May 16-29, 2013

Mercy Unrelenting

Presented by Open Window Theatre
Written by Jeremy Stanbary
Playing through May 19, 2013
at Open Window Theatre in Minneapolis
$3 off adult advance tickets: password "Fringe"

Mercy Unrelenting opens as an elderly Italian ex-convict, Alessandro Serenelli, who confronts his painful history. His crime? In his youth, he murdered a girl after she refused his sexual advances. But his victim, Maria Goretti, was no ordinary peasant girl. A world premiere drama based on a true story!

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Red, White, and Brew: Drink to the Constitution

Presented by The Theater of Public Policy
Danger and Boat
Playing May 8-22, 2013
at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul
$2 off with Fringe Button Use promo-code FRINGE on EventBrite for discount

Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Let’s debate that question over beers—and laugh about it. Join The Theater of Public Policy (T2P2) and special guests (including Secretary of State Mark Ritchie) as we bring the constitution to life through improv comedy.

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Tesla

Presented by nimbus
Directed by Josh Cragun
Playing May 11-June 9, 2013
at Nimbus Theater in Minneapolis
$2 off each ticket with a Fringe button

nimbus invites you on a journey exploring the life of this legendary eccentric, and a chance to experience a time when electricity was new, and a world of possibilities collided in one man: Tesla.

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Stick Fly

Presented by Park Square Theatre
Written by Lydia R. Diamond
Playing May 17-19, 2013
at Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul
Save $10 with Fringe Button or online code FRN May 17-19

Two sons of a financially privileged African American family bring their girlfriends home to meet their parents and find that Dad is the only one in residence. As family secrets unravel and sibling rivalries flare, class distinctions rise to the surface. “Conflict and sexual sparks"

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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

Presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle
Directed by Mishia Burns Edwards
Playing May 3-19, 2013
at Burnsville Performing Arts Center in Burnsville
$3 off each ticket with a Fringe button

During an ostentatious wedding reception, five reluctant bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon wears on, these very different women discover a common bond in this wickedly funny play by Academy Award-winner Alan Ball.

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Obsessed: James Bond Special

Presented by Joking Envelope
Created by Joseph Scrimshaw and guests
Playing May 25, 2013
at The Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis
$2 off each ticket with a Fringe button

Joseph's live show and comedy podcast takes on Bond! Join Joseph and funny, suave, deadly special guests screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher, comedian Bill Corbett, and actor Emily Gunyou Halaas for an evening of martinis, death, and obsessive comedy about the world’s most famous spy.

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Changes In Time

Presented by 20% Theatre Company
Written by EB Boatner
Playing May 11-25, 2013
at Minneapolis Theatre Garage in Minneapolis
2-for-1 with Fringe Button - any performance!

World premiere! Rain was born before Christine Jorgensen made headlines with her 1952 sex change operation. The word "transgender" was not even in use yet. Changes in Time follows the life and gender transition of Rain/Lorraine/Laurence from the 1950s to the mid 1990s.

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Cul-de-Sac

Presented by Loudmouth Collective
Daniel MacIvor
Playing May 17-26, 2013
at Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis
Tickets: $10 with Fringe button

Leonard has lived on the same dead-end street for the last 15 years, but claims that he never made much of an impact until one rainy night at 2:02am.

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What Happened to the Dollar

Presented by Box Wine Theatre

Playing May 12-26, 2013
at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis
$10 with Fringe button

What would happen the day after the dollar crashed? In this excoriating look at the Federal Reserve and how money is managed and manipulated, this serio-comedy by Sam Graber follows a team of online gamers who create a virtual currency that crashes the real-world U.S. dollar.

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