[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Coffee, Tea or Me, an existential crisis [/sws_yellow_box]

By The Adventures of Les Kurkendaal; Written by Les Kurkendaal and Marlene Nichols

Los Angeles based Actor/ Comedian Les Kurkendaal is and Los Angeles based storyteller Marlene Nichols are bringing tf their brand new show Coffee ,Tea or Me to Minnesota Fringe Festival . Les is bored with his life so he makes a decision to shake things up and this makes him decide to take a road trip . He is traveling alone and so his only company is NPR .( played by Marlena Nichols ) . The show is a wonderful mix of Storytelling and spoken word . This show just finished a very successful run at The Hollywood Fringe Festival.

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Dates: Thu, 7/30 @ 7:00pm; Sat, 8/1 @ 1:00pm; Tue, 8/4 @ 8:30pm; Fri, 8/7 @ 10:00pm; Sat, 8/8 @ 1:00pm
Locations: Phoenix Theater, 2605 Hennepin Ave, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Confessions Of A Butter Princess or Why The Cow Jumped Over The Moon [/sws_yellow_box]

By Little Lifeboats; Written by Abby Swafford

On the planet Ceres, Alex, a Cow, and a Queen are trying to escape the wrath of the Princess Kay Chorus. Butter means life or death – okay, mostly death, in this comedy full eccentric characters and dairy art.

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Dates: Fri, 7/31 @ 5:30pm; Sun, 8/2 @ 1:00pm; Mon, 8/3 @ 7:00pm; Fri, 8/7 @ 8:30pm; Sat, 8/8 @ 2:30pm
Locations: Theatre in the Round, 245 Cedar Ave., Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Getting to Ellen [/sws_yellow_box]

By BOOM! Theater; Directed by Patrick Kozicky

Ellen Krug has graciously and bravely allowed us to adapt her auto-biography to the stage. While her book has many layers, story lines and themes (we highly recommend reading it), we recognized a central theme of authenticity and a deeply moving story about self discovery.

Getting to Ellen is an ensemble piece. All three actors play Ellen throughout the show, as well as peripheral characters in Ellen’s life. Our production focuses on Ellen’s struggle to discover who she really is (a transgender woman), while balancing an already complicated life (work, marriage, kids).

At BOOM! Theater, we are passionate about highlighting LGBT stories, and creating an inclusive environment both on and off stage. We strive to remain accessible and relevant to audiences and artists from all walks of life. We believe that everyone has a story to tell, and everyone deserves to be heard.

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Dates: Fri, 7/31 @ 8:30pm, Sun, 8/2 @ 1:00pm; Mon, 8/3 @ 7:00pm; Fri, 8/7 @ 4:00pm, Sat, 8/8 @ 8:30pm
Locations: Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S 4th St., Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Growing Into My Beard [/sws_yellow_box]

By I’ve Seen The Future; Written by Bay Bryan

Bay Bryan confronts the status “woes” in this coming-of-age cabaret for anyone who has ever felt – even a little bit – queer at heart. A fusion of storytelling, improv, song cycle, and just a drop of drag.

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Dates: Thu, 7/30 @ 8:30pm, Sat, 8/1 @ 5:30pm, Mon, 8/3 @ 10:00pm, Thu, 8/6 @ 7:00pm, Sat, 8/8 @ 1:00pm
Locations: HUGE Theater, 3037 Lyndale Ave. S, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Melancholy London [/sws_yellow_box]

By Ghoulish Delights, Written by Tim Uren

A madman. A demon. A liar and a broken heart.

In the haunted streets of London, these elements all fall into place to create a truly artistic crime. Some mysteries are born in misery and will never be resolved. But a soul who searches will always find something. And sometimes, by wild coincidence, it finds what it was looking for.

Dixie Treichel and John Townsend spoke to Tristan Miller about Melancholy London as part of Fresh Fruit’s 15th Annual Queer Fringe Binge on KFAI!

Ghoulish Delights returns to the Minnesota Fringe Festival after last year’s successful run of The Tourist Trap with a brand new production! Melancholy London is a darkly romantic tale of lies and the supernatural. Tim Uren loosely adapted the story from Arthur Machen’s “The Inmost Light,” creating a distinctly modern version of the classic tale of terror.

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Dates: Thu, 7/30 @ 7:00pm; Sun, 8/2 @ 5:30pm; Tue, 8/4 @ 8:30pm; Thu, 8/6 @ 10:00pm; Sat, 8/8 @ 2:30pm
Locations: Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S 4th St., Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Niggas & Bitches: Black Men Celebrating Black Women [/sws_yellow_box]

By For Us By Us Productions; Created by The Liberated Bloc Productions

We celebrate the power, love, and influence of black women by honoring them through poetry, music, drama & movement. Challenging hurtful stereotypes with alternative cultural narratives.

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Dates: Sat, 8/1 @ 2:30pm; Sun, 8/2 @ 7:00pm; Mon, 8/3 @ 10:00pm; Thu, 8/6 @ 7:00pm; Fri, 8/7 @ 10:00pm
Locations: Ritz Theater Proscenium, 345 13th Av NE, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Pam + Javi = Forever [/sws_yellow_box]

By minnerican productions; Directed by Ward Rubrecht

Two noted storytellers join forces. Pam and Javi grew up queer in very different places: Iowa and Puerto Rico. At turns moving and hilarious, they explore the kinds of difference difference makes.

