Podcasts about Minnesota Fringe Festival

Send us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! M&M continue Season 4 with the inspiring, talented, and wonderful Gabriel Mata!IG: gabrielmatamovingSite: www.gabrielmatamovement.comGabriel Mata (gah-bryehl mah-tah) is a Mexican American dance choreographer, educator, and performer from Washington DC. He received his Masters in Fine Arts - dance from the University of Maryland - College Park.Mata's seven-year research has cultivated his own performance work of “motion memoirs.” While focused on movement, the work is about centering marginalized narratives and identities removed from expectation of concert dance and the white lens. Motion memoirs make themes of Latinx, queerness, and immigration a part of a receptive conversation with viewers.Mata's dance works have been performed in California, New York, Minnesota, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, Washington DC, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His work has been presented at Stanford University, San José State University, Georgian Court University, Howard Community College, and American University; and has been commissioned by David Herrera Performance Company, Jane Franklin Dance, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Dance Loft on 14, sjDANCEco, Charlotte Dance Festival, the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers, Dance Place, Silicon Valley Pride, the Hispanic National Bar Association, and Corazón Folklórico DC.Currently, Gabriel is an adjunct instructor at American University, the John Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory, and teaches at the Washington Ballet Adult Program. He has been an instructor at the University of Maryland - College Park and Coppin State University and a guest instructor at San José State University, Georgetown University, UMD - Baltimore County, and Stanford University. Mata is the inaugural Social Justice Commissioned Dance Artist at Dance Loft on 14th and the Arts Lab Fellow at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. He received the S&R Evermay Washington Award for the Fillmore Dance Studio. He has been awarded the Amplify Grant, DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant, DCCAH Performance Grant, and the Kennedy Center REACH Campus Residency.We are so happy to share his story with you. Comparte el amor with Support the show--Brought to you by MotionScoop Dance Corp, LNXdance Podcast is a series of conversations FOR Latinx dancers and educators BY Latinx dancers and educators. Join Mari & Marcus -M&M- as they dive deep into important topics in the dance industry and explore how being part of the Latinx community affects us, our contributions, decisions, and careers. We hope you enjoy our sip and chat. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment with what you loved, questions, and topics for next time! Follow us on our Instagram page, LNXdance, to interact with our community and with us.For business inquiries and to apply to be a guest, please email motionscoopinfo@gmail.com ¡Adiós! Hosts: Marcus Mantilla-Valentin & Mari VasconezSponsors: MotionScoop Dance Corp.

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here. Click hereGrief without words Theatermaker Kurt Engh saw The Moving Company's performance of “SPEECHLESS” in 2017, and he's thrilled the show is back again. The show opens Friday and runs through Nov. 10 at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. As the name implies, the play is entirely without words, but the emotions run deep. Kurt explains: Someone passes away in the play, and that person is ironically or symbolically named Hope. I think it's intentionally left to be ambiguous. The play is about five people going through grief in this very melodramatic but real way, and they find that the only way forward is to support themselves, but also support each other. The play shows how people are able to support each other when they don't even know what to say, when they're so upset and they're so at a loss, truly, that they move forward through physical kindness to each other. The collaborators of this production have been working together for many years. They are my favorite theater company in the Twin Cities, and this was voted as a best play of the year in 2017 by the Star Tribune. There are performances on Wednesdays that are pay-as-you-are starting at $15.— Kurt EnghA smorgasbord of short films — or hot dish, if you will Rachel Coyne of Lindstrom is looking forward to seeing the Franconia 5 Minute Film Fest, a short film festival featuring works from Minnesota and Wisconsin artists. The top 15 judge-selected films will be screened at Franconia Sculpture Park this Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and at the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis Thursday, Oct 10. The Franconia screening is free with a suggested $10 donation. Seating on benches is limited, so Rachel recommends bringing a blanket or lawn chairs. Rachel adds: There's a claymation artist, some live film, some animation. In the years in the past, when I've gone, you know, it's kind of like eating like a really pungent spice. You're just like, wow, that's an idea, and it hits you over the head, and then before you know it, you're onto the next film.Given that the filmmakers are all from Minnesota and Wisconsin, Rachel adjusts her metaphor: It's more hot dish. So there's peas, there's carrots, there's tater tots and there's probably even some mushroom soup in there. — Rachel CoyneDid you hear that classic Irish epic about the cow? Anna Maher is a classically trained singer and actor living in the Twin Cities, and she's glad that one of her favorite theater companies, Clevername Theatre, is remounting a fan-favorite from the 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival. “Connor's gonna tell: The Tain Bo Cuailnge” is a one-person recounting of the “Táin Bó Cúailnge,” an old Irish epic tale about a cattle raid. See it at Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater in Minneapolis, Fridays, Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. Anna says: It's kind of like the Irish Odyssey. It's an epic, and it chronicles a war that was waged between two factions, and then there's a hero. And the whole thing, the whole fight, revolves around a cow. And so, Connor will tell the story. He uses different voices. There are some different outfits that happen. There's a mask, there's a little bit of puppetry involved. And then he has a mandolin player who accompanies him for the entire show.” (Note: Anna Maher works for American Public Media Group, the parent company of MPR News.)— Anna Maher

One of the Minnesota State Fair's new Creative Activities competition categories was nearly 25 years in the making. Back in the year 2000, Doris Rubenstein was disqualified from the Minnesota State Fair's pickle competition for the second time. The liquid in her pickle jar was cloudy, because she made them by a different process than the pickles the judges were used to. They were traditional kosher pickles, fermented in brine instead of preserved in vinegar. Rubenstein took the experience to local media and even turned it into a one-woman play that was performed at the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival and more recently in Winnipeg, Canada. This year for the first time, fermented pickles had their own category at the Minnesota State Fair. Rubenstein was a judge. She joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer live from the state fair to share her story — and some pickles.

It's that time of year again — Minnesota Fringe Festival is taking over local theaters. Here's a little history for you.Fringe fests like this one started in Edinburgh back in 1947, when several theater groups who hadn't been invited to the Edinburgh International Festival set up shop on the ‘fringe' and performed anyways. The idea of celebrating fringe groups has persisted and grown — although nowadays, the theaters are expecting them. Tim Kelley is the co-founder of Melancholics Anonymous, a local theater group putting on “Beanie Baby Divorce Play” at Open Eye Theatre for Minnesota Fringe Fest. He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to share a behind-the-scenes look at the show.

