casebolt and smith, a duet dance theater company based in Los Angeles, is the product of a true collaboration, one born of friendship and a shared commitment to artistry and experimentation. "Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith, who initiated their collaboration in 2006 to explore and implode conventional ideas about gender, relationships and dance making, create perhaps the most entertaining, engaging and explicative dance theater on the planet." —Camille LeFevre, MinnPost

Dead Composers Society, founded in 2008, produced 2009's Fringe Encore hit Two Short Operas. Other productions have included Tonya and Nancy: the Opera (with Mixed Precipitation), Trouble in Tahiti, and Amahl and the Night Visitors. DCS is looking forward to returning to the Fringe in 2011.

Sandbox Theatre was founded in 2005, and has been bringing new and newly-imagined ensemble created works to Minneapolis and St. Paul for five years; driven by the collaborative spirit, fostering the development of all its artists.

Courtney McLean is an actress, writer, storyteller, improviser, and comedy musician. Her one-woman shows, Normal-C and Super Glossy! have toured to Fringe Festivals across the nation. She is a proud founding member of Rockstar Storytellers and co-hosts the 331 club's bi-weekly trivia game show Scholasticus Intoxicus.

Theatre Arlo is the collaboration between Fringe veterans Matthew Foster (writer-director of Ministry of Cultural Warfare's Industrials and The Unbearable Lightness of Being American among others) and Bill Stiteler (THACO and Watching Porn). Theatre Arlo produces pop-culture remixes of shows from the Guthrie's season—while spending $50 or less on props, sets and costumes. You can see Arlo at the 2011 Fringe with Macbeth: The Video Game Remix.