2026 Schedule
August 12, 2026
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A Confluence of Magical Arseholes
By: The Winding Sheet Outfit
Venue: Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: The feckin' story and singy-song of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. There be the famous supper club for some bored c*nts and dilettantes, and this be that time... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase A Confluence of Magical Arseholes 08/12 BFF 5:30 PM Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
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BE NOT AFRAID
By: Third Space Theater
Venue: The Southern Theater 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: 2012. A struggling farm in a northwestern ND town transformed by the oil boom is given a warning: A savior is coming. Portion of proceeds donated. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase BE NOT AFRAID 08/12 5:30 PM The Southern Theater
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Flirting Like an Amercian
By: Sufian Zhemukhov
Venue: Rarig Kilburn Theatre 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: A hilarious journey of a naïve immigrant professor navigating the foreign world of dating and romance in the New World, described by NPR as “a show about romance, culture, and... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Flirting Like an Amercian 08/12 5:30 PM Rarig Kilburn Theatre
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Maniac
By: Todd Sullivan
Venue: Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: A solo clown show loosely inspired by history's most intelligent serial killer — blending masks, movement, lo-fi origami, and absurd logic into a lunatic tribunal of comedy, tenderness, and chaos.... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Maniac 08/12 5:30 PM Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
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Not Bad for a Punk Band
By: Deft Pictures
Venue: Theatre in the Round 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: A local musician's overambition cost him the band and a shot at happiness. Years later, at his drummer's wedding, he has a chance to make things right with his former... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Not Bad for a Punk Band 08/12 BFF 5:30 PM Theatre in the Round
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Pistachio's Playhouse
By: Samuel Karie
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: When the host of the children’s show Pistachio’s Playhouse experiences a sudden tragedy, she has to try and keep the Playhouse from closing while maintaining her sanity in front of... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Pistachio's Playhouse 08/12 5:30 PM Barbara Barker Center for Dance
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Ready Player, Too
By: Rainsview Creative
Venue: Open Eye Theatre 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: What do Candyland, Soccer, Therapy, and Tomb Raider have in common? Lily has won them all. So why does she feel like such a loser? Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Ready Player, Too 08/12 BFF 5:30 PM Open Eye Theatre
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The Choose Your Own Adventures of Turtle Boy
By: Tiger Love Studios LLC
Venue: Mixed Blood 08/12 5:30 PM
Description: A one-person puppet show with call and response/audience participation. The bashful but rowdy Turtle Boy leads you through an action movie of your own making. John Wick meets TMNT. Karate... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase The Choose Your Own Adventures of Turtle Boy 08/12 BFF 5:30 PM Mixed Blood
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A Magician
By: Levani
Venue: Open Eye Theatre 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: A Magician is the life memoir storytelling magic show of Las Vegas entertainer Jordan Rooks. This storytelling magical wonder is a combination of storytelling, clowning, and magic. Go to this Show's Page
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A Real Piece of Work
By: Moral of the Story
Venue: Theatre in the Round 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: When a bumbling community theater group rehearses for their production of Hamlet, one actor tries to help them get their act together. This ensemble comedy is a love letter to... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase A Real Piece of Work 08/12 7:00 PM Theatre in the Round
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In The Moonlight
By: Moonlight Muses LLC
Venue: Center for Performing Arts 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: An original 80s musical murder mystery following Scarlet, Matthew, and Bella. After a shocking crime, you become the live jury, cast your interactive vote, and directly decide who goes to... Go to this Show's Page
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Just One Life
By: Dave Dvorak
Venue: Rarig Kilburn Theatre 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: “Just One Life” is a delightful original musical telling an inspiring tale of love, loss and redemption—set against the dark reality of the injustice and profit motive of the US... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Just One Life 08/12 7:00 PM Rarig Kilburn Theatre
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Leave Room for Jesus
By: Hannah Wydeven
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: An improvised musical comedy sermon about purity culture, power, and evangelical America. Featuring original songs, audience participation, and a charismatic pastor who may not be as holy as she seems. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Leave Room for Jesus 08/12 7:00 PM Barbara Barker Center for Dance