When Cathy was 15, she fell in love with dance and mime while studying at the Children's Theater School with Myron Johnson and Wendy Lehr. She went on to dance with Zoe Sealy's Minnesota Jazz Dance Company where she met aspiring choreographer Ken Delap. As an original member of Ken Delap's Ozone Dance Company, Cathy performed across the Midwest and in New York City at the American Theater Laboratory.Other performance highlights include playing the lead in Kenneth Robbins' production, “Accidently Exalted” at St. Paul's Landmark Center, numerous productions at Chanhassen Dinner Theaters, Minnesota Opera, Kentucky Opera, and Minnesota Orchestra's Summer Pops Concerts, and live business theater events. Choreography credits include Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Minnesota Opera, Theatre Exchange, History Theater, Skylark Opera, Target Corporation, as well as colleges and high schools.As a mime, Cathy was an artist in residence through the Minnesota State Arts Board's Artists-in-Education Program, co-authored “The Mime Alphabet Book” with her sister, Nina, and performed as a Yoplait mime in New York and New Jersey.Since 1996, she's been working as a marketing writer for Twin Cities-based creative agencies and corporate clients. She still enjoys performing but now as a storyteller at The Moth, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Patrick's Cabaret, TEDx, Story Club, and Island of Discarded Women podcast.

Author of novels Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and miss corpus, story collections nothing untoward, commencement and rest area, as well as The Tribe middlegrade series: Homeroom Headhunters, Camp Cannibal and Academic Assassins. His new novel, What Kind of Mother, arrives on September 12, 2023.Upcoming projects include Quiet Part Loud, a 12-part horror podcast series from Jordan Peele and Monkeypaw Productions, written by Chapman and Mac Rogers, exclusively on Spotify beginning on November 15, 2022.Chapman's story late bloomer was adapted into a short film, directed by Craig William Macneill. An official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the short won Best Short at the Lake Placid Film Festival and the Brown Jenkins Award at the 12th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.Their second short, Henley, based on the chapter “The Henley Road Motel” from Chapman's novel miss corpus, was an official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It won Best Short at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival and the 2011 Carmel Arts and Film Festival. The Boy (SXSW 2015), a feature-length adaptation of Henley, co-written with director Macneill, was produced by SpectreVision (Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller) in 2015.In comics, Chapman is the writer of the Marvel series Scream: Curse of Carnage. He has written Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety, Iron Fist: Phantom Limb, Typhoid Fever, as well as for Edge of Spider-Verse and Venomverse, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, American Vampire, Scream: King In Black, and ORIGINS among others.He is the creator of Self Storage (451 Media) and Lazaretto (BOOM! Studios).Chapman is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. In the twenty years of its existence, it has performed internationally at the Romanian Theatre Festival of Sibiu, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Dublin-based thisisnotashop art space, IGNITE Festival, Women Center Stage Festival and Impact Theatre Festival.Chapman wrote the book for Hostage Song (music & lyrics by Kyle Jarrow). He is the author of such plays as commencement, the cardiac shadow and volume of smoke. His story-monologues birdfeeder, undertow and the wet echo have been featured in The Best American Short Plays anthologies.Chapman was educated at the North Carolina School of the Arts for Drama, the Burren College of Art, and Sarah Lawrence College. He currently teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. #ClayMcLeodChapman #WhatKindofMother VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. And VOX VOMITUS has been going “horribly wrong” in the best way possible for the past TWO YEARS! Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine Hubbard, award-winning contemporary romance novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.comhttps: #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodcast #livepodcast #bookstagram #Jenniferannegordon #allisonmartinehubbard #allisonmartine #allisonhubbard #liveauthorinterview #livepodcast #books #voxvomituslivevideopodcast #Jennifergordon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voxvomitus/support

It's halfway through the Minnesota Fringe Festival (running August 3-13 at various locations in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood and beyond. Our bloggers are taking time out of their crazy Fringe schedules to share a few of the shows they are loving at the Festival this year.We are joined by Kendra Plant (of Artfully Engaging), who recommends: Ha Ha Da Vinci, DOLLY WHO?, and Boy Crazy. Rob Dunkelberger (of The Stages of MN) chats about A Girl Scout's Guide to Exorcism, Fargo Allegro, and H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man. Jill Schafer (of Cherry and Spoon) throws her vote in for Stabby Stab Stab, Fire in My Veins, and The Windblown Cheeks of Lovers. Laura Van Zandt (of Bite-Sized Beet) weighs in with Reincarnation Soup, My Only Hope for a Hero, and Coyfish.There's still time to catch these and other fabulous shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Check in with our bloggers for many more reviews and happy Fringing!Twin Cities Theater Chat is produced and hosted by Carol Jackson of Minnesota Theater Love and members of the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers collective. As always, you can find the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers on Facebook and on Instagram. Read our review round-ups and go see a show today!

Are you overwhelmed by the plethora of theatrical entertainment opportunities at the Minnesota Fringe Festival? Are you unsure of the importance of the Fringe Button? Does the idea of that much sheer theatrical talent in one place seem more than a little intimidating? Our Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Jill Schafer of Cherry and Spoon,  Rob Dunkelberger of The Stages of MN, and  Erica Skarohlid of Lettered in Theatre are here to answer your burning Fringe questions!The 30th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival takes place August 3 through August 13. Important note: Everyone needs a button this year. More info on ticketing, show list, and accessibility options can be found at the Minnesota Fringe Festival website.  For all the day to day details on potential sell-outs, potential traffic issues, and discounts at local businesses (with your button!), sign up for the Fringe File emails. Twin Cities Theater Chat is produced and hosted by Carol Jackson of Minnesota Theater Love and members of the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers collective. As always, you can find the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers on Facebook and on Instagram. Read our review round-ups and go see a show today!

On this episode, Jill Schafer of Cherry and Spoon and Carol Jackson of Minnesota Theater Love are joined by Dawn Bentley, Executive Director of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, which is celebrating its 30th year of providing adventurous theater.  We chat about the history of Fringe, how the festival is surviving and thriving in 2023,  and why the motto at the Minnesota Fringe Festival office is "There's always something...at the Fringe." (Although I'd like to recommend: "Fringe gonna Fringe." I'd buy that t-shirt!)The 30th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival takes place August 3 through August 13. Important note: Everyone needs a button this year. More info on ticketing, show list, and accessibility options can be found at the Minnesota Fringe Festival website.  For all the day to day details on potential sell-outs, potential traffic issues, and discounts at local businesses (with your button!), sign up for the Fringe File emails. Twin Cities Theater Chat is produced and hosted by Carol Jackson of Minnesota Theater Love and members of the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers collective. As always, you can find the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers on Facebook and on Instagram. Read our review round-ups and go see a show today!

