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#Ringtone
Producer: Alan Berks/Ben McGinley
Genre: Site-specific, relationships
Can we make a connection? #sitespecific #mnfringe #cuthere
Prince & a Pauper
Producer: Andrew Fafoutakis
Genre: Solo/Comedy
Know what it sounds like when doves cry? Follow our hero as he chronicles his journey of self-discovery told through the music of one of Minnesota's very own. It's a memoir of men, music, and Minneapolis...
A Nice Guy's Guide to Awkward Sex
Producer: Ben San Del
Genre: Comedy/Drama
A play about comedians and the relationships that inspire their jokes. From the creator of last year's encore-winning "Animal Cracker Genocide." With Natalie Rae Wass (Actors' Equity), Phillip Low, Amber Preston and Ben San Del. @Mixed Blood Theatre
Paul Bunyan: An Unlikely Beginning to a Tall Tale
Producer: Black Dirt Theater
Genre: Musical theater, Puppetry, Kids
Through the imaginative use of puppets, objects, music and simple mechanics, the Black Dirt Theater brings to life Paul's exciting journey from the cubicle to the forest.
The Big Four Oh: 40 Jokes, Poems and Stories by Brian Beatty
Producer: Brian Beatty
Genre: Comedy
Droll witticisms performed for the entertainment of people seated in the dark.
Communopoly
Producer: Camp Schlatter
Genre: Comedy/Satire
Monopoly comes alive! And it’s complete with players, properties, the element of Chance and Uncle Milburn Pennybags: “Mr. Monopoly” himself. But the game goes awry when one of the players, strapped for cash, appeals to Pennybags for help and is told to get out of town. With help from a Little Red Book she finds on the Short Line Railroad, she embarks on a subversive quest to change the rules of Monopoly for the greater good. As the proletarian movement grows in strength, Uncle Pennybags begins to lose control of his game. More and more players are sent directly to jail, without passing go, without collecting $200. When the ghost of Josef Stalin meets the spirit of Joe McCarthy, who will win? And more importantly, who wins the game?
Batmama
Producer: Creatures of Fancy
Genre: Comedy
Do some spelunking with Batmama and Jimmy as they welcome Mumuseleh, Popwitch and the Scientist in a musical sideshow attraction! Batmama delivers a little song, a little dance and little bats in her pants.
The Anton Kissbougel Technique
Producer: Dylan Fresco
Genre: Solo Satire
Yoga? Meditation? Touchy-feely theater class? Try the newest new-age health discipline! It’s a 100% interactive “workshop” and a loving ode to every class that’s asked you to connect with the floor and release.
The Crock Pot
Producer: Emily Schmidt/Molly Dworsky
Genre: Comedy/Satire
"The Crock Pot" is simmering with manipulation, scandalous confessions, and playing dirty - everything you'd expect from a Minnesota Lutheran Hobby Fair!
An Adult Evening Of Shel Silverstein
Producer: Evil Temptress
Genre: Adult Comedy
Lacey Piotter and John T. Zeiler take you through the darkly comic adult world of Shel Silverstein, a world where nothing is as it seems and where the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant.

 A bag lady in training?
 60 words for boobs?
 Auctioning of a woman at her own request? 
A dead pony for a birthday present? 
The punishment for not reading the fine print?
 A talking dog? Directed by: Mary Fox Ariel Pinkerton Mike Davidovich Duke Piotter Claire Avitabile Nicole Wilder 

"Hilarious, grotesque, wrong, and yet so very right!! Shel would be proud."

 6 different talented local directors, 6 different twisted vignettes, 14 characters, and 2 actors.


