Salt

Timely

No, we don't not have a draft in our country right now, but everything about this play is timely as we continue to send arms and money to Israel as they use our resources to slaughter tens of thousands in Gaza. This play isn't about that per se, but it could be, and it could be about so many of the wars and the folly of us being in them. The cast here is young, and so it is easy to imagine that any of them could be called upon to serve a country whose war they do not support and want nothing to do with. The acting was strong, the set creative, and it is a great conversation starter.

Let's do the Time Warp again!

I usually call out our excellent out-of-town Fringe shows to help bring some (at least geographic) diversity to our fly-over territory Fringe. But Salt is different: they are local but this was a far different cast and audience than I typically see at Minnesota Fringe. When I walked into the restroom prior to the show, I knew I was in a "Time Warp" and the feeling persisted. The cast and audience were 50+ years younger than I am, but it felt like we were back in the mid-1960s. They did an outstanding job creating character, plot, and mission on what seemed like a shoestring. Thanks for bringing diversity to MN Fringe and bring others like you to Fringe next year!!

so good!

loved this show!!

This is a play with a soul

Salt accomplishes something special in balancing a multilayered, character-driven drama with nuanced, moral/political arguments. And isn't this what theater is for, to tell stories that push us to reexamine our own worlds and worldviews? This is a Must-See show, according to PiPress critics: https://www.twincities.com/2025/08/05/fringe-review-impassioned-salt-balances-touching-drama-and-moral-questions/

Here by accident, hit me in the feels

I thought something else was playing, then I got the program and stayed. Active in my union, I appreciated one of the Emmas organizing their warehouse. The conflict of person being drafted recalled to me when in 1980 young men had to start registering with Selective Service. My friends debated whether to register and what they would do if they didn't register. These issues come around again and again. This is the second show I've seen this Fringe about the US military-industrial complex.

Really Highlights the Activists’ Dilemma

This dilemma often follow when an organized group attempts the conventional methods of trying to sway key decision makers only to get ignored. Then there comes a point when activists go into escalation tactics which the outsider or normie types who haven't set foot in movement space critique as “that is not the proper way to make change/ you are only hurting your cause”. But if only the proper way had actually worked! And the show gave a realistic depiction about how the activists dilemma could divide the movement itself in cases where the stakes are so high. I personally knew at least 7 people in the audience which assured me I was in the right place. There were some really fantastic moments and then there were a few times when I lost track of the plot that was going on.

Thought -Provoking, Timely, and At Times Painful

This was first serious show this Fringe season. It hit home because at 71, I saw the draft and had to go before my draft board. Folks I knew saw Vietnam. Many were changed. This is a play about how to resist war and the cry for it. What are the boundaries of resistance? If you want comfort and rainbows and unicorns this is NOT that show! If you want to deal with contemporary choices and speculate on likely unhappy endings versus hopeful ones attend. This show takes you to uncomfortable places and uncertain outcomes. If you are in the mood for thought-provoking drama you need to see this show.

An empathetic mirror for lefties, QT or not

The radio DJ spotlight, girl scout indoctrination, and fire breather allegory via monologue slideshow sequences added worthwhile flavor to the 5 person discourse that laid bare many conceits, both routine and sometimes more unique, of leftist organizing/mobilizing/direct action groups in a way that felt compassionate and tender while sustaining the highly self-aware and self-critical bite needed for a hybrid satire-drama show like this to balance biting commentary with the literate sympathy extended to people used up for rhetorical fodder for such commentary. A stand out show for its themes played out through specific characters and their archetypal queer leftist (south Minneapolis?) traits. -Tri (pron. "TREE), performer in "Apsara, the Musical"

This show is why I live Fringe

Fringe is often the best way to get a new work produced. This crew of young, new artists did an amazing job of presenting a current perspective on an not so new topic. Go see it. They deserve an audience as bold as they are.