2023 Shows

Shark Grant

By: Flavorade Foucault

Venue: 2023 Rarig Center Xperimental

Description: Twelve artists begin this competition for one of our nation's most limited resources - grant money. To win, they must appease our panel of Sharks, who control the fund. Who... Go to this Show's Page

Stabby Stab Stab

By: Special When Lit and The Winding Sheet Outfit

Venue: 2023 Crane Theater

Description: Two pre-teens are compelled to serve a modern monster; an eyeless watcher whose price for loyalty is blood. In the age of electronic loneliness, how far would you go for... Go to this Show's Page

Star Trek: The Next Improvisation - Presented by HUGE Theater

By: Boldly Go Productions

Venue: 2023 Rarig Center Thrust

Description: A completely improvised episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Join a brand new crew aboard the second-best Galaxy-class starship in the Federation. Truly boldly going where no one has... Go to this Show's Page

"Starved": The Astonishing True Story of the University of Minnesota Starvation Experiment

By: Pat O'Brien

Venue: 2023 Augsburg Mainstage

Description: As WWII ended, the Allies faced the task of caring for millions starving in Europe & Asia. The U of Mn. enlisted volunteers to study how to reintroduce the starving... Go to this Show's Page

Tales from the Fiefdom

By: Gnarly Bard Theater Company

Venue: 2023 Southern Theater

Description: Medieval times are tough. But musical! While war rages, stockades overflow and plague festers, the town’s Apothecary must keep her head and handle the town’s humour, be it sanguine or... Go to this Show's Page

The Brothers Dangus Vol. 2: The People v. Dango (A Court-Mandated Parable)

By: The Brothers Dangus

Venue: 2023 Rarig Center Thrust

Description: The Brothers Dangus are compelled by law to delve into the seedy underworld of the designer drug, the Dango. Explore a noir-ishly absurd contemplation of crime, punishment, and conspiratorial nationalism. Go to this Show's Page

The Definition of Loss

By: Ashen Armor Productions

Venue: 2023 Mixed Blood Theatre

Description: After the death of her mother, a teenager struggles through grief, guilt, and growing up. Will she be swallowed whole by the darkness, or will she be able to find... Go to this Show's Page

The Duet

By: ThickWater

Venue: 2023 Mixed Blood Theatre

Description: A once famous country music duo, now grinding it out on the dive bar and casino circuit, is attempting to write the song that will take them back to the... Go to this Show's Page

The FalseHood

By: Public Displays of Affection

Venue: 2023 Southern Theater

Description: What if we could SEE the realm of truth and meaning inside our collective mind? In music, glowing image, movement and text, The FalseHood explores whether we can recognize lies... Go to this Show's Page

The Place I Return To

By: Cornucopia Productions

Venue: 2023 Mixed Blood Theatre

Description: Adapted from his poems & journal entries across five winters, we witness both the stagnation and the evolution of emotion as Abdimalik grows up between the ages of 18-21, stuck... Go to this Show's Page

The Resilient Child

By: Fortune’s Fool Theatre

Venue: 2023 Augsburg Mainstage

Description: Children should be seen AND heard. 4 local storytellers and 3 children use personal narrative, rhyme, and song to recount surviving childhood to come out strong, brave, and resilient. Go to this Show's Page

The Shrieking Harpies

By: The Shrieking Harpies

Venue: 2023 Rarig Center Arena

Description: The Shrieking Harpies are a musical improv trio featuring Lizzie Gardner, Taj Ruler, Hannah Wydeven, & with Justin Nellis on the keys. Our show blends musical genres into an improvised... Go to this Show's Page

The Spell of the Yukon

By: David Graham

Venue: 2023 Rarig Center Arena

Description: Robert Service's poetry and biography Brought to life by a master storyteller Step back in time to the Alaskan gold rush These stories of adventure and humor will have you... Go to this Show's Page

The Very Model of a Modern Monster Scientist

By: Mermaid Productions

Venue: 2023 Augsburg Studio

Description: The Fringe-favorite Monster Science series returns, with the secret and surprising history of Elora Riley, Science Assistant, and tons of the monster facts and PowerPoint you have come to rely... Go to this Show's Page

The Windblown Cheeks Of Lovers

By: Mike Fotis Productions

Venue: 2023 Strike Theater

Description: A staged documentary about the creation of the hit 1984 mini-series, The Windblown Cheeks of Lovers. Go to this Show's Page

Thousand Pears

By: Crabman Productions

Venue: 2023 Augsburg Studio

Description: Songs, Sketches, and Hilarious Fun - that is the overall objective of Ross Childs' show, "Thousand Pears". If you love music, SciFi, loud noises, and general fun, you will love... Go to this Show's Page

Too Many Notes

By: Maximum Verbosity

Venue: 2023 Augsburg Studio

Description: Five shows. Two decades. One whiskey-addled neurotic. A different show every night, featuring original tales of comedy, horror, and everything in between. Go to this Show's Page

Truth or Truth

By: DallaDanna Productions

Venue: 2023 Strike Theater

Description: The audience asks our performers and guest storytellers the tough questions, and then we improvise scenes based on the stories being told. It's like "Truth or Dare?" without the potentially... Go to this Show's Page