18+ Recommended for strong language, nudity and adult situations
THE DAMN AUDITION
Producer: Joking Envelope
Genre: Comedy
An evil comedy about three desperate actors auditioning for the role of Satan in the upcoming TV show, "What's Up, Satan?". The Damn Audition stars Maggie Chestovich, David Mann, John Middleton, Randy Reyes and Joseph Scrimshaw.
Kill Will
Producer: Joshua Brown & Kelly Elliott
Genre: Comedy
Murder. Revenge. Suicide. Cannibalism. The new Tarantino movie? No, it's Shakespeare! A riotous romp through the canon that asks, "How many characters can you kill in one hour?"
MisMatched
Producer: Kate Elise
Genre: Comedy/Drama
A rough-and-tough little girl and an overly sensitive little boy are two mismatched misfits trying to fit in. Join them as they team up to take on the science fair and football tryouts—and their friends and families. Through their misadventures, they learn the valuable lesson that you can only accept others when you accept yourself.
THERE IS NO ISABELLE
Producer: Katie Rye
Genre: Comedy
Buddy comes home after years away to tell his out-of-work father and pill-popping mother that he is going to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Isabelle.. "Wait, but I thought the title was..." Wickedly funny and shocking in its unraveling, Dylan Lamb's THERE IS NO ISABELLE sits a family of liars down at the table and forces them to fight for their lies. Sun Aug 8th, 2:30 pm Mon Aug 9th, 10 pm Wed Aug 11th, 5:30 pm Thu Aug 12th, 8:30 pm Sat Aug 14th, 5:30 pm Playing at the U of M Rarig Xperimental theatre, Located at 330 21st Avenue S, Minneapolis Minnesota 55455
Table 12: A Play at a Wedding
Producer: Kindred Ginger Productions
Genre: Screwball Comedy
You're cordially invited to cake and humiliation.
Waiting for Biffy
Producer: Kirsten and Dean
Genre: Physical comedy/mime
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. In a frantic search for a port-a-potty, you never know what you'll find.
Match Game Minnesota
Producer: Nate Melcher
Genre: Comedy, Improv, Satire
Minnesota comedians meet 1970s game show mayhem in this improvised competition where audience volunteers can win fabulous prizes.
Rachel Teagle Believes in Ghosts
Producer: Rachel Teagle
Genre: Solo/Comedy
Rachel Teagle Believes in Ghosts: The Winchester Mystery House, disappearing cemeteries, and impersonating the X-Files in a paranormal toy store. A storyteller and comedian shares tales from her semi-haunted apartment.
ROBO-homa! A Territory Tale with a Technological Twist
Producer: Rewired Theatre Company
Genre: Musical theater, Sci-fi/mystery
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a desperate loner stumbles upon a tribe of robots programmed to recreate American musical theatre in an attempt to save humanity. As he learns their familiar ways, things take a turn for the deadly. . .
Idiosynchronicity
Producer: Rob Callahan
Genre: Storytelling, Solo Performance
Rob takes a moment to speak to you about his show, and why you should come and see it.
Party-Dino Til You Puke
Producer: Samuel Spadino
Genre: Comedy/ Solo Show
What's the most fun you can have projectile vomiting? Find out as Sam "Party-Dino" Spadino jams his crazy comedy and surreal stories straight into your gag reflex. You'll boff! You'll bawl! You'll blow chunks!
Princess Jessica and the Kingdom of Boogers
Producer: The Mechanical Division
Genre: Family/Comedy
Only a brave and pure-hearted person can journey to the Kingdom of Boogers to save Princess Jessica from the evil Emperor Snotso, and young Squats fits the bill. Join Squats and his best friend Dorfus as they scream, giggle, learn new tricks, overcome their fears, and grow up a little bit along the way. Recommended for kids aged 7-104.
The Quest
Producer: The Myth Players
Genre: Improvisation, Comedy
An improvised myth performing in a special venue one block from the Gremlin. August 6-15. Each day. 7pm.
The Bush Monologues: Inside the Decider
Producer: Troy Conrad
Genre: Satire, Drama, Comedy
The Bush Monologues: Inside the Decider is a trip deep into the psyche of George W. Bush. Co-written by Emmy Award winner Rick Overton, and developed in Los Angeles w/ Emmy Award winner David Feldman during "Frost/Nixon" style interviews, Bush gives details omitted from Bush's book "Decision Points."