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More Better Stories
By: American School of Storytelling
Venue: American School of Storytelling 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: Storytellers Jon Carlson, Vianna Isbister, Bernadine Joselyn, Hank Roubicek - tell three times, and Erin Ferdinand, Kory May, Christopher Nelson, Laura Packer, Anne Wiborg do "one off's" with stories for... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase More Better Stories 08/12 7:00 PM American School of Storytelling
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Tapeze - a la seconde
By: Twin Cities Trapeze
Venue: The Southern Theater 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: An joyful spectacle where every step defies gravity. A circus of rhythm and movement - join us where tap dancing meets the sky. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Tapeze - a la seconde 08/12 7:00 PM The Southern Theater
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The Precious Scars
By: Applause Community Theatre
Venue: Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: Billy Sipple became a hero when he saved President Ford’s life. Days later, Harvey Milk publicly outed him. What should have been a major win for gay rights ruined Sipple’s... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase The Precious Scars 08/12 7:00 PM Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
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The Quiet Piggy
By: Dawn Bentley
Venue: Strike Theater 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: Minnesota Fringe Executive Director and theatre virgin Dawn Bentley makes her first (and only?) fringe show. A personal, political, and playful storytelling experience fantasizing about how IT finally happens. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase The Quiet Piggy 08/12 7:00 PM Strike Theater
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The Shape of Home
By: Rituparna Rana
Venue: Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: An intimate solo performance blending Indian Classical and Folk dance and storytelling to explore migration, memory, and belonging. Can home be a place... or is it something we carry within... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase The Shape of Home 08/12 7:00 PM Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
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Who Am I, Again?
By: Lethan Candlish
Venue: Mixed Blood 08/12 7:00 PM
Description: One man's journey to discover identity after trauma, as told by brain injury survivor and master storyteller Lethan Candlish. Sharing a common journey of recovery from multiple perspectives. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Who Am I, Again? 08/12 7:00 PM Mixed Blood
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A Revolution Highly Favorable
By: Maximum Verbosity
Venue: Strike Theater 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: Adapting for the first time 18th-century combat medic, historian, and POW David Ramsay, this fully AI-illustrated show features a different collection of readings each night. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase A Revolution Highly Favorable 08/12 8:30 PM Strike Theater
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Brakkesyke
By: New Product Company
Venue: Theatre in the Round 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: Norwegian for cabin fever, BRAKKESYKE is a new dark comedy about the banal degradation of boredom. Two soldiers wait at the edge of the world. The war is far away... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Brakkesyke 08/12 8:30 PM Theatre in the Round
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Ember
By: Black and Foxy Co
Venue: Rarig Kilburn Theatre 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: A musical and storytelling cabaret focused on radiance. Come watch what happens when artists are given the freedom to express themselves without limits. Three guest artists will be revealed throughout... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Ember 08/12 BFF 8:30 PM Rarig Kilburn Theatre
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FAST Death of a Salesman
By: an alleged Theatre Company
Venue: Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: Dr. Duke Didier is putting on a production of Death of a Salesman, in order to prove to his nephew that the play is still relevant in 2026. Too bad... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase FAST Death of a Salesman 08/12 BFF 8:30 PM Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
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LATIN PAPI
By: CuerpoxCuerpo
Venue: Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: Latin Papi is a bold, playful, and provocative contemporary dance performance blending sensual movement, voice, humor, and theatrical flair created by Armani Rey Colón and Gabriel Mata of CuerpoxCuerpo. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase LATIN PAPI 08/12 BFF 8:30 PM Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
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Machinal
By: Combustible Company
Venue: The Southern Theater 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: This is the reimagined look at Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 expressionistic play about a woman trapped in a mechanical society that dictates how women should act and live. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Machinal 08/12 8:30 PM The Southern Theater
