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2023 Audience Reviews
Member Reviews
The following reviews were submitted by Fringe Member: Richard Shields
Company: Alex Church
Show: Primary
Venue: Augsburg Studio
Script Editing & Casting Decision
The show has merit but who are we to focus on - Elizabeth or her daughter? Strong contemporary topics abounded in this show. I wonder what went into the decision to cast Elizabeth - I was taken back to see the actor reading is lined from a notebook. However,the fact they are donating to Women Winning is such a great plus.
Company: musicbyskippy
Show: we can wish: a beatboxing and music variety show
Venue: Augsburg Studio
Such A Great Vibe
This show was high energy. The songs in the second half of the show were personal and powerful. He engaged with the audience at once. If he comes to Minnesota again see his act.
Company: Mermaid Productions
Show: The Very Model of a Modern Monster Scientist
Venue: Augsburg Studio
Fun Show
Don't overthink it. Just relax - hard to do on the seats offered! H Light fun, drama free. Hated the seats in theater. Loved the performance.
Company: Juliana Frick
Show: FLOAT
Venue: Augsburg Mainstage
That Chicken Deserved Better
Powerful show that calls out a range of emotions, good use of props. A show about grief, regrets and not connecting.
Company: Rebecca Wickert and Ella Eastman-Kiesow
Show: BRUTUS
Venue: Theatre in the Round
A Fine Shoe
It was a good show. Followed the core story. Movement was aligned with core story.
Company: Melancholics Anonymous
Show: A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism
Venue: Rarig Center Arena
Tough Cookies vs Force of Nature
A fun show with several serious messages.Transitioning to adulthood, environmental themes, female bonding are some delightfully delivered messages. Fun show. Bad ass hawk attempts to steal the stage and does at several points, but girl power united will always prevail! Go to this one.
Company: Phina Pipia
Show: Ha Ha Da Vinci
Venue: Southern Theater
Brilliant Show - Magic, Music and Art
Well constructed show. The performance offers humor, music, history and art. Clever historical references. I suggest it should be one of your closing shows.
Company: Gnarly Bard Theater Company
Show: Tales from the Fiefdom
Venue: Southern Theater
Music In the Middle Ages
A nice musical set in the Middle Ages. Some clever lyrics. Suggest for consideration. I had a problem with hearing some lyrics.
Company: The World Crime League
Show: Uncle Walt
Venue: Augsburg Mainstage
Walt Wants Your Body!
Walt Disney's frozen head is alive, talking and conniving to get a body He is targeting two brothers who are not the brightest lights in the chandelier. Blood will be shed. What would Mickey do?
Company: Hercules Theatre Company
Show: Adaptopus
Venue: Augsburg Mainstage
Susan Collins Does Debate Prep & Meets An Octopus
Behind the scenes look at candidate debate prep where the participants see the candidate is flawed.eanwhile, an octopus is on the loose. Fun and fast pace. You get a version of the octopus too.
Company: Spektakular Theatre
Show: A Jingle Jangle Morning
Venue: Rarig Center Arena
My Inner Child Was Feed
If you need to feed your inner child go. Great props and fun costumes. Happy ending too. Great things in future for talented cast.
Company: Helena K Cosentino
Show: Gilda: A Tribute to the Beloved Comedienne Gilda Radner
Venue: Southern Theater
WOW! Laughing, Crying, Reminiscing
Powerful and emotional show. Well acted and crafted. You move through Radner's life. You laugh, you cry and remember your own life as Gilda's is re-created with song, dance and words. This show has got to be on your short list.
Company: Thee & Me Productions
Show: Omar Khayyam Club
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust
Oh, To Dine At The Omar Khayyam Club
If you are looking for a well-written show with scholarly content and clever lines this show should go on your list. The five people on stage move the show along. Props include slides, memorabilia and nice attire. This show is orderly, well paced and worth the time. If you like poetry, art and history consider this as one of your stops.
Company: Paco Erhard
Show: 5-Step Guide to Being German
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust
Germany: The Funland
Lots of laughs with some cultural conscious raising at no extra charge. Enjoyed this show apparently so much the lady sitting next to me asked if I was German! Suggest you put this one on your schedule.
Company: Jackdonkey Productions
Show: Dock Work
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust
Liked The Pro Union Message
Loved the pro Labor message. But s lot of the material did not register for me. Lots of energy, but not clear I was tracking as well as I could have if writing an transitions were smother.
Company: Black Lives Black Words International Project
Show: Baldwin's Last Fire
Venue: Theatre in the Round
Baldwin Channels His Inner Sherlock
The show turns Baldwin into a detective in order to solve the murders and disappearance of French children. The lead actor is super as Baldwin. The mannerisms and attitudes of the man an his time are displayed. The ending would be well placed in a Walter Moseley novel. Some of the supporting cast have not mastered acting in the round, this I marked down half a kitty.
Company: Kyle B. Dekker
Show: Audacious Ignatius: Lost in Atlantis
Venue: Theatre in the Round
Opens Strong
This show opened strong reviewing the career of Donnelly but runs into a wall as he explains the writing of the man. I enjoyed the first part but my energy lagged for the second part.
Company: Kurkendaal Barrett Presentations
Show: Climbing my family tree
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust
We Got A Bonus Pink Panther!
Delightful show where discovering family leads to discovering truths about life and self. This one person show has laughs, surprisingly good historical reflections and truths about the complexity of the modern American family. Our 4 o'clock audience got a bonus, unintended Pink Panther reference that we loved. Any good show should leave at least one unanswered question: what did the sheriff get in exchange for releasing grandpa?
Company: Nightfall Productions
Show: Fargo Allegro
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust
If You Want Killing
This is a very clever production. Cast, props, words and video blends. A Minnesota flavor, a noir tone, some laughs and the fruits of greed are indeed bitter. Picked-up my spirit. Supreme production.
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Company: Lady Chamberlain Productions
Show: 4 Bisexuals and 2 Guys Named John Kill Dracula
Venue: Rarig Center Arena
This Show Doesn't Suck!
While there is sucking in the show, it is amazing. Fun update of the classic tale. Splendid cast. Loved the garlic bread. Love exists in many forms. A fun, well crafted show.
Company: David Stillman
Show: Grindr Help Desk: The Musical
Venue: Mixed Blood Theatre
Worthy of a Visit
If you wondering how to up your Grindr game go. Also go if you like witty Parody, witty humor, sex talk and drag. If you are uncomfortable with sexual themes pass.
Company: Timothy Mooney Repertory Theatre
Show: Breakneck Midsummer Night’s Dream
Venue: Rarig Center Thrust
Readers Digest Meets Shakespeare
A perky, clever reduction of the original work. This six person cast maintained the core but delivered their lines like they drained the expresso machine dry. If you like comedy delivered at an accelerated pace go. PS you gotta love a good Bottom.
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Company: Snikt! Bamf!Thwip!
Show: John Wick by Tim Wick (no relation)
Venue: Theatre in the Round
Comic Killing and Fast Pace
The cast could be on roller skates for the movement they put out. Yet I found the show easy to follow and had not seen the movies so I was a bit of a virgin. You get more deaths than you can count. The promise to harm no staff animals was kept! Highly recommend it. Lots of fun trivia add to value.ade me feel good about fringe.
Company: Blinking Eye Theatre
Show: Romeo & Juliet Are Dead
Venue: Rarig Center Arena
Some Clever Lines
It is a two person show with an additional hand offering comic relief and timely chalk. Found the writing authentic in many ways. Acting towards Arena audience was generally done well. Suggest going.