-up on this oddball series of connections here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/08/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top11-20 - #15 - Samuel Karie - Pistachio's Playhouse Full write-up on this colorful drag/puppet performance here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #5 - Plucky Rosenthal - Vintage Tunes, Modern Gal Cabaret performer Plucky Rosenthal and her quest to find the one thing she’s never had: a band. Full write-up on the show here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

Your kid goes off to college. What are you going to do with all that extra free time? Creating a new comedy show seems like a great idea :) #mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Zabel Weinhagen - Empty Nest Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #14 - Moral of the Story - A Real Piece of Work Full write-up on a show that won my over in spite of myself at Fringe Previews here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #4 - Sockpop - 1 Hour Left to Live, by That Felt Good A puppet on his deathbed recounts his life through monologue, improvised flashbacks, audience participation, and stand-up comedy guest sets. Full write-up here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

I am either the best or worst audience for someone riffing on the movie Casablanca Fringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Snikt! Bamf! Thwip! - Casa Bde-Maka-Ska Full write-up on this exploration of a community under occupation here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #13 - Band Practice - Don't Be Scared Full write-up about the show from this clown duo visiting us from Berlin: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #3 - Jena Young Productions - The Label Maker Full write-up on this solo storytelling show on mental health here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

A remount of a deportation tale in a new context Fringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Hey Rube - So Bright, The Night swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #12 - Todd Sullivan - Maniac Full write-up on this psycho clown show here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #2 - Dame Right! - Good Vibrations Full write-up on this queer revision of musical history here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - The Winding Sheet Outfit - A Confluence of Magical Arseholes Full write-up on this foul-mouthed new musical here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 11-20 - #11 - Dawn Bentley - The Quiet Piggy Full write-up on this one person political satire, with clown, here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

#mnfringe 2026 Top 10 - #1 - Stage Presents - Wells Farham Full write-up on this solo comedy show here: swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

A mash-up of Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Bubba Ho-Tep, and 3,000 Miles from Graceland? Must be a Fringe show :) #mnfringe 2026 Returning Favorites - Michael Shaeffer - Glengarry Glen Elvis swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...