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Minnesota is the Shire, or Fair & Back Again
By: Seán McArdle / Hero Props
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: A storytelling show about my love for MN + Tolkien’s Legendarium; exploring his concepts of Estel & Eucatastrophe, similarities btw Minnesota & the Shire, & how we kinda just lived... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Minnesota is the Shire, or Fair & Back Again 08/12 8:30 PM Barbara Barker Center for Dance
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More Better Stories
By: American School of Storytelling
Venue: American School of Storytelling 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: Storytellers Jon Carlson, Vianna Isbister, Bernadine Joselyn, Hank Roubicek - tell three times, and Erin Ferdinand, Kory May, Christopher Nelson, Laura Packer, Anne Wiborg do "one off's" with stories for... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase More Better Stories 08/12 8:30 PM American School of Storytelling
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Sisters on Stage: An elder millennial’s exploration of Shakespeare’s sisters
By: Deanne McDonald / The Traveling Players
Venue: Mixed Blood 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: One woman performs scenes from Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies exploring his deep understanding of the closest, longest and most frustrating relationship of your life: your relationship with your siblings. Go to this Show's Page
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Small Epiphanies
By: Good & Plenty Productions
Venue: Open Eye Theatre 08/12 8:30 PM
Description: Spanning from the 1960's to the present, this humorous, poignant, one-woman show delves into Midwest identity, family, U.S. History, political awakening & an accordion - proving one is never too... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Small Epiphanies 08/12 8:30 PM Open Eye Theatre
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A Woman's Place is in the House
By: David Alan Berger
Venue: Rarig Kilburn Theatre 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: An interactive activist comedy following Minnesota's first four female legislators as they journey to today, joining the ongoing fight for equal rights - with various special guest speakers at each... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase A Woman's Place is in the House 08/12 BFF 10:00 PM Rarig Kilburn Theatre
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DOOZY
By: DOLLY WHO?
Venue: Open Eye Theatre 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: A good friend never forgets. Too bad, Dolly did. But no worries, it's her day off! No agenda, no script, no work...and all the time in the world for a... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase DOOZY 08/12 BFF 10:00 PM Open Eye Theatre
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Empty Nest
By: Zabel Weinhagen
Venue: Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: Empty Nest dives into life’s big transitions — aging, shifting identities, long-term partnership — and finds the humor in the awkward, poignant, and downright ridiculous moments along the way. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Empty Nest 08/12 BFF 10:00 PM Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
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HELL ON WHEELS: The Winter Strike of 1934
By: Local 574
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: The true story of the families and truckers in Minneapolis who organized in order to survive the Great Depression. This first strike of 1934 led to the transformation of the... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase HELL ON WHEELS: The Winter Strike of 1934 08/12 BFF 10:00 PM Barbara Barker Center for Dance
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KISMET
By: Tiyatro Misafir
Venue: Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: A funny and moving story of two Turkish immigrants rebuilding their lives in America, confronting cultural differences, unexpected challenges, and the meaning of home. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase KISMET 08/12 10:00 PM Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
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Sound and Noise and Bodies
By: Octoberdandy Productions
Venue: Theatre in the Round 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: Fringe veteran Jen Scott presents a one-person storytelling show, a music-show, a bit of a clown show, all about being human and maybe being heard. Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Sound and Noise and Bodies 08/12 BFF 10:00 PM Theatre in the Round
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Space Company
By: dancing arms
Venue: Mixed Blood 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: An immersive corporate satire about a company that considers itself to be a family. "Mom", a middle manager at Space Company, welcomes the audience, now cast as new hires ("Babygirls"),... Go to this Show's Page
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Stage Presents
By: Wells Farnham
Venue: The Southern Theater 08/12 10:00 PM
Description: Third Fringe, & Wells thinks he's figured out the game. And he wants to share it with you! Work disasters, spirit world snafus, post Pearl Jam snacks, bootleg CDs, stories... Go to this Show's Page
Favorite Show Add to Schedule Ticket Options Quantity Purchase Stage Presents 08/12 BFF 10:00 PM The Southern Theater