The Abortion Chronicles

Ariel Pinkerton

Creator/Producer/Performer
Ariel Pinkerton has had two abortions. She created this show in 2016 and plans to keep doing it as long as abortion rights are in question. She is Co-Artistic Director of Fortune's Fool Theatre, Production Banshee for Ghoulish Delights, Community Liaison for the Minnesota Fringe, Co-Owner of the Hard Times Cafe, and mother of Fiona. Next you can see her in WITCH HUNT with Ghoulish Delights and YARRRH, the Lusty, Busty Festival with Fortune’s Fool.

Scott Gilbert

Producer/Director
Scott Gilbert is a local theatre artist who truly embraces the jack-of-all-trades mantra. He has directed, produced, stage managed, designed (scenery, props, costumes, and sound) and even very occasionally acted around Minnesota. His work has been seen at Theatre in the Round, Chameleon, Lakeshore, Six Points, Merrill Arts Center, Fortune's Fool, Freshwater, Minnesota Fringe, and his own company Segue Productions. His next adventure is creating The Hobbit with good friend and collaborator, Noah Bremer (coming to Theatre in the Round in May 2026).

Christy Johnson

Nurse
Christy is a freelance Sound Designer, Singer, and Actress living in Minneapolis, MN. This is her fifth time performing in the MN Fringe Festival and she's delighted to be back. Representative Theatre: Guthrie Theater: Burial at Thebes; Lakeshore Players: Big River, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Mary Poppins, Minnesota Opera: Flight, Minneapolis Musical Theatre: Hands on a Hardbody, Triassic Parq,Theatre Pro Rata: 46 First Ladies, Bernhardt/Hamlet; Lyric Arts: Our Town, It's A Wonderful Life, Morris Park Players: Ragtime, along with many others. She'd like to thank her family and friends for all their support and love.

Patti Gage

Escort
Patti Gage is excited to be working with the cast and crew of The Abortion Chronicles. Patti was recently seen as Reverend Parris in Night Fire Theatre's production of The Crucible. Other acting credits include King Lear, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Great Expectations, Sense and Sensibility, and Fahrenheit 451 at Theatre in the Round and understudying for The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberly (Lyric Arts). Patti teaches theatre courses at Saint Paul College.

Kevin Ealain

Performer
Kevin Ealaín made his professional acting debut in 2008 in Ariel Pinkerton's "Teach Me Tonight"...now 17 years later, he is humbled and honored to once again be collaborating with Ariel and working with a cast of such magnificent women, speaking their truth.

Isabelle Hopewell

Performer
Isabelle is a Minneapolis-based interdisciplinary theatre artist and educator. She is so excited to be performing at Fringe in such a powerful and important production! Isabelle holds a BFA in Acting and a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota-Duluth where she graduated with Latin and Departmental honors. She has performed at numerous theaters across the state. Favorite credits include Stupid F*ing Bird (Nina), Silent Sky (Henrietta), and The Crucible (Abigail). You can find out more on her website: isabellehopewell.com or keep up with her on social media @ihopewell17.

Laura Delventhal

Performer
Laura Delventhal (she/her) is a local theatre artist and educator. Laura was the Education Manager at Children's Theatre from 2012-2019 and currently works as a Teaching Artist throughout the Twin Cities. Local credits: (Actor) Delve Theatre, A.R.T., Theatre Unbound, Synapse Theatre. (Director) Fidgety Fairy Tales, Little Lifeboats, CTC's Theatre Arts Training. (Producer) Delve Theatre. When not at the theater, Laura fills her days with political advocacy, mosaic and textile art, and managing a small boardgame company.

Winifred Froelich

Performer
Wini is honored to join The Abortion Chronicles 2025. Wini performed in Fargo Allegro at the 2023 Fringe Festival and a few understudy times in The Windphone in Fringe 2024. She most recently appeared in Witch with Walking Shadow Theater. She is a 17 year veteran with The Mystery Cafe in productions such as: Hollywood's Most Wanted and Alma Murder. She has gratefully performed locally with Theater ProRata, TigerLion Arts, Freshwater Theater, Full Circle Theater and Wayward Theater, Fortune's Fool Theater and Gnarly Bard Theater. Thank YOU for supporting live theater and MN Fringe!

Kyra Richardson

Performer
Kyra Richardson is a multidisciplinary artist who calls the Twin Cities home! She is thrilled to be part of this beautiful project! She has been onstage and backstage in theatre and musical theatre productions in the Twin Cities with Children’s Theatre Company, Penumbra Theatre, Youth Performance Company, Ashland Productions, Fortune's Fool and Seven Spells Productions. She has also done film work and is represented by Moore Talent

Tara Lucchino

Performer
Tara Lucchino is a theatre artist, vocalist and musician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tara graduated from Penn State University with a theatre degree and after various gigs found her way to the Twin Cities in 2009. Tara is honored to be performing in this immeasurably important production with such a talented cast and crew, for its existence is so desperately needed now more than ever. Tara has performed in many a Fringe Festival production, including Sheep Theater’s Kaboom! (2018), Michael Rogers’ Chorus (2019) and Developers (2022) and most recently, Hey Rube’s Behemoth (2023). Other local theatre credits include nimbus theatre, Special When Lit, Sheep Theater, Freshwater Theatre, Theatre in the Round, 20% Theatre Company, Theatre Unbound, Pioneer Place on Fifth and Chameleon Theatre Circle to name a few. Look out for future announcements for Tara’s next project coming up soon and in the distant future, she will also be performing in nimbus theatre’s devised production about the brilliant Ada Lovelace in early 2026.

Penelope Parsons-Lord

Performer
While Penelope had to step out of the production, we thank her for all the emotional and physical work she put in during rehearsal and promise to include her in the next iteration. She is still a part of this cast in our hearts. Earlier this year Penelope produced, directed, costume designed and performed in Night Fire Theatre’s production of The Crucible. Prior to that her most recent directorial and costume work was on A Wrinkle in Time with Theatre in the Round for their 2023-2024 season. Other Directorial and design credits include: The Crucible, A little Water, Violent Delights, Romeo/Juliet, Titus and Much Abo About Northing, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has attended director labs in Beirut (Lebanon, 2019) and Toronto (Canada, 2020). She is looking forward to working on Night Fire Theatre’s next production to be produced at the Crane Theatre in early 2026 and is currently gearing up to direct and design Theatre in the Round's production of Pride and Prejudice opening in September this year.

Gregory Parks

Performer
Gregory Parks (he/him) is a clown, actor, and improviser from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has performed on four continents with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, Disney Live!, Kinoshita Circus, and as part of clown festivals in China and India. He performs mostly silent solo improv titled "Where I Am Now" and is also a member of the casts of Blackout, Star Trek: The Next Improvisation, and Improv Movement Project. For the first time in a while (at the time of publishing) he’s in only one Fringe show this year, but has several under his belt. He’s also done a decent amount of scripted and devised shows on stages throughout the Twin Cities and is proud of them all. Up until the pandemic, he was the creator and producer of Twin Cities Clown Cabaret and is slowly planning its eventual return.

Alexis Bartholomew

Performer
Alexis is a parent to two rad kids, a private practice therapist and board approved supervisor, and volunteer board member for MAMFT, the MN Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. While she wears many hats professionally, she is delighted to be back on the stage with this talented group of creative performers and truth tellers.