https://claymcleodchapman.com/ Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of the novels Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and miss corpus, short story collections nothing untoward, commencement and rest area, as well as The Tribe middlegrade series: Homeroom Headhunters, Camp Cannibal and Academic Assassins. Ghost Eaters, a new supernatural horror novel, hits shelves September 20, 2022 from Quirk Books, and it will scare the pants off you. Upcoming projects include Quiet Part Loud, a 12-part horror podcast series from Jordan Peele and Monkeypaw Productions, written by Chapman and Mac Rogers, exclusively on Spotify beginning on November 15, 2022. Chapman's story late bloomer was adapted into a short film, directed by Craig William Macneill. An official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the short won Best Short at the Lake Placid Film Festival and the Brown Jenkins Award at the 12th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Their second short, Henley, based on the chapter “The Henley Road Motel” from Chapman's novel miss corpus, was an official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It won Best Short at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival and the 2011 Carmel Arts and Film Festival. The Boy (SXSW 2015), a feature-length adaptation of Henley, co-written with director Macneill, was produced by SpectreVision (Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller) in 2015. In comics, Chapman is the writer of the Marvel series Scream: Curse of Carnage. He has written Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety, Iron Fist: Phantom Limb, Typhoid Fever, as well as for Edge of Spider-Verse and Venomverse, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, American Vampire, Scream: King In Black, and ORIGINS among others. He is the creator of Self Storage (451 Media) and Lazaretto (BOOM! Studios). Chapman is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. In the twenty years of its existence, it has performed internationally at the Romanian Theatre Festival of Sibiu, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Dublin-based thisisnotashop art space, IGNITE Festival, Women Center Stage Festival and Impact Theatre Festival. Chapman wrote the book for Hostage Song (music & lyrics by Kyle Jarrow). He is the author of such plays as commencement, the cardiac shadow and volume of smoke. His story-monologues birdfeeder, undertow and the wet echo have been featured in The Best American Short Plays anthologies. Chapman was educated at the North Carolina School of the Arts for Drama, the Burren College of Art, and Sarah Lawrence College. He currently teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. #ClayMcLeodChapman #TheGhostEaters VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. And VOX VOMITUS has been going “horribly wrong” in the best way possible for the past TWO YEARS! Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine, award-winning contemporary romance novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.com https://www.facebook.com/VoxVomituspodcast https://twitter.com/VoxVomitus #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodc --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voxvomitus/support

In this episode the your nice hosts discuss broken games, solved games, and purposely broken games. Ellen realizes that even if it is broken, doesn't mean you need to fix it. They discuss who's job it is to make a game fun, and how you can always make a game not fun. This episode features the origin story of Stephen Business, and if you are still reading, spoiler alert: Mark's topic is a stealth sequel to his topic about Curling.Stephen reports that the paperwork has been submitted and he is officially a co-owner of Future Club!Ellen now co-owns a still difficult to obtain Steam Deck.Noble Robot now offers coworking at thier Minneapolis office.Stephen and Ellen went to see a show at the Minnesota Fringe Festival - and Ellen LOVED it!Fringe Festival History - Wikipedia"Developers" - Michael Rogers, Minnesota Fringe Festival Broken games 0:24:00 Mark LaCroixGame DesignNo More Jokeys Channel on YouTube - No More Jockeys, YouTubeMonopoly Hotels - Daisy Barringer, Trillist"Is Connect Four a Solved Game? and what does that even mean" - Gamesver Mark mentioned a previous episode topic about Curling "No referees?!" Support Systems 53:57 Stephen McGregorIRLTypes of Support Systems -Emotional Support -Financial Support -Someplace to live Investment and Risk"We quit our jobs, remortgaged our houses" - Alex Gilyadov, Games Radar

Hi there, Today I am so happy to be arts calling Monica Cross! About Monica: Monica Cross studied English at New College of Florida (2006-2010), before going on to Mary Baldwin College (now Mary Baldwin University) where she earned her Master of Letters (2012) and M.F.A. (2013) in the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program.  She was a part of the first year of the MFA company model, and a founding member of Roving Shakespare.  She studied with Make Trouble in 2017, and has done choreography intensives with Intimacy Directors International and Neutral Chaos.    She has been the Playhouse Manager at the American Shakespeare Center, the Production Manager at Starlite Players, the Text Coach at the St. Petersburg Shakespeare Festival, and a Costume Designer for The Urbanite. From 2014-2019, she was the Production Manager and Technical Director of the Black Box Theater at New College of Florida, where she also taught courses in theatrical design. She has also taught at the University of South Florida St. Peterburg and Ringling College of Art and Design. Most recently, she has turned her attention towards playwriting. Her short plays have been produced in across the United States and online. Her one-act, Cyrano on the Moon, was produced at both the Tampa Fringe Festival and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. And her first full-length play, Wonder of Our Stage, was the winner of The Players New Play Festival in 2018 and produced as part of the Players Summer Sizzlers Series in 2019.  Her newest full-length play, The Aria of Julie d'Aubigny, the cross-dressing, sword-fighting, opera singer, wherein she seduces men and women alike, wins numerous duels, must be twice pardoned by the King, and eventually finds true love., was a semifinalist for both the O'Neill New Play Conference and the American Shakespeare Center's Shakespeare's New Contemporaries.    She was also the recipient of the 2019 John Ringling Towers Individual Artist Award for Performing Arts, and a Fellow at the Hermitage Artist Retreat 2019 Thanks for coming on the show, Monica! https://monicaatcross.wixsite.com/ https://twitter.com/theroaringgirl -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out cruzfolio.com for more podcasts about the arts and original content! Make art. Much love, j

Put your hands together for performer extraordinaire Eileen Tull who joins us to tell you what it's all about. Old Hollywood, Old Broadway, and a truly bumpy night. Topics include Michael Shannon, gay overtones, and #SpankToMank . Eileen Tull is a storyteller, writer, poet, comedian, and one-woman-show person. She has performed throughout the country, from San Francisco to New York City, including in the SF Fringe, New Seeds Festival, United Solo, the Cincy Fringe, the Minnesota Fringe Festival, and the Dallas Solo Festival. Her work has been seen all over Chicago in theatres, bookstores, art galleries, bars and other non-traditional spaces. Currently, Eileen writes about movies and pop culture on her blog Is This Film School? She is a drama instructor with the Chicago Park District, and her work as a creative activist was recognized by The White House in 2016.

Horror audio theater on the theme of “Summer.”Host: Sean DillonSupport the artists of Dead North at: https://www.patreon.com/deadnorth-----BLUE HARVESTBy Hot Chocolate MediaWritten by Kyle Dekker & Jacob GullverPerformed by Kyle DekkerAudio editing by Jacob GulliverAdditional sound provided courtesy of freesound.org.Inspired by creepypastas and the legends of all the different bootleg cuts of Star Wars that existed for decades as rumors only. We love horror, but we also really love dorky jokes, and hopefully we've found an enjoyable bridge between the two.Hot Chocolate Media is a MN media company focused on bringing original, geeky content to their fans. We adore genre content across many forms, and try to do something fiercely unique with each new project. Be sure to follow us on social media or check out hotchocolatemedia.net for updates! Our most popular shows are The Movie Machine Podcast, Super Academy, and Fang & Talon.-------THE REAL MEBy Paradox ProductionsWritten by Catherine HansenPerformed by Catherine Hansen and Sam AhernOutro music: Game Boy Horror by The Zombie Dandies from the Free Music ArchiveSpecial thanks to Kara Greshwalk and Matt PrussThis was inspired by the music video for Thriller and many bad blind dates.Paradox is both an entity and a company, enthralled by horror tinged performances that play with expectations. Paradox Productions has been creating shows since 2014 including Hennepin Avenue Nightmares (with Ghoulish Delights) and Saucer Con: Us And Them For A Better Future (with Experimental Theater Lab). In 2019 they solo produced the award winning Chocolate Covered Chicken Wings for the Minnesota Fringe Festival.Up next, Paradox Productions will be doing Outer Contact: Cast of Pod for Wordslingers Way at Convergence.Catherine Hansen is an actress, writer, and producer and can be found here: Catherine Hansen - IMDb-----SHARKS TAKING THING PERSONALLYBy Reverend Matt's Monster ScienceWritten, performed, and recorded by Matthew KessenAn episode of Reverend Matt's Monster science - "Part science. Part comedy. All monsters" - that examines the Jaws movie series, with its dizzying heights and abysmal lows.Matt Kessen is the creator, writer, and performer of Reverend Matt's Monster Science, a multimedia series of comedy lectures on the subject of monsters, and is an actor around town as well. He has appeared, one way or the other, in all three episodes of Dead North thus far. For more Monster Science - and there are normally a few shows every month - please see revmattsmonsterscience.com, or look him up on the various social media.-----S'MORESby Big Fun Radio FuntimeWritten, Directed, and produced by Tim WickCast:Judith - Dawn KrosnowskiBecky - Bridget FoyHarry - Duck WashingtonOld Man McGillicutty - Charles HubbellInspired by spending many summers in the north woods. Dinner was just the prelude to sitting around the campfire, toasting marshmallows, and perhaps telling a scary story or two. Big Fun Radio Funtime was created by Tim Wick to produce original radio plays inspired by the golden age of radio and has presented both live and pre-recorded work since 2013. We are currently working on an audio production of the original radio play "Peggy Star Jockey and the Subjugation of Herculon Five."-----Dead North is a production of Oncoming Productions and Hot Chocolate Media.www.oncomingproductions.comhttps://www.hotchocolatemedia.netProducers: Sean and Mallory Dillon for Oncoming Productions, Kyle Dekker and Jacob Gulliver for Hot Chocolate Media Intro/Outro/Interstitial Music: Erik OstromThe rights to individual pieces are retained by their creators, all rights reserved.Our intro/outro/interstitial music samples “Ice Breaking 01” by dheming, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/268023/Dead North is supported by listener donations, and the donations we receive are shared with our artist contributors. Please consider donating at oncomingproductions.com.Please subscribe and rate Dead North wherever you get your podcasts, to help us spread the word.Our next episode is scheduled for release October 2021. Thank you for listening.

Horror audio theater on the theme of “Spring.”Host: Sean DillonSupport the artists of Dead North at: https://www.patreon.com/deadnorth-----SHANTYBy Paper SoulWritten by J. Merrill MotzPerformed by Suzie JuulIntro music by GabrielDouglas from PixabayOutro music by Cherly KaCherly from the Free Music ArchiveSHANTY was originally produced in April 2019 as part of Freshwater Theatre's "Blood Runs Cold", performed by Ariel Pinkerton.Special thanks to Samantha Star of Mermaid Music, and to Ariel Pinkerton.SHANTY was inspired by the old traditional song (sometimes called a murder ballad) The Twa Sisters, but with a slight Minnesota slant. If you know the song you know the story, and if you don't, well...that would give it away. SHANTY was originally produced in April 2019 as part of Freshwater Theatre's "Blood Runs Cold", performed by Ariel Pinkerton.Paper Soul was founded by Motz (rhymes with boats) for the 2013 MN Fringe and has created several experiments in the solo performance style ever since. Motz's plays have been produced locally through Freshwater Theatre, Swandive Theatre's Veggie Stock, Fearless Comedy Presents, and the University of Wisconsin at Fon du Lac. Motz serves on the board of directors for Theatre Pro Rata, the artist committee for the Minnesota Fringe, and as co-host of Workplace Drama, a storytelling show based in both Minneapolis & Los Angeles, alongside Les Kurkendaal-Barrett.Paper Soul may or may not be participating in various digital fringe festivals in the coming year, hopefully, but updates can be found at www.papersoul.org-----THE CURE FOR SLEEPPresented by Dangerous ProductionsWritten by Jay Kistler/Tyler OlsenProduced and Sound Designed by Søren OlsenVoice Cast: Liz Carey-Linskey, Garrett Vollmer, Megan Nichols, Sadie Plendl, Laura Baller Mauler, Chris RoweDirected by Jay KistlerWhat’s your relationship to sleep? Do you get 8 hours or do you find the whole need for rest annoying? Tune into The Zone w/ Wendy and Travis to help you focus on yourself and ease into the next day. This week’s episode is sponsored by SOMNICIENT - More Done with Less!Dangerous Productions has produced over a dozen horror works since 2012. A regular at the Twin Cities Horror Festival, their bloody and mind-bending productions are created collaboratively, utilizing horror to explore the terrifying realities of today’s world. In addition to horror, they create outrageous comedies and community-inspired theater.-----SPRING CLEANINGBy Big Fun Radio FuntimeWritten and Produced by Tim WickVocal performances by Charles Hubbell, Lolly Foy, Tim Wick, and Jena YoungSpring Cleaning was inspired by a little bit of Charles Dickens, a little bit of Irish folklore, and by a wish that dust bunnies were just a little bit more interesting.Big Fun Radio Funtime has been producing live comedy radio performances since 2013. We have also produced horror with the Twin Cities Horror Festival. We recently had a work featured in Blight Christmas.-----BLOOMWritten by Rob WardPerformed by Natalie Rae WassSpecial thanks to Sean DillonRob says: “My grandmother told me a story about a friend of hers who had these diet pills. One day in the 1960s, this friend was over at my grandmother’s house and left her diet pills on the windowsill. It was summer. The sun melted the pills and revealed to her what made them so effective. Those pills my grandmother’s friend had contained eggs. The hot sun caused those eggs to hatch...into tapeworms. Now tapeworms are disgusting little things. I wanted to explore the idea of a beautiful parasite.”Rob Ward is an actor, choreographer, and most recently, a writer, living and working in the Twin Cities. His most recent piece “A Visit From St. Christopher” was featured on the Blight Christmas podcast. Rob serves as a board member/resident psychopath for Oncoming Productions.Natalie has been working as an actor, mascot, emcee, and storyteller in the Twin Cities for the past 20 years. She is best known for writing and starring in the autobiographical 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival hit ‘Fashion Risk or the Accidental Nudist’. Natalie is a board member for Green T Productions.Be on the lookout for Rob’s first novel “Click”. In the meantime, you can check him out at robwardcreative.com You can also see what Natalie is up to at natalieraewass.com.-----THE MONKEY’S PAWPresented by Rogues Gallery ArtsOriginal story by W.W. JacobsAdapted, directed and audio designed by Duck WashingtonFeaturing the voice talents of:Angela Fox - NarratorKari Elizabeth Godfrey - Mrs. WhiteAndrew S. Troth - Mr. WhiteDavid Elwyn - HerbertMatthew Kessen - Sergeant Major MorrisChris Rodriguez - The VisitorAn audio adaptation of the classic story by W.W. Jacobs in which a family tempts with their fates, and also with their sorrows.Rogues Gallery Arts has been producing theater in the Twin Cities area since 2010 including three productions in the Twin Cities Horror Festival.Find them online at: https://www.facebook.com/roguesgalleryarts-----Dead North is a production of Oncoming Productions and Hot Chocolate Media.www.oncomingproductions.comhttps://www.hotchocolatemedia.netProducers: Sean and Mallory Dillon for Oncoming Productions, Kyle Dekker and Jacob Gulliver for Hot Chocolate Media Intro/Outro/Interstitial Music: Erik OstromPublicity: Rob WardThe rights to individual pieces are retained by their creators, all rights reserved.Our intro/outro/interstitial music samples “Ice Breaking 01” by dheming, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/268023/Dead North is supported by listener donations, and the donations we receive are shared with our artist contributors. Please consider donating at https://paypal.me/pools/c/8xIL7PIg12 or becoming an ongoing patron at www.patreon.com/deadnorth .Please subscribe and rate Dead North wherever you get your podcasts, to help us spread the word.Our next episode, “Summer,” is scheduled for release June 15, 2021. Thank you for listening.

Christine Maginnis, a native of Minneapolis, has been an active dance artist in her home town for almost four decades, a good chunk of that time spent as a performer and teacher with Zenon Dance Company under the artistic direction of Linda Z. Andrews. With Zenon she toured to Switzerland, Aruba, Saipan, Russia, New York and throughout the Midwest. She had the honor of performing in over 100 works by dance makers from around the world including Susana Tambutti, Bebe Miller, Doug Varone, Danny Buraczeski, Bill Young, Wil Swanson, Joe Chavala, Gyula Berger and Jeanine Durning, to name a few of her favs.  Outside of Zenon she has worked with Cathy Young Dance, ARENA DANCES, Movement Architecture, Shapiro and Smith Dance, Off Leash Area, DAdance, CWDC, Borrowed Bones, Jagged Moves and Ballet of the Dolls. She also worked with indie choreographers Cathy Wright, Penelope Freeh, Zhauna Franks, Sally Rousse, Karla Grotting and Gerry Girouard. Other memorable shows include The Minnesota Opera's "Carmen", "Transatlantic" and "Macbeth" as well as Ruth Mackenzie's "Kalevala".  Christine has been making her own dances for the past two decades and was commissioned by Minnesota Dance Theater ("The Fermentation of Suzie and the Sailor"), James Sewell Ballet's 'Ballet Works Project' ("Cabaret Niche"), Decadance Productions ("My Name is Vincent"), Lira Dance Theater of Sioux Falls ("E Finito?"), and L1 DanceLab in Budapest, Hungary ("Azalea Nights"). She has been invited to show work in many showcases around town including 'Renovate', 'Rhythmically Speaking' and '16 Feet' as well as created two evening length repertory concerts, "Unzipped" for the Red Eye Collaboration's 'Isolated Acts' and "Femme de la Swashbuckle Box" in collaboration with composer Matthew Smith for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She collaborated with former Pilobolus/Momix dancer, Tim Latta, on the project, "An American Movement", that toured for a summer throughout Italy. Delving into the baggage of the human psyche using images from cinema, cartoons, mythology,  musicals, vaudeville, fairytales, nature and spiritual ritual, Christine's goal is to create a "dream-logical" narrative leading the audience down a twisted path of emotional transformation often spiced with dark humor and melodrama as well as film for juxtaposition and dimension. She has been awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Grant (1987), City Pages Best Dancer shout out (1998), a McKnight Fellowship for Dancers (2001) and a Sage Award for Outstanding Performer (2016). 

About Growth in Isolation Kallie and Ryan have spent the last five months apart. Ever since Kallie moved across the country for a new job, Ryan has been struggling with the changes brought on by being alone. Ryan has sent Kallie a peach he has grown himself, and they finally have a chance to Video Chat, but things do not go as smoothly as either hope. This ten-minute play designed for video performance asks the question: how much of a change is too much for a relationship to withstand? Written for the Quarantine Playwriting Bake-Off, Round 3. Starring: Zach Hanna, Juliana Lind, and Austin Hendricks reading the stage direction About Monica Cross Monica Cross is an actor, director, and playwright located in Gainesville, FL. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin College (now Mary Baldwin University) in 2013, where she took her first playwriting class with Professor Todd Ristau. She has had several short plays produced at festivals across the United States, and self-produced her one-act play, “Cyrano on the Moon” at the Tampa International Fringe Festival in 2017. The Red Dice Collective then produced “Cyrano on the Moon” at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in 2018. Wonder of Our Stage, Monica's first full-length play, was winner of the 2018 Players New Play Festival in Sarasota, FL, and went on to be included in their Summer Sizzler's Series in 2019. She is also the recipient of the 2019 John Ringling Towers Individual Artist Award for Performing Arts, and a fellow at the Hermitage Artist Retreat. Member of the Dramatists Guild. Monica Cross: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1020177/growth-isolation | https://twitter.com/theroaringgirl Quarantine Players are a group of directors, playwrights, actors, and technicians from all over the U.S. who have gathered to keep the ghost light on for you. We work to create weekly podcasts of new and classic plays so you can get your theatre fix! https://www.facebook.com/QuarantinePlayers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qplayers/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/qplayers/support

Poet and essayist Michael Kleber-Diggs says since the killing of George Floyd, art — especially public art — has sustained him, reminding him our collective humanity and resilience. Kleber-Diggs says he was particularly moved by the new “Black Lives Matter” street painting at the corner of Penn and Plymouth avenues in Minneapolis. The Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery brought together a group of Black and mixed-race artists; each artist worked on a different letter in their own style. Kleber-Diggs says he loves both the individual letters, and how they connect to each other as a whole. He says the project demonstrates how, working together, individuals can create beautiful art and build community. Music professor Eric Heukeshoven got a sneak preview of Loud Mouth Brass’ new album “Louder” and he thinks it’s just crazy good fun. Featuring both covers and original work, Heukeshoven says the album is filled with high energy and unexpected twists. Loud Mouth Brass celebrates with an outdoor, distanced, and masked show at 7 p.m. Friday at Little Thistle Brewing in Rochester, Minn. Cabaret vocalist Nichole Carey plans to attend “FringeMiss,” a benefit for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. The live, in-person festival was canceled this year due to the pandemic; the Fringe is hosting a virtual festival, but on a much reduced scale. Carey says “FringeMiss” is one of several fundraisers by local theater artists who want to help the Fringe Festival come back strong next year. You can stream it Friday on Facebook or on the Adventurous Artists website.

My amazing special guest this week on Máiréad Mondays is the incredible multi award winning solo artist and author, Brian Kennedy! He is a guest star of Van Morrison, Secret Garden and Riverdance on Broadway! We chat about his amazing song writing collaboration, THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE, with iconic artist Boy George & Culture Club! His fortnightly live concerts, A NIGHT WITH BRIAN KENNEDY, on Facebook with Seaview Sessions and his upcoming appearances at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and Rochester Festival in the USA!

Art car artist Sandra Elftmann is taken with Madalina Kelner’s photo exhibition “Behind the Veil.” The photographs are portraits of people’s hands, submerged underwater and shrouded in brightly colored pieces of fabric. It’s an exploration of identity and what it feels like to be marginalized by society. Elftmann says the imagery is joyful, even as it draws the viewer in to understand and empathize. The exhibition is just wrapping up at Homewood Studios in Minneapolis, but you can peruse the images at your leisure on Kelner’s website. Actor and director Craig Johnson is looking forward to watching “The Art of the Entertainer,” a one-man show that pays tribute to vaudeville and slapstick comedy. The show was created and is performed by Commonweal Theatre company member Brandt Roberts, and is inspired by the work of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Bill Irwin, among others. The show is available to stream on the Lanesboro theater company’s website through Aug. 1. Avid theater-goer Florence Brammer misses watching live performances since COVID-19 forced performance halls to close. And she’s worried about the future of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, which has moved to a virtual platform this summer. So she’s definitely going to “Reverend Matt’s Fringe Benefit,” an online cabaret/fundraiser for the Fringe. Brammer says she’s looking forward to seeing some of her favorite performers while also supporting an organization that does so much for the Twin Cities theater scene.

This week, Nerd Rage takes a small break from its regularly-scheduled programming to bring you this special bonus episode as Wonder Dave and his merry band of guests continue their onslaught of the Minnesota Fringe Festival! From Pierce Brosnan to Chewbacca, hopefully you're safe, healthy, and ready to RAGE!Hosted By: Wonder Dave---Produced by Komedio ComedyFind more episodes of Nerd Rage! The Great Debates at [NerdRagePodcast.com](http://nerdragepodcast.com/)To stay informed on Komedio live shows and podcasts visit [Komed.io](http://komed.io/)✉️ e-Mail us at (put “Nerd Rage” in the subject line)Find us [@NerdRageTGD] (https://twitter.com/nerdragetgd) on Twitter or follow us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/nerdrageTGD/) for more updates.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In our 3rd episode of our adventures at the Minnesota Fringe Festival we debate Zombies vs Mermaids, the merits of Tom Bombadil, a whole lot of late 90s television, was the moon landing faked and more… are you ready to rage!? Featuring Laura Bidgood, Katie Novak, Phillip Andrew Bennett Low, Thadra Sheridan, Shea Roberts-Gyllen, Scott Holm, Jeff Roberts-Gyllen with your moderator Wonder Dave Any Show Dates Special Announcements Go Here! Delete if not used. Produced by Komedio Comedy Find more episodes of Nerd Rage! The Great Debates at NerdRagePodcast.com (http://nerdragepodcast.com/) To stay informed on Komedio live shows and podcasts visit Komed.io (http://komed.io/) ✉️ e-Mail us at KomedioComedy@gmail.com (put “Nerd Rage” in the subject line) Find us @NerdRageTGD (https://twitter.com/nerdragetgd) on Twitter or follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/nerdrageTGD/) for more updates. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our intrepid debater and sometimes Moderator Wonder Dave headed off to Minneapolis Minnesota where he gathered some of the funniest nerds in town for a very special Minnesota Fringe Festival edition of Nerd Rage The Great Debates! In the 2nd episode of our excursion to MN Fringe (don't worry if you didn't get to listen to the first episode go back and do it later!) we debate the athletic abilities of cereal mascots, the sexiness of horror monsters, and discuss the merits of using cell phones after 7pm and much more! Featuring Shane Hawley, Thadra Sheridan, Tim Uren, Cole Sarar, Michael Dallavalle, Natalie Wass, Laura Bidgood, Levi Weinhagen with your moderator Wonder Dave - Catch us this Halloween at 7pm live at Betabrand in San Francisco! Free when you RSVP via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/betabrand-podcast-theatre-nerd-rage-the-great-debates-tickets-74032024779 Produced by Komedio Comedy Find more episodes of Nerd Rage! The Great Debates at NerdRagePodcast.com (http://nerdragepodcast.com/) To stay informed on Komedio live shows and podcasts visit Komed.io (http://komed.io/) ✉️ e-Mail us at KomedioComedy@gmail.com (put “Nerd Rage” in the subject line) Find us @NerdRageTGD (https://twitter.com/nerdragetgd) on Twitter or follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/nerdrageTGD/) for more updates. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We went to Minnesota and recorded some episodes with some of our favorite Nerds of the Northland at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. We've taking care of hitting the road... are you ready to rage? Come see us live during the Oakland Comedy Festival at All Out Comedy Theatre (https://www.alloutcomedytheater.com/) on October 19 at 9:30pm. Tickets are available at the Oakland Comedy Festival website so get 'em now while they're hot! Can't get get enough of the spooky sounds of our scary voices? Then come see us on October 31 (that's Halloween!) as we return to BetaBrand Podcast Threatre for a one of a kind show on the spookiest night of the year! Show starts at 6:30 PM so be sure to pick up your free tickets here (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/betabrand-podcast-theatre-nerd-rage-the-great-debates-tickets-74032024779)! Produced by Komedio Comedy Find more episodes of Nerd Rage! The Great Debates at NerdRagePodcast.com (http://nerdragepodcast.com/) To stay informed on Komedio live shows and podcasts visit Komed.io (http://komed.io/) ✉️ e-Mail us at KomedioComedy@gmail.com (put “Nerd Rage” in the subject line) Find us @NerdRageTGD (https://twitter.com/nerdragetgd) on Twitter or follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/nerdrageTGD/) for more updates. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of RCP we investigate new tobacco laws in Minnesota, the campus falafel debate, and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Oh, also we ask Tommy Wiseau a couple of questions. 0:56 - Tosin Faseemo - Tobacco 21, 6:07 - Ben Halom - Who's Falafel, 15:05 - AQ - Fringe Festival, 24:02 - Matt & Sam - Tommy Wiseau

In this episode of RCP we investigate new tobacco laws in Minnesota, the campus falafel debate, and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Oh, also we ask Tommy Wiseau a couple of questions. 0:56 - Tosin Faseemo - Tobacco 21, 6:07 - Ben Halom - Who's Falafel, 15:05 - AQ - Fringe Festival, 24:02 - Matt & Sam - Tommy Wiseau

Kathryn Kysar is the author of two books of poetry, Dark Lake and Pretend the World, and she edited Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers. She has received fellowships from Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, the Minnesota State Arts Board, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Kysar recently served on the board of directors for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs and teaches at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and the Loft Literary Center and lives with her family in St. Paul   LINKS http://www.kathrynkysar.com/ https://twitter.com/darklake https://sonoglyphcollective.com/   Upcoming Events: Kathryn is reading at the St. Paul Irish Fair of Minnesota on August 10th. Time: 12:00 pm. Address: Eóin McKiernan Speaker’s Tent, Harriet Island. Kathryn is performing as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival at 5:30 pm on August 10th at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She will be joined by Marie Cooney and musician Kevin Kern among others. Laura is appearing at the Startled by JOY 2019 poetry reading and open mic on August 11th. The event goes from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Eggroll Queen Café, 1579 Hamline Avenue North, Falcon Heights, Minnesota Laura is appearing at the Startled by JOY 2019 poetry reading and open mic on October 6th. The event goes from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Troubadour Wine Bar, 2827 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota   Kathryn’s Readings: Escape from Paradise, Iowa – 10:09 Things I Learned from my Grandmother – 20:05 German – 22:16 Returning to Lake Superior – 42:11   Michael’s Beer Pairings Hamm’s, Hamm’s Brewing Company (paired to Escape from Paradise, Iowa) – 8:48 Fort Road Helles, August Schell Brewing Company (paired to Things I Learned from my Grandmother and German) – 18:13 Ring of Fire, Bad Weather Brewing (paired to Returning to Lake Superior) – 39:00   Interview Highlights: Kathryn’s Background – 13:11 Kathryn’s Craft; Finding Inspiration and Writing Process – 14:42 Why Poetry? – 16:21 Title and Cover of book, Pretend the World – 25:09 Organizing a Book of Poetry; Finding the Themes – 30:29 Kathryn speaks on her grandmother and the advice of yesterday and today – 33:20 Mixing music and poetry – 45:31 The future of poetry in the era of self-publishing – 51:02   COMING NEXT MONTH: Tekkan, local poet of the Everyday Mind series   Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.  

A compilation of a podcast series Brian and I did for the Minnesota Fringe Festival, this episode looks at why we tell stories and how they can be elevated in a live performance.

Let’s go WAY back in time to EPISODE 15! That’s right! I remember thinking “Oh, man, I’ve done maybe a MILLION of these shows!” But, I hadn’t. Just the fifteen. My guest was Rachael Schlee who is currently appearing in Medusa at the Minnesota Fringe Festival! We talk all about Kindergarten and prepping for school....Continue reading →

Let’s go WAY back in time to EPISODE 15! That’s right! I remember thinking “Oh, man, I’ve done maybe a MILLION of these shows!” But, I hadn’t. Just the fifteen. My guest was Rachael Schlee who is currently appearing in Medusa at the Minnesota Fringe Festival! We talk all about Kindergarten and prepping for school. … Continue reading "SUMMER RERUN – Go To School!"

Today I’ll be talking with Leslie Vincent, one of the most exciting up-and-coming singer/actors in the Twin Cities. She has been seen on stage at the History Theatre, Park Square, and TRP, and is a regular on the independent theater circuit, including the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She has single-handedly put Monday nights at Minneapolis’ Troubadour Wine Bar on the map with her Cab Cabarets. In my humble opinion, she imbues every performance with a captivating blend of vulnerability and strength, and her powerhouse voice is truly unique and unforgettable. We spoke at my studio in north Minneapolis. PART ONE: The Interview PART TWO: A Song PART THREE: Leslie gets to ask the Music Director! You can find Leslie on Facebook, and on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @KillerKweeen. Thanks for listening. Do you have any comments? Questions? Suggestions? You can always reach me on Facebook, @askthemdpodcast, or on the web page askthemdpodcast.com. Remember to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, the iTunes Store, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts—and if you get a chance, leave us a review! It’ll help others find their way to us. Thank you! EPISODE NOTES Episode duration: 42:46 At 34:05 Leslie Vincent sings “You Know I’m No Good” by Amy Winehouse (duration: 3:50). Composer: Amy Winehouse Publisher: EMI Blackwood Music Inc. on behalf of EMI Music Publishing, Ltd. Licensed through Harry Fox Agency. This recording ©2018 by Dennis Curley. All Rights Reserved. Theme music: “Let’s Start Where We’re At” — music ©2010 by Dennis Curley, lyrics ©2010 by James Arthur Robinson. All Rights Reserved. Leslie’s headshot by Craig VanDerSchaegen

Erin Kennedy is a Minneapolis improviser and the latest guest of Blake up with Cody! Hear how Erin manipulated a math test to ask out the coolest guy in school and how everyone's first kiss went! Blake learns the true meaning of love and Erin teaches the hosts that there's a little good in everyone! See Erin at Huge Improv Theater of Minneapolis July and August at the following shows: Lounge Lizzy - Wednesday at 8:00 Kabaam - Saturdays at 8:00 Nimblicity - Saturdays at 9:30 The Truth - Fridays at 10:30 Also catch Erin at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in RomComCon: A Meet-Cute Musical at the Ritz Theater Mainstage 8/4, 8/8, 8/10-8/12. This episode is brought to you by Coffee Booster and Scooby Dudes Podcast!

"You can make better art when you listen to community voices." Leah Cooper is Co-Artistic Director of Wonderlust Productions. She has been directing, producing, and performing in theater for thirty years. She was the director for the Veterans Play Project, a collaboration between Footprints Collective, Mixed Blood Theatre and Bedlam Theatre. Locally, she has also directed productions for Commonweal Theatre, Park Square Theatre, History Theatre, Theatre in the Round, Gremlin Theater, 20% Theatre Company, Shakespearean Youth Theatre, Starting Gate Productions, Ministry of Cultural Warfare, Prufrock Theatre, Fortune's Fool Productions, and the Fringe Festival as well as many workshops of new scripts. Leah was most recently the Executive Director of the Minnesota Theater Alliance, was partner and co-founder of MinnesotaPlaylist.com, serves as board chair for Live Action Set, a board member of the California Institute of Contemporary Arts, and she was the Executive Director of the Minnesota Fringe Festival from 2001 to 2006.

“In India I think everyone is pretty much always dancing.” Divya Maiya and Madhu Bangalore talk about their marriage, their work with Bollywood Dance Scene and how the two intersect. Bollywood Dance Scene was formed in 2012 by Divya Maiya, Rashi Mangalick and Jinal Vakil, three dynamic Indian dancers who wanted to share their love of movement and Indian culture with their neighbors and friends.The trio took on dance choreography projects with growing scale, complexity, and team size. Their dancers have performed at the Minneapolis Convention Center, Festival of Nations and other venues that define the cultural scene in Minnesota. In 2014, the dance community they inspire was strong enough to create the first live Bollywood dance drama to be performed at the Minnesota Fringe Festival - the largest unjuried theater festival in the country. With 50+ cast members, Hi! Hello! Namaste? Was the highest ticket selling show of the 2014 festival.  Armed with theatrical experience, Bollywood Dance Scene presented Spicy Masala Chai at the 2015 MN Fringe Festival, and it became the highest selling show in MN Fringe history! 

What do David Bowie, witches, chairs and fears have to do with a show about a couple planning a dinner party? Catalog Models (Mark Sweeney and Gemma Irish) dive into how these elements found their way into ‘Invitation’, the opening number to The Chair-builders their 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival offering. After about seven minutes of […] The post Catalog Models | Twin Cities Song Story: Episode 16 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Brian Kennedy is forced to take a job in his local pharmacy to finance his theater dreams. Brian Kennedy is a writer/storyteller living in NYC. He's written for The Huffington Post and performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade. He tells stories on podcasts and at various venues, including The Moth -- where he's a StorySLAM winner. A long time ago, he wrote plays and produced them in the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Yes, he grew up in Minnesota. Yes, he still has the accent to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

XOXOJK is taken over by the Minnesota Fringe Festival! In case you didn't know, Fringe is an annual performing arts festival in the Twin Cities in its 22nd year that spans 11 days,  with over a thousand artists presenting works in every discipline and genre. And we're smack dab in the middle of it. Kate […]

XOXOJK is taken over by the Minnesota Fringe Festival! In case you didn’t know, Fringe is an annual performing arts festival in the Twin Cities in its 22nd year that spans 11 days,  with over a thousand artists presenting works in every discipline and genre. And we’re smack dab in the middle of it. Kate […]

Do you like theater? We sure do, and that’s why we’ve invited two participants in this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival to join us. Natalie Rae Wass is dancing in Bollywood Dance Scene’s “Spicy Masala Chai” at the Rarig Proscenium while Matthew Kessen acts in Comedy Suitcase’s “The Averagers” at Theatre in the Round. Both shows still have tickets available for select dates but reserve yours now as they may very well sell out! We also talk about the Encyclopedia Show, a monthly collection of performances based around a single topic, to which both Matt and Natalie are frequent contributors. He also tells us briefly of his monster presentation archive Rev. Matt’s Monster Science. Both of our guests are also members of Green T Productions, who will be at this year’s MN State Fair (on certain days anyway). But this is our show, Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch, and so we also need some special guest star whiskeys. This month, that means Cragganmore Distiller’s Edition (2011) and Glenfiddich Age of Discovery. I’d also like to apologize for how quickly we wrap our show this month. We had to rush the ending somewhat as Natalie needed to get Matthew to a rehearsal. This […]

Ryan Dean creates work under the name The Live Instructional Video .  His 2014 Minnesota Fringe Festival show Lazerjuice was a multidisciplinary work of modular theatre that mixed elements of dance and electronic music with audience isolation, sketch comedy, puppetry, and movement. Also, it took place in space and had invisible robots. It surprised those […] The post The Live Instructional Video | Twin Cities Song Story: Episode 9 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Keith Hovis stood out in the Minnesota Fringe Festival for his dark musical comedies, with Mrs. Housel: A Suicide Suite he gets seriously dark. We talk about his song ‘The Nine Lives of Mrs. Housel’ and the bit of Minnesota history that inspired his one-woman folk infused musical. The post Keith Hovis | Twin Cities Song Story: Episode 3 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Comedian and actor Kelvin Hatle joins us for our first tasting of October. We discuss his involvement with the Minnesota Fringe Festival and my cats, interestingly enough. It seems they want to be internet famous, too! Sorry this is a day late, folks. Believe me when I say I wish my schedule allowed for it to be on time.

The HowBadCrew are joined by Bill Young to discuss heads of state, replacement kickboxers, and how it all relates to hippos pooping. Plus, the debut of the new RockMunnyNuff track! Follow Bill Young on twitter at https://twitter.com/twittbillyoung. And remember to check out the Denson & Young show at the Minnesota Fringe Festival coming up in August. Go to fringefestival.org to keep up to date.

A few weeks ago, the Minnesota Fringe Festival descended upon the city of Minneapolis (not to mention about 3 blocks of St. Paul) and bathed theater goers in hour long blasts of laughter, drama, dancing and uncomfortable shifting of butts in seats as they watched a family member perform monologues that was let’s just say…out […] The post Hey! Remember The Fringe? – Episode 7 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.