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Dates: Sat, 8/1 @ 8:30pm; Sun, 8/2 @ 7:00pm; Tue, 8/4 @ 5:30pm; Thu, 8/6 @ 10:00pm; Sun, 8/9 @ 2:30pm
Locations: U of M Rarig Center Proscenium, 330 21st Ave. S, Main Floor, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY [/sws_yellow_box]

By New Epic Theater; Written by Oscar Wilde

A young man sells his soul and falls into a life of depravity. From the creators of 2014’s ONE ARM, Wilde’s Faustian tale of eternal youth is updated as a bold, stylish, and bloody contemporary thriller.

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Dates: Thu, 7/30 @ 8:30pm; Sat, 8/1 @ 7:00pm; Sun, 8/2 @ 5:30pm; Tue, 8/4 @ 10:00pm; Fri, 8/7 @ 8:30pm
Locations: Ritz Theater Proscenium, 345 13th Av NE, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Shelly Bachberg Presents: Orange is the New POTUS: The Musical [/sws_yellow_box]

By The Catalysts; Directed by Nikki Swoboda

Minnesota’s wackiest politician is running for president again, this time from prison! Can she convince her suspicious cellmates that she’s the right woman for the job? A sequel to 2013’s smash hit musical!
http://www.fringefestival.org/show/?id=20150066

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Dates: Sat, 8/1 @ 2:30pm; Sun, 8/2 @ 5:30pm; Wed, 8/5 @ 10:00pm; Thu, 8/6 @ 8:30pm; Sun, 8/9 @ 2:30pm
Locations: U of M Rarig Center Thrust, 330 21st Ave. S, Main Floor, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]STANDING ON CEREMONY: The Gay Marriage Plays [/sws_yellow_box]

By The Ensemble Theatre Company, Written by Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison…

This wonderful play, full of humanity, humor and insight, explores gay marriage through four weddings, one funeral, and one nervous breakdown. These brides and grooms have big decisions to make. Their practical issues to solve before marriage include legal considerations, connecting flights, family interference, moral imperatives, reception venues, the definition of lifetime commitments, and the meaning of promises. Join our couples Nate and Wallace, Hannah and Allie, Mary Abigail and Stuart, Michael and Gabrielle, Joe and Paul, Pablo and Andrew as they discuss family, sex, politics, and religion before saying “I do.”

Located in the Twin Cities, The Ensemble Theatre Company is a first time Fringe Festival participant. They are an internationally known theatre company, honored with 22 state, regional, and national awards for excellence from the American Association of Community Theatres since 2005. They are an anchor member of the Dakota Fine Arts Consortium, a not-for-profit collaboration among multiple arts disciplines to sponsor, promote, and advocate for arts activities, and the building and management of arts centers and performance venues in the communities surrounding Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Bradley Johnson, Producer of Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays was interview on Fresh Fruit Fringe Binge. You can listen to it here.

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Dates: Fri, 7/31 @ 10:00pm; Mon, 8/3 @ 5:30pm; Tue, 8/4 @ 7:00pm; Sat, 8/8 @ 8:30pm; Sun, 8/9 @ 7:00pm
Locations: U of M Rarig Center Proscenium, 330 21st Ave. S, Main Floor, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]#SummthinsGonnaHappen [/sws_yellow_box]

By Red Carpet Burlesque, Directed by Red Carpet Burlesque

Comedy? Burlesque? Dance? Drag? Maybe, We’re calling all our fabulous MN heavy hitter friends to make summthins happen! So… Who knows? You may be able to cross summthins off your bucket list!

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Dates: Thu, 7/30 @ 7:00pm; Sat, 8/1 @ 7:00pm; Mon, 8/3 @ 8:30pm; Wed, 8/5 @ 5:30pm; Sat, 8/8 @ 8:30pm
Locations: Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S, Mpls, MN
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Trans Families [/sws_yellow_box]

By Christy Marie Kent, Created by Christy Marie Kent

What happens to the children of transgender parents? Probably not what you think. In this heartwarming story, multiple families reinvent themselves, for when parents transition, families transform.

What happens to the children of transgender parents? Probably not what you think.

When a family no longer fits the traditional description of one father, one mother, and 1.8 children, the families must reinvent themselves. This heartwarming story, based on interviews with transgender parents and their spouses, follows three transgender families as they seek their own structure, their own unique arrangements.

In a small town in northern Alabama, Baby Jacob was almost never born. Only Jimmy and Jeanette’s agreement to adopt him prevented his mother from having an abortion. Three years later, when Jimmy can no longer bear to live as a man, Jeanette promises to stay with “Jamie” and Jacob. But not everyone in their Alabama hometown is willing to accept her.

In Indiana, Danielle has been a trucker for twenty years, a parent for twenty-two, but a woman for only ten. When “Daniel” finally tells his wife Catherine about wanting to become a woman, she promises to stay with him. Until her church elders and her divorce lawyer get hold of her.

In a suburb of Atlanta, Lily thinks she has it all–her husband Larry is a vice president of his company, they have a house in an affluent neighborhood, and their two small children are way above average. When Larry decides to become Lori, they buy two townhouses next door to each other. But their plans change when Lily is diagnosed with cancer.

Three families, each with a different story and a different outcome. Not all of them have happy endings.

But, however they differ, they all share one thing: when parents transition, families transform.

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Dates: Sat, 8/1 @ 4:00pm; Mon, 8/3 @ 5:30pm; Wed, 8/5 @ 10:00pm; Fri, 8/7 @ 7:00pm; Sun, 8/9 @ 1:00pm
Locations: HUGE Theater, 3037 Lyndale Ave. S, Mpls, MN
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