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Nina Broberg

Elsie/Paperboy/Girl/Schrankerin
Nina is a theatre artist based in the Twin Cities. She has been acting and dancing for more than a decade and making art for as long as she can remember. She holds a bachelor's degree from Lawrence University in theatre arts with a focus on performance and embodied dance. She strives to curate spaces that encourage a passion for movement and the creative process. Her artistic values of community, collaboration, and experimentation inform all of her artistic endeavors. Presently, Nina spends her time performing, teaching, stage-managing, and writing. She is beyond excited to be a part of this show and work with The World Crime League for the very first time! Her favorite recent productions include a new dance work by Robert Battle at Lawrence University and a production of She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen with Six Elements Theatre.

Soap Curtis

Costumes
Soap Curtis (she/they) is thrilled to make her Fringe design debut! Soap’s previous work has appeared on the stages of Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Stages Theatre, and the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. She would like to thank her cat, Princess Rainbow, for her contributions as design assistant.

Mike Dee

Person 1/Eyewitness 1/Deputy/Cheat

Mahmoud Hakima

Henry/Inspector/Watchman
Mahmoud has been a staple of the Twin Cities acting and improv community for the past 20 years. He can regularly be seen performing with the improv troupes Sympathetic Magic, Jesters Comedy, and Fantastic Voyage. He also has a monthly gig at The Dinner Detective, where he (ironically) also plays a detective trying to solve a crime! The actual number of Fringe shows Mahmoud has performed in remains a mystery, but this year you can also catch him in Soap-Prov at the Nolte Xperimental and Stories From the Trauma Dump at Phoenix Theater. Mahmoud would like to thank Andrew and Emma for this opportunity, and the cast and crew of M. Yay Fringe! Let's do this!!

Emma Kessler

Director/Playwright
Emma Kessler (she/her) is a Minneapolis-based playwright, director, and actress. "M" marks her directorial debut in the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Previous Fringe credits include Delia in We Were Only Henchmen (2024), Ellen in That Woman: The Monologue Show (2024), and Reagan in An Exorcism, Dontcha Know (2025). More recently, her play Elsinore was featured in the Merrill Art Center's 2026 Page to Stage Festival.

Remmi Middleton

Stage Manager

Alyssa Rae

Mrs. Beckmann/Person 2/Mayor/Landlady/Mother
Alyssa Rae is a Minnesota based actress. She attended Minnesota State University, Mankato where she performed in such productions as To Kill a Mockingbird, Romeo & Juliet, and The Haunting of Hill House. Some of her other favorite theater performances include The Odd Couple with Northern Starz Theater, MN Fringe Shows Smashhammer and The Tragedy of Obi Wan Kenobi. She recently performed with the improv group Black Dirt Improv.

Andrew Rosdail

Producer, Policeman/Person 3/Eyewitness 2/Skinner
Andrew is a local actor, playwright, director, and filmmaker. He most recently appeared in “Razia’s Shadow,” a rock puppet opera with Phantom Chorus. He is the founder of the World Crime League and an actor with the Murder Mystery Company, where he dies on a regular basis. He's acted in several Fringe shows over the years, but has also directed such shows as "Writer's Block.," "Uncle Walt," "We Were Only Henchmen," (World Crime League), "Peace Retreat," and "An Exorcism, Don'tcha Know?" (New Endeavors). As a playwright, his work has been produced throughout the country, most recently his short play "The Modern Elder God" was included in a festival by Mystic Players Revival in Medford, MA and his one-act "Spilled Dictators" was produced by URHere Theater in Fresno, CA. He also just had his full-length play "Unter Strom" translated and published by Theaterverlag Elgg for production in Switzerland, Germany, and/or Austria...so if you can speak German and want to support his work, that's one way to do so. In addition to appearing in “M” this year, Andrew co-directed “Muskie” with New Endeavors, which is also showing at this year’s Fringe and should be added to your schedule this year!

John Slaight

Neighbor/Analyst/Wolf
John Slaight has been doing improv in the Twin Cities for four years now, and has been returning to scripted theater after a (quite) long hiatus. He has appeared in shows at Strike and Huge Theater, and in It's An Honorable Life at the Mounds.

Timothy Snyder

Beckert
Timothy Snyder (Beckert) is thrilled to be making his Fringe debut in M with The World Crime League. Recent credits include The Secret in the Wings, Oklahoma! (Carnes), Anything Goes (Billy Crocker), and Our Town (Mr. Webb). Though it wasn’t recent, Timothy wanted it noted that his favorite credit is Gomez Addams in The Addams Family Musical. Timothy is currently pursuing his B.A. in Theatre Performance at Gustavus Adolphus College and would like to especially thank Matt Trucano and Ernest Briggs for their mentorship he has received there. He hopes you enjoy the show.

Mason Tyer

Violence Coordinator
Mason Tyer is a fight, movement, and intimacy director based in Minneapolis. He has worked on productions for the Minnesota Opera, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Duluth Playhouse, GREAT, Open Window Theatre, Theatre in the Round, and numerous Minnesota film productions. Mason has taught stage combat for Children's Theatre Company, The Guthrie, Park Square Theatre, North Hennepin Community College, and offers classes publicly through Rogue Action Dynamics. MusesFire.com