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Year Round Staff
Dawn Bentley, MNM, MBA, CSM
Executive Director
Dawn (she/her) joined Fringe in April 2017 with a leadership expertise focused on navigating strategic vision to achieve
greatest potential. In her previous position as the first Executive Director of Art Shanty Projects, she was charged with creating
infrastructure and establishing improved outcomes in all key functional areas. Dawn is an arts aficionado and has played violin for
over 30 years in various ensembles from rock bands to professional orchestras with a dozen recordings in her repertoire. She holds
Masters degrees in Nonprofit Management and Business Administration from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN.
Corinne Steffens
Technical Director
Corinne (she/they) is joining the full-time Fringe team in 2025 as Tech Director after starting as a Fringe Festival venue tech. During the non-Fringe seasons, she works all across the Twin Cities as a freelancer in all things theater tech, with an emphasis on sound and musical theater. Outside of work, she enjoys crafting, reading fantasy novels, and continuing her stage combat studies.
Hailey Dickinson
Social Media Manager
Hailey (she/her) comes to Minnesota Fringe with years of experience managing communications and working with social change initiatives. She is currently the Communications Lead for Midwest Food Connection and a writer for Yahoo's Built By Girls. While she's not a regular in the theatre world, she is constantly exercising her creativity through storytelling and content creation in her everyday work online. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from the University of Minnesota.
Amber Bjork
Office Manager / Artist Liaison
Amber (she/her) has spent several years acting, directing,
writing, and producing as a Fringe artist before joining the staff as Office Manager and Artist Liaison in 2014. In her time outside of the office, she is a freelance artist and serves as the
founding member of The Winding Sheet Outfit. She is a graduate of University of Minnesota-Duluth with a degree in English Lit and Dramatic Theory.
Felicia Cooper
Director of Audience & Volunteer Engagement
Felicia joins Fringe with eight years experience in community art and engagement and is thrilled to be part of the passionate team at Fringe. She is a listener of stories, an organizer of projects, and a dedicated people person. She holds an MFA from the University of Connecticut and has held artistic residencies at the Bell Museum, Winterthur, the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, and more. When Felicia isn't fringing, she can be found covered in paper mache as a proud member of Minneapolis's puppetry community, or riding her bike, often to a museum.
Ariel Pinkerton
Community Liaison
Ariel (she/her) is an actress, lighting designer and storyteller who has been part of the Minnesota Fringe since 1999. She has served as an artist, volunteer, front of house staff member and enthusiastic audience and will not hesitate to share her love of our festival with you. She is Co-Artistic Director of Fortune's Fool Theatre and a company member of Ghoulish Delights and Freshwater Theatre she is also the Co-owner of the Hard Times Cafe, located in the heart of Fringe territory.
2024 Festival Staff
Voice: Lauren Anderson
Front of House Core Team: Guy Dalbey-Thomas, Hope Hennessey, Rachel McCloud Jorgenson, Emma Swain, Matthew van Bruggen
Data Steward: Brett Bowman
House Managers: Zach Aaker, Naomie Brecht, Ben Eng, JP Fitzgibbons, Maria Ghassemlou, Linda Gilbert, Jeb Hagan, Elinor Jones, Tara Kieffer, Noelle Kirscht-Perera, Em Rosenberg, Madeline Schulz, Chris Skelly, Court Symons, Wendy Thoren, Andy Whitman, Danielle Wyatt
Box Officers: Patricia Arnold, Emma Busch, Angie Couchraine, David Gomshay, Jenn Jensen, Keenan Kirscht-Perera, Betsy Mowry Voss, Daniel Pinkertin, Robin Rayfield, Gabriella Rosen, Cassie Slinger, Merit Thursday, Velma Wagner, Megan Wells
Access Coordinator: Dawn Bentley
Access Providers: Elana Centor, Connie Fullmer, Rick Jacobson, Laurie Pape-Hadley
Photographers: Alex Clark, Randy Duerr, Pete Rose, Dave Suggs, Alex Wohlhueter
Videographers: Tamara Ober, Caitlin Hammel
Theater Technicians: Sarah Bauer, Marguerite Bogucki, Alex Clark, Clara Costello, Alice Endo, Erin Gustafson, Asa Gutow, Bevibel Harvey, Zoe Hemmer-Cisek, Tony Karna, Christopher Kehoe, Jon Kirchhofer, Emmet Kowler, Jenny Moeller, Corinne Ssteffens, Eme Stenbeck, Tucker Waltenbaugh, Addison Wolman, and the loving memory of Bryon